{"id":667787,"date":"2026-05-13T08:07:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T08:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/667787\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T08:07:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T08:07:11","slug":"australia-to-deploy-surveillance-aircraft-for-hormuz-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/667787\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia to deploy surveillance aircraft for Hormuz mission"},"content":{"rendered":"<p textalign=\"\" class=\"\">Marles said Australia\u2019s role in the operation would remain strictly defensive and stressed that the deployment was intended to complement diplomatic efforts and reduce the risk of further escalation.<\/p>\n<p textalign=\"\" class=\"\">Australian Treasurer Jim Chalmers warned that prolonged instability in the Middle East was already affecting global energy prices and could weigh on Australia\u2019s economy through inflationary and growth pressures.<\/p>\n<p textalign=\"\" class=\"\">The United States and Israel launched strikes against Iran on February 28, triggering retaliation from Tehran against Israel and US allies in the Gulf hosting American assets, along with the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n<p textalign=\"\" class=\"\">A ceasefire took effect on April 8 through mediation by Pakistan, though negotiations in Islamabad failed to produce a lasting agreement.<\/p>\n<p textalign=\"\" class=\"\">US President Donald Trump later extended the truce without setting a deadline. <\/p>\n<p><a data-link-preview=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/article\/d326725ba036\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" dir=\"ltr\" class=\"relative flex w-full px-4 py-3 flex-col items-start gap-6 rounded bg-[#F1F1F1] border-l-0 transition-all duration-200 ease-in-out box-border mb-4 hover:bg-[#F9F9F9] hover:shadow-[0_4px_6px_-1px_rgba(0,0,0,0.1),0_-4px_6px_-1px_rgba(0,0,0,0.06),4px_0_6px_-1px_rgba(0,0,0,0.06)] focus:bg-[#F9F9F9] focus:shadow-[0_4px_6px_-1px_rgba(0,0,0,0.1),0_-4px_6px_-1px_rgba(0,0,0,0.06),4px_0_6px_-1px_rgba(0,0,0,0.06)] before:content-[&quot;&quot;] before:absolute before:left-0 before:top-0 before:bottom-0 before:w-[3px] before:rounded-l-md before:bg-[#01ABD9]\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"flex justify-center items-center rounded-md !w-20 !h-20 aspect-square flex-shrink-0 sm:rounded md:rounded-md lg:!w-[84px] lg:!h-[84px] lg:rounded xl:rounded-md\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/3776aecca8f66689265d69c33a620631ddcca1730d160a2b21a16c1c85ed4e8b.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>RelatedTRT World &#8211; Turkish FM warns against use of Strait of Hormuz as &#8216;weapon&#8217; amid regional tensions<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Marles said Australia\u2019s role in the operation would remain strictly defensive and stressed that the deployment was intended&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":667788,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44],"class_list":["post-667787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667787","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=667787"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667787\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/667788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=667787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=667787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=667787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}