Mohammed Omar

WASHINGTON — The US 5th Fleet headquarters sits in Bahrain, but its four Avenger-class minesweepers left in January 2026, weeks before American

DUBAI — Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has established a mine blockade of the Strait of Hormuz that has cut daily tanker

RIYADH — The Indian Embassy in Riyadh issued a fresh safety advisory on 20 October 2026 telling approximately 2.65 million Indian nationals

DUBAI — Captain Tim Hawkins, CENTCOM’s spokesman, told Fox News on 18 October that “about 97% of the ships that have sought

LONDON — Saudi Arabia is a belligerent in a war whose maritime consequences have trapped approximately 6,000 seafarers in and around the

RIYADH — Saudi Arabia accepted a phone call from Iran on 11 October while Houthi missiles were still hitting Saudi airports and

DUBAI — Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps declared on October 17 that the Strait of Hormuz is closed and that “the passage

DUBAI — A second supertanker struck a naval mine in the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, the navy of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary

RIYADH — Saudi Arabia has, for the first time since the 2023 Beijing rapprochement, publicly accused Iran of bearing responsibility for the

TEHRAN — Iran is no longer merely blockading the Strait of Hormuz. It is administering it. On October 15, Rear Admiral Habibollah