archiveStrait of Homuz
Guns or Ghost Ships: US Signals Naval Escorts Through Hormuz as Tanker Traffic Vanishes—But Warships Remain Dockside
The United States is signaling it stands ready to plunge its Navy into the shark-infested waters of the Strait of...
Hormuz on a Knife-Edge: Iran Seizes Tankers, Vows “Massacre” Hours Before High-Stakes U.S. Talks
In a dramatic prelude to critical diplomacy, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) seized two foreign oil tankers in the...
 seized two foreign oil tankers in the Persian Gulf on Thursday, detaining 15 crew members on fuel-smuggling charges just hours before scheduled high-level talks with the United States.){kind=link}