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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 Strait of Hormuz to stay as far away from Iranian territorial waters ...
August 12, 2023
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The Associated Press
Iranian Attack Boats Harrassed Merchant Ship in Hormuz Strait: US Navy
A trio of armed Iranian speedboats swarmed around a merchant vessel sailing through the Strait of Hormuz on ...
June 5, 2023
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Ryan Morgan
How Do We Improve Global Maritime Security?
Commentary Once again Iran’s robed dictators are launching attacks on oil tankers attempting to transit the Strait of ...
May 11, 2023
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Austin Bay
Beijing Joins Iran to Exploit Middle East Oil Routes
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is using Iran to tighten its grip on the Middle East's major oil ...
June 3, 2022
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Jennifer Bateman
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, 2020
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Isabel van Brugen
South Korea to Deploy Anti-Piracy Unit to the Strait of Hormuz
South Korea's military said on Tuesday it plans to expand the deployment of an anti-piracy unit now operating ...
January 22, 2020
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Reuters
Iran Holds Up 2nd British-Linked Oil Tanker in Gulf on Same Day, Later Releases It
Iran held up a second oil tanker, the Liberian-flagged, British-operated vessel Mesdar, near the Strait of Hormuz on July ...
July 19, 2019
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Mimi Nguyen Ly
Iran Says It Seized British Oil Tanker in Strait of Hormuz
Update: Iran held up a second oil tanker near the Strait of Hormuz on July 19—the Liberian-flagged, British-operated ...
July 19, 2019
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Jack Phillips
Trump Says Countries Should Protect Their Own Oil Tankers
President Donald Trump said on June 24 that foreign countries should protect their own oil tankers in the ...
June 24, 2019
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Bowen Xiao
Japanese Sailors Saw ‘Flying Objects’ Before Oil Tanker Attack, But US Military Has Something Else to Show
The Japanese owner of the Kokuka Courageous, one of the vessels attacked near the strategic Strait of Hormuz ...
June 14, 2019
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Venus Upadhayaya
Video Shows Iranian Forces Removing Unexploded Mine From Tanker in Gulf of Oman: US Military
The U.S. military's Central Command has released a video and some still photographs on June 14 that it ...
June 14, 2019
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Mimi Nguyen Ly
US Warns Merchant Ships of Possible Attacks by Iran
Commercial ships and oil tankers sailing under the American flag in major Middle East waterways could be targeted ...
May 10, 2019
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Ivan Pentchoukov
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