UAE Pushes Washington To ‘Force Open’ Strait Of Hormuz: Report – The Cradle

April 3, 2026 TheMcgwire

UAE Pushes Washington To ‘Force Open’ Strait Of Hormuz: Report

Saudi Arabia is also lobbying the US to continue the war until the Islamic Republic is overthrown

The UAE is preparing to directly enter the US-Israeli war on Iran and participate in efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz “by any means necessary,” sources told the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) on 31 March.

Abu Dhabi is “preparing to help the US and other allies open the Strait of Hormuz by force,” the sources said, adding that the Gulf state is “lobbying for a UN Security Council resolution that would authorize such action.”

“Emirati diplomats have urged the US and military powers in Europe and Asia to form a coalition to open the strait by force. The Iranian regime thinks it is fighting for its existence and is willing to bring the global economy down with it in a chokehold on the strait,” one of the sources, a UAE official, told WSJ.

The official went on to say that his country was “actively reviewing” how it could play a military role in securing the Strait of Hormuz and clearing any mines which may have been laid by Iranian forces.

Arab officials told the outlet that “the Gulf state has also said the US should occupy islands in the strategic waterway, including Abu Musa,” one of three Persian Gulf islands disputed between Iran and the UAE but controlled by the Islamic Republic.

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President Trump is reportedly extorting the GCC states for trillions of dollars to support the war

Saudi Arabia and the UAE are deepening their support for the US–Israeli war on Iran by expanding military cooperation and granting Washington broader access to Gulf territory to stage attacks on the Islamic Republic, Middle East Eye (MEE) reported on 20 March.

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