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Iran’s Khamenei Directs Revolutionary Guard Operations
TEHRAN, July 7 — Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s Supreme Leader since 1989, remains the singular figure shaping the…
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Iran Uses Small Boats, Drones in Maritime Warfare Attacks
TEHRAN, July 7 — The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy has built its regional strategy around a fleet…
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Hossein Salami: IRGC Commander Directing Strait Operations
TEHRAN, July 7 — Major General Hossein Salami, the commander-in-chief of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) since…
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Strait of Hormuz: Why It Remains a Global Chokepoint
ISLAMABAD, July 7 — The Strait of Hormuz, a narrow waterway between Iran and Oman, remains one of…
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Vice Admiral Brad Cooper Leads U.S. Fifth Fleet in Hormuz Crisis
MANAMA, July 7 — Vice Admiral Brad Cooper, commander of the United States Fifth Fleet, continues to oversee…
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Human Impact: Seafarers and Regional Civilians Face Heightened Risk
DUBAI, July 7 — An attack on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman on April 27,…
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Iran Uses Fast-Attack Craft to Disrupt Strait Shipping
TEHRAN, July 7 — The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy has emerged as Iran’s primary instrument for attacking…
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South Africa Faces Unrest Risk Amid Economic Crisis, Diplomatic Fallout
JOHANNESBURG, July 7 — South Africa is bracing for the possibility of renewed unrest after a wave of…
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What Comes Next: Potential Escalation and International Response
RIYADH, July 7 — The United States-led Operation Sentinel, a multinational maritime security initiative launched in 2019, continues…
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IRGC Chief Hossein Salami Shapes Iran’s Maritime Strategy
TEHRAN, July 7 — The commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Hossein Salami, continues to direct one…
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IRGC Navy Chief Tangsiri Leads Iran’s Strait Operations
TEHRAN, July 7 — Rear Admiral Alireza Tangsiri, the commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy,…
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US Troop Withdrawal Costs Estonia’s Economy and Communities
TAPA, July 6 — The American military presence in this small Estonian town has provided economic benefits to…
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Nepali Congress Leader Urges End to Membership Dispute
KATHMANDU, July 5 — Pradip Paudel, a senior leader of the Nepali Congress party, has called on all…
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Infant granddaughter among five Khamenei family members killed in airstrike
TEHRAN — The smallest coffin drew the loudest wails. It held a 14-month-old girl, draped in an Iranian…
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Israeli Defense Minister Declares Iran’s New Supreme Leader “Marked for Death”
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz has formally declared Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei “marked for death.” The statement,…
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World War I ignited a century of global conflict and change
KARACHI, July 3 — War cinema has long drawn its most powerful stories from the battlefields of World…
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Report Details Nigeria’s Web of Kidnapping, Insecurity, and Systemic Failures
Nigerians now navigate a country where the act of sending a child to school or walking to a…
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The Persian People’s Long Struggle Under Clerical Rule
The cry first rose from the cobblestones of Isfahan and the alleys of Tehran’s Grand Bazaar in the…
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Iran Prepares Historic Funeral for Khamenei After February Strikes
TEHRAN, July 2 — Iran is preparing what authorities describe as the largest state funeral in the country’s…
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Iran and US to negotiate peace deal in Doha after strikes
DOHA, June 29 — Iranian and American technical teams are expected to meet in the Qatari capital in…
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Hormuz Accord Faces Early Tests as Joint Committee Meets in Muscat
Fresh military strikes and competing claims over de-mining rights are testing the Hormuz memorandum almost as soon as…
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Doha Prepares for Arrival of Iranian and US Technical Teams for Talks
Doha Prepares for Talks as Oil Markets Eye Strait Reopening DOHA — The Qatari capital is bracing for…
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Iran Skips Doha Strait of Hormuz Talks; US Confirms No-Show
History has a way of repeating itself in the Persian Gulf, and the latest round of US-Iran diplomacy…
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Conricus views Lebanon deal as key breakthrough amid separate regional incidents
Jonathan Conricus has been watching the Middle East long enough to know the difference between a single war…
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