The Houthis have since become more active, adding to the risks surrounding commercial shipping through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. Following the October 7 attacks, the movement intermittently entered the conflict with Israel
America’s newest quagmire in the Middle East is like its old quagmires in the Middle East. It is based, as were the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, on a gross misreading of
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To speak of the Strait of Hormuz today is already to enter a language of reduction. In policy briefings and military analyses, it appears as a “chokepoint,” a narrow passage through which
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One month after the United States and Iran reached a fragile ceasefire agreement, the world’s humanitarian system remains under severe strain as the fallout from the conflict around the Strait of Hormuz
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A classified CIA analysis delivered to White House policymakers, as described by multiple individuals familiar with the document and reported in part by the Washington Post, concludes that Iran could endure the
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The United States is investigating a series of highly suspicious oil market transactions worth approximately $2.2 billion, amid concerns that traders may have used advance knowledge of sensitive developments in the Iran
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In a development on Monday morning,Iran attacked the UAE through cruise missiles and armed drones targeting the Fujairah Oil Industry Zone, which wounded employees, destroyed the fuel infrastructure, and tore apart the
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China’s shock warning to the US President Donald Trump that his road to Beijing goes through the Strait of Hormuz has been an audacious move directly linking his planned visit to China
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For years, Israel’s Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) believed it was operating in the realm of policy research and strategic analysis. But a sweeping cyber campaign attributed to Iranian intelligence services
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In a geopolitical twist that underscores shifting alliances and unconventional diplomacy, Pakistan’s army chief Asim Munir has emerged as a central figure in delicate negotiations between the United States and Iran. According
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Within six days of the Russian President Vladimir Putin rendering a forceful advice to the US President Donald Trump to abandon the path of war in Iran — in particular, any wild
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Fresh testimony from survivors of the Iranian naval frigate IRIS Dena has intensified international scrutiny over the March 4 attack that sank the vessel near Sri Lanka, with new accusations that delays
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How does a state come to justify the movement of warplanes over civilian cities as a matter of necessity rather than catastrophe? At what point does strategic language begin to absorb human
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In Tehran, the first thought that comes to Afra each morning is not about work or routine, but relief. Waking up under the fragile ceasefire between the United States and Iran, in
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In his latest analysis, investigative journalist Seymour Hersh claims that Donald Trump is considering a dramatic step: paying billions of dollars to Iran to bring an end to the ongoing blockade of
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Dr. Alireza Delkhosh, Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Sri Lanka, delivered an emotional address during a humanitarian visit to the Fathima Orphanage and Ladies Hostel, combining outreach to vulnerable
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