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Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday. Photo: Eric Lee/POOL/AFP via Getty Images

The UN's International Maritime Organization will evacuate more than 11,000 sailors stranded in the Strait of Hormuz during the U.S.-Iran war, the agency said Tuesday.

Why it matters: The operation underscores how the U.S.-Iran war disrupted a critical global shipping route and left thousands of civilian seafarers stuck.