'We are at the edge of a battlefield': BBC reports near Strait of Hormuz
The BBC's Orla Guerin travels to the edge of the critical waterway that Iran has put a stranglehold on.
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The BBC's Orla Guerin travels to the edge of the critical waterway that Iran has put a stranglehold on.
The BBC's Orla Guerin reports from the edge of the critical waterway that Iran has put a stranglehold on.
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