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Persian Gulf

  • Iran’s Strategy of Proxy Encirclement
    Iran’s Strategy of Proxy Encirclement
    Commentary There are two prevailing interpretations of the recent Houthi attacks on ships in the Red Sea. The first interpretation is that these are proxy attacks, sponsored by Iran, aimed ...
    January 11, 2024BY Michael Hochberg and Leonard Hochberg
  • Shippers Warned to Stay Away From Iranian Waters Over Seizure Threat as US-Iran Tensions High
    Shippers Warned to Stay Away From Iranian Waters Over Seizure Threat as US-Iran Tensions High
    DUBAI, United Arab Emirates—Western-backed maritime forces in the Middle East on Saturday warned shippers traveling through the strategic ...
    August 12, 2023BY The Associated Press
  • Emirati-Flagged Cargo Ship Sinks in Persian Gulf Off Iran
    Emirati-Flagged Cargo Ship Sinks in Persian Gulf Off Iran
    DUBAI, United Arab Emirates—An Emirati-flagged cargo ship, longer than a soccer field, sank in stormy seas off Iran’s ...
    March 18, 2022BY The Associated Press
  • US Deploys First B-52 Bomber Over Persian Gulf Under Biden in Show of Force
    US Deploys First B-52 Bomber Over Persian Gulf Under Biden in Show of Force
    The Pentagon on Wednesday successfully conducted a strategic bomber's patrol mission from Louisiana to the Middle East to ...
    January 27, 2021BY Lorenz Duchamps
  • B-52Hs Fly to Middle East in Apparent US Warning to Iran
    B-52Hs Fly to Middle East in Apparent US Warning to Iran
    Two B-52H "Stratofortress" bombers flew a 30-hour round-trip mission from the United States to the Persian Gulf on ...
    December 31, 2020BY Mimi Nguyen Ly
  • Navy Vet Gets Surprise Call From Gary Sinise Telling Him His Mortgage Has Been Paid Off for Veteran’s Day
    Navy Vet Gets Surprise Call From Gary Sinise Telling Him His Mortgage Has Been Paid Off for Veteran’s Day
    One Army veteran says he feels like he won the lottery after he received the surprise of a ...
    November 16, 2020BY Jenni Julander
  • Iranian, US Ships Come Dangerously Close as Disputes Continue in Persian Gulf
    Iranian, US Ships Come Dangerously Close as Disputes Continue in Persian Gulf
    Almost a dozen Iranian naval vessels made “dangerous and harassing” maneuvers near U.S. Navy and Coast Guard ships ...
    April 16, 2020BY Isabel van Brugen
  • Iran Seizes Tanker Carrying ‘Smuggled Fuel’: Report
    Iran Seizes Tanker Carrying ‘Smuggled Fuel’: Report
    TEHRAN, Iran—Iranian forces seized a ship in the Persian Gulf suspected of carrying smuggled fuel, the regime's state-run ...
    August 4, 2019BY The Associated Press
  • Iran Seizes Foreign Oil Tanker Accused of Smuggling Fuel: State TV
    Iran Seizes Foreign Oil Tanker Accused of Smuggling Fuel: State TV
    The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has seized a foreign oil tanker because it was smuggling fuel, according to ...
    July 18, 2019BY Zachary Stieber
  • Iranian Boats Threaten US Warship in Persian Gulf
    Iranian Boats Threaten US Warship in Persian Gulf
    The USS Essex was in the Persian Gulf with the leader of U.S. Central Command on Oct. 26, ...
    October 27, 2018BY Sarah Le
  • US Navy Sailors Released Unharmed by Iran in Less Than a Day
    US Navy Sailors Released Unharmed by Iran in Less Than a Day
    All 10 U.S. Navy sailors detained by Iran after drifting into its territorial waters a day earlier have ...
    January 13, 2016BY The Associated Press
  • Why Are the Gulf States so Reluctant to Take in Refugees?
    Why Are the Gulf States so Reluctant to Take in Refugees?
    A big question is reverberating in the minds of many; why have the Arab Gulf states not taken ...
    September 27, 2015BY Rana Jawad
  • Britain to Boost Military Presence in Persian Gulf
    Britain to Boost Military Presence in Persian Gulf
    Britain has signed a deal with Bahrain that will bolster the United Kingdom's military presence in the island ...
    December 6, 2014BY Adam Schreck
  • OPEC Stays the Course and Accepts Lower Prices
    OPEC Stays the Course and Accepts Lower Prices
    The move, which shook the oil market wasn’t a move at all. On Thursday OPEC decided to keep ...
    November 28, 2014BY Valentin Schmid
  • Obama’s Legacy in the Gulf: Despite Disgruntlement, US Remains Indispensable
    Obama’s Legacy in the Gulf: Despite Disgruntlement, US Remains Indispensable
    To Saudi Arabia and its Arab partners of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), the United States in six ...
    November 22, 2014BY Thomas W. Lippman
  • As Conflict Grows in Middle East, US-Saudi Gulf Widens
    As Conflict Grows in Middle East, US-Saudi Gulf Widens
    Those who expected the summit between US President Obama and Saudi King Abdullah to produce a "reset" button ...
    June 29, 2014BY Fahad Nazer
  • U.S. and Saudi Arabia: A Loveless Marriage
    U.S. and Saudi Arabia: A Loveless Marriage
    Among the would-be therapists of the foreign policy world, the alliance between the United States and Saudi Arabia ...
    April 21, 2014BY Amanda Ufheil-Somers
  • Iran Test-Fires Land-to-Sea Missile
    Iran Test-Fires Land-to-Sea Missile
    Iran test-fires missile: Iran said it has test-fired a new land-to-sea missile in the Persian Gulf, according to ...
    April 16, 2013BY Jack Phillips
TOP NEWS
  • New White House Chief of Staff Imposes Restrictions on Meeting With Lobbyists
    1hr By Zachary Stieber
    New White House Chief of Staff Imposes Restrictions on Meeting With Lobbyists
  • Microsoft Outlook Emails Approaching Normal Levels After Outage, Company Says
    1hr By Jack Phillips
    Microsoft Outlook Emails Approaching Normal Levels After Outage, Company Says
  • Trump-Ordered Vaccine Safety Report Delayed Past Deadline
    1hr By Zachary Stieber
    Trump-Ordered Vaccine Safety Report Delayed Past Deadline
  • Global Oil Market Shows First Signs of Rebalancing as Gulf Exports Recover: IEA
    2hr By Evgenia Filimianova
    Global Oil Market Shows First Signs of Rebalancing as Gulf Exports Recover: IEA
  • Alleged Chinese Spy Alice Huang Linked to Huawei Data Center: Report
    3hr By Frank Fang
    Alleged Chinese Spy Alice Huang Linked to Huawei Data Center: Report
  • Bessent Blames Commerce Department for Failure to Blacklist Megaspeed
    3hr By Andrew Moran
    Bessent Blames Commerce Department for Failure to Blacklist Megaspeed
  • US Denies Iran’s Claim It Destroyed Radar in Bahrain
    3hr By Evgenia Filimianova
    US Denies Iran’s Claim It Destroyed Radar in Bahrain
  • IRS Collected Over $5.5 Trillion in Federal Taxes in 2026
    3hr By Naveen Athrappully
    IRS Collected Over $5.5 Trillion in Federal Taxes in 2026
  • Microsoft Reports Progress Fixing Global Outage Impacting Millions
    4hr By Chris Summers
    Microsoft Reports Progress Fixing Global Outage Impacting Millions
  • RFK Jr. Announces Funding to Study Ibogaine Psychedelic Drug
    5hr By Zachary Stieber
    RFK Jr. Announces Funding to Study Ibogaine Psychedelic Drug
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