Tag Archives: Strait
How a Hormuz row pushed Iran and US closer to war, why Trump waited for FIFA WC to
The Iran–US confrontation in the Gulf has entered a dangerous new phase, with a fragile [...]
Jul
US gas prices top $4 per gallon again as US-Iran conflict disrupts Strait of Hormuz
The average price of regular gas in the US has gone back above $4 per [...]
Jul
Conflict in the gulf has become much more deadly for commercial sailors
In the wee hours of Sunday, Herambh Karmarkar’s wife received two messages from her seafarer [...]
Jul
Trump’s Tightening Squeeze on Iran Will Heap More Pain on Its Battered Economy
DUBAI—President Trump is betting that reimposing the blockade on Iran and revoking its right to [...]
Jul
U.S. Targets Iranian Bridges in Bid to Choke Off Regime’s Supply Routes
The U.S. struck multiple bridges in Iran on Thursday in an effort to cut off [...]
Jul
Shipping via Hormuz disrupted, Iran could tell Houthis to shut Bab al-Mandab: Why
Tehran has told Yemen's Houthi rebels to be ready to close the Bab al-Mandab Strait [...]
Jul
Hormuz traffic dwindles as Iran tensions disrupt global oil shipping
Just three commodity vessels crossed the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, the fewest daily transits [...]
Jul
Donald Trump has no good options for reopening the Strait of Hormuz
When Donald Trump signed a preliminary peace deal with Iran last month, he bragged that [...]
Jul
‘Don’t deploy Indian sailors…’: India’s big warning to shipowners over Hormuz amid
India has directed shipowners, ship managers and recruitment companies not to deploy Indian seafarers on [...]
Jul
Donald Trump’s blind alley
WHEN DONALD TRUMP proposed a peace with Iran, he could hardly have made a more [...]
Jul