The Treaty
Shay Bottomley reports on a hardening stalemate: Trump saying Washington does not want to speak to Iran, a sanctions offensive announced but not yet...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Axios reports, citing Israeli officials, that the IRGC Navy commander began closing the strait within hours of the war starting and laid mines in...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
One energy analyst argues the strait is losing value as a weapon: more oil is produced elsewhere, and Gulf producers are building around it....
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Shay Bottomley explains why the Strait of Hormuz decides the Iran war: a waterway two dozen miles wide at its narrowest, three countries now...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Georgia Gilholy reports on the partial recovery of Hormuz oil traffic: Qatar and Kuwait shuttling crude in smaller vessels, flows well below prewar levels,...
Dollars and Sense
Georgia Gilholy reports on Iran's deepening economic crisis — a record-low rial, gasoline lines, and soaring staple prices — as Washington's new sanctions campaign...
The Treaty
Diplomats in Middle Eastern embassies will be well prepared for another emergency evacuation, particularly having gone through the process less than six months ago.
Dollars and Sense
That discount is the reason ships keep sailing. Chinese state carriers have stayed out since late July and take their cargoes by ship-to-ship transfer...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Bahrain holds the Fifth Fleet headquarters, Qatar and Kuwait the major air and ground facilities. Hundreds of American structures have been damaged since February....