The Strait of Hormuz is once again the scene of fighting, with Iran and the United States States continuing to trade fire in the early hours of Thrusday. Both sides are using their own means to monitor the strategic waterway.

Iran's Revolutionary Guard rejected that claim, declaring the strait to be Iranian territory and warning that it would not tolerate what it called illegal U.S. interference.

By CUI HAIPEI in Dubai, UAE and JAN YUMUL in Hong Kong |