TEHRAN — Mojtaba Khamenei has not been seen alive on camera in 45 days. A US-Israeli intelligence memo shared with Gulf allies
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NEW DELHI — India became the first state actor to suffer a documented legal injury from Iran’s authorization ceiling on April 18,
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TEHRAN — Iran’s hardline establishment responded to President Trump’s open-ended ceasefire extension on April 22, 2026, not with diplomacy but with a
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RIYADH — The ceasefire extension that Donald Trump announced on April 21 does not contain a single clause requiring Iran to restore
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Table of Contents Pioneer and Chief Head West The Mine Clearance Gap Since September 2025 Why Do Wooden-Hulled Ships From 1992 Matter
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TEHRAN — Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on April 20 formally labelled the United States naval blockade of Iranian ports an “act
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JEDDAH — Ahmad Al Shara landed at King Abdulaziz International Airport on April 21, one day after Donald Trump extended the Iran-Saudi
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TEHRAN — Iran cannot produce the “unified proposal” that President Trump’s ceasefire extension demands because the institution empowered to produce it —
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TEHRAN — Iran cannot produce the “unified proposal” that President Trump’s ceasefire extension demands because the institution empowered to produce it —
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Table of Contents The Decentralization Order What Did Iran Tell Its Iraq Militia Field Commanders? Mosaic Doctrine Goes External Why Can’t Baghdad
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RIYADH — King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman issued a joint directive on April 20 ordering government agencies to strengthen
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LONDON — Sixteen ships transited the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, April 20, 2026 — nine entering, seven exiting — according to
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RIYADH — India’s National Security Adviser Ajit Doval landed in Riyadh on April 19, the same day OFAC General License U expired
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Table of Contents Six Hours in the Arabian Sea From Deterrence to Enforcement What Did Iran Actually Do in Response? Why Did
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WASHINGTON — The ceasefire between the United States and Iran ended on April 20, when Iranian drones struck at American naval vessels
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n DUBAI — Iranian Revolutionary Guard gunboats opened fire on two Indian-flagged commercial vessels attempting to transit the Strait of Hormuz on
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ISLAMABAD — The seizure of the M/V Touska in the Gulf of Oman on April 19 did not collapse the Islamabad Round
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Turkey and Pakistan Are Already Past the April 22 Deadline ISLAMABAD — Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan declared on April 19 that
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MUSCAT — Iran launched drone strikes against a US military support vessel and the Port of Salalah in Oman on April 20,
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Table of Contents What Did the IRGC Navy Broadcast on Channel 16? The Sequence: Tweet, Market Crash, Override Why Does VHF Channel
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MUSCAT — The guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance fired on and boarded the Iranian-flagged container ship TOUSKA in the Gulf of Oman on
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Table of Contents Saudi Arabia Told Washington to End the Blockade The Yanbu Bottleneck Can the Houthis Actually Close Bab el-Mandeb? Iran’s
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