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Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy has imposed strict new navigation rules in the Strait of Hormuz, intensifying the already fraught maritime situation amid the United States’ continued blockade of Iranian ports.Despite Tehran’s announcement of reopening the strategic waterway, the IRGC has declared that only civilian vessels using routes officially designated by Iran will be
The United States Treasury Department has issued a fresh temporary waiver permitting the sale and transport of sanctioned Russian oil stranded at sea. The move is intended to stabilise global energy markets that have been unsettled by the ongoing conflict in West Asia.The licence, announced on Friday, authorises countries to purchase Russian crude and petroleum products loaded onto vessels as of
The truce appeared to mostly hold even as Israel said it had carried out strikes on what it called “terrorists” approaching its forces in southern Lebanon. Separately, a U.N. peacekeeper was killed.
IRGC reportedly fires on tanker as it tries to pass through strait after brief window when strait had reopened• Middle East crisis – live updatesIranian officials say they have reversed the reopening of the strait of Hormuz and reimposed restrictions o…
IRGC reportedly fires on tanker as it tries to pass through strait during brief window when shipping lane had reopenedAnalysis: Trump and Tehran’s series of mismanaged posts stall progress towards peace Iranian officials say they have reversed the reop…
This blog is now closed. Our latest main story on the Middle East crisis is here.Separate to the Pakistani army chief’s trip to Iran (see post at 07:53), the Pakistani prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif, and foreign minister Ishaq Dar also concluded a trip…
A French Rafale fighter jet has been observed at BA 125 Istres airbase in southern France carrying a new counter-drone configuration.The system fitted is the Thales JF12 pod, a launcher capable of firing both unguided and guided 68 mm rockets, including the SNEB and ACULEUS variants, as well as similar munitions.Reports from Voennoye Obozrenie confirm that this marks a significant step in
Ghia Hajo, 25, returned to her home in Tyre, a city in southern Lebanon that Israel has bombarded with strikes, following the announcement of a 10-day cease-fire.
On a day when both Iran and the United States declared the Strait of Hormuz opened, hopes for an agreement rose. But statements from President Trump and Iranian leaders about negotiations were sometimes at odds.
“Future historians may well point to this war as the moment when US imperial decline became unmistakable and irreversible.” This was one of the most important assessments that veteran Palestinian …
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