What to know about allies' responses to U.S. demand for Hormuz escorts?
Moderated by Tomas Kauer CAIRO, March 17 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Donald Trump has repeatedly called on allies to deploy warships to the Strait of Hormuz, a vital shipping lane through which roughly one-fifth of the world's oil flows, as global oil prices spike amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran.
Most allies have rejected the request.
TRUMP'S CALL
On Saturday, Trump said the United States and several other nations
