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NASA MODIS satellite image of the Arabian Peninsula showing the Persian Gulf, Saudi Arabia, and the Strait of Hormuz strategic geography

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US Special Envoy Tom Barrack shakes hands with Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa at the People's Palace in Damascus, May 2025, with US and Syrian flags in the background

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NASA MODIS satellite image of the Strait of Hormuz showing the narrow 21-mile chokepoint between Iran and the Musandam Peninsula

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Barakah Nuclear Power Plant reactor containment domes, Al Dhafra Region, Abu Dhabi, UAE — the Arab world's first operational multi-unit nuclear facility

Iran Hit Barakah Nuclear Plant. No Gulf Reactor Has a Shield Now.

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Aerial view of Prince Sultan Air Base Maintenance City, Saudi Arabia, during Operation SOUTHERN WATCH — the US base whose closure grounded Operation Project Freedom in May 2026

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Satellite view of Tehran, Iran — the city of ten million at the centre of Iran wartime command structure

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NASA MODIS satellite view of the Strait of Hormuz and Musandam Peninsula — the 21-mile chokepoint where Iran has reconstituted 30 of its 33 missile launch sites along the Iranian coastline (upper right)

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NASA MODIS satellite image of the Strait of Hormuz showing the narrow 21-nautical-mile waterway through which seventeen undersea cables carry approximately 30% of global intercontinental data traffic — the geography Iran is now asserting cable-fee jurisdiction over

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US Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons taxi on the flight line at Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia

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NASA MODIS satellite view of the Strait of Hormuz at its narrowest point, with Iran visible at top and the UAE and Musandam Peninsula at bottom

Trump Returns Threatening Iran. Saudi Arabia Has No Margin for a Second Round.

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ISS orbital view of the Zagros Mountains folded terrain and Strait of Hormuz with Qeshm Island, showing the mountainous landscape where Iran maintains underground missile storage facilities overlooking the strategic waterway

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