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USS Pioneer (MCM-9) and USS Patriot (MCM-7), Avenger-class mine countermeasures ships, underway in the Sea of Japan, November 2018

USS Pioneer and USS Chief Head to Persian Gulf, Closing the Hormuz Mine Clearance Gap as IRGC Seizes Two Ships

April 22, 2026April 23, 2026
Defence & Security

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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Aerial view of Masjid al-Haram, the Grand Mosque of Mecca, showing the Kaaba surrounded by tens of thousands of pilgrims during Hajj season

The Hajj Opens Under an Expired Ceasefire — MBS’s Custodian Title Becomes a Trap

April 22, 2026April 22, 2026
Diplomacy & Geopolitics

JEDDAH — The ceasefire expired at midnight, the first Indonesian pilgrims boarded their Hajj flights from Jakarta, and the IRGC seized two

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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, who on April 20, 2026, formally labelled the US naval blockade an act of war and declared the ceasefire void.

Araghchi Labels US Blockade an ‘Act of War,’ Cancelling Islamabad Talks and Closing the Authorization Ceiling Gap

April 22, 2026April 23, 2026
Diplomacy & Geopolitics

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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The Hejaz Railway Reversed: Saudi Arabia’s Northern Rail Corridor as Wartime Chokepoint Bypass

April 22, 2026April 22, 2026
Diplomacy & Geopolitics

RIYADH — Saudi Transport Minister Saleh bin Nasser Al-Jasser spent the week of April 16-22, 2026, holding back-to-back virtual meetings with his

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Strait of Hormuz seen from orbit during ISS Expedition 47, showing the narrow passage between Iran and Oman with Gulf islands

IRGC Seizes Two Ships in 72-Hour Retaliation Cycle

April 22, 2026April 23, 2026
Iran War

Table of Contents Two Ships, Three Hours, Zero Warning The Touska Trigger Who Gave Permission? Can a Headless Navy Honor Its Own

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Bab el-Mandeb strait satellite view showing Perim Island dividing shipping channels between Yemen and Djibouti

Iran’s Bab el-Mandeb Threat Targets Saudi Arabia’s Last Export Corridor

April 22, 2026April 22, 2026
Diplomacy & Geopolitics

JEDDAH — Ali Akbar Velayati, the man who has advised Iran’s Supreme Leader for three decades, announced on April 20 that the

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