The United States is close to announcing a coalition to escort ships through the Strait of Hormuz, the Wall Street Journal and Axios reported, while Iran warned that it is not close to giving up, and neighboring Iraq continued to feel the spillover effects of the war. “The Trump administration, as soon as this week, plans to announce that multiple countries have agreed to form a coalition that will escort ships through the Strait of Hormuz,” the WSJ reported on March 15, citing unnamed US officials. The report said the matter is still…