War & Conflict
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Key Players: U.S. and Iranian Military Forces in the Persian Gulf
MANAMA, July 7 — The United States Fifth Fleet, headquartered in Bahrain, remains the primary naval force in…
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Iran Says It Seized Two Ships in Strait of Hormuz After Vessels Came Under Fire
TEHRAN, July 7 — For communities across Asia that depend on the steady flow of oil through the…
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Iranian Strikes Knocked Out Satellite Terminals at US Fifth Fleet Base, Report Says
MANAMA, July 7 — The United States Fifth Fleet, the Navy’s principal maritime force in the Middle East,…
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Ukrainian Drones Hit 12 Substations in 48 Hours as Long-Range Strikes Widen
MOSCOW, July 7 — Ukraine has conducted a sustained campaign of drone strikes against Russian oil refineries and…
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Tankers Burn in Strait of Hormuz as Qatari Mediators Return to Tehran
WASHINGTON, July 7 — The United States and Iran remain locked in a confrontation that traces its origins…
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US Military Launches Strikes Against Iran, Central Command Says
WASHINGTON — The figure that matters: three American service members killed, 34 wounded, and the first direct U.S.…
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U.S. Fifth Fleet, Iranian Revolutionary Guard Clash in Gulf Confrontation
MANAMA, July 7 — One number defines the naval standoff in the Persian Gulf: two navies. The U.S.…
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IRGC Adviser Calls Strait of Hormuz Control a Strategic Deterrent Weapon
TEHRAN, July 7 — Major General Hossein Salami, who has commanded Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps since April…
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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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Key Players: U.S. Fifth Fleet and IRGC Navy in the Strait of Hormuz
MANAMA, July 7 — The figure that matters for the United States Fifth Fleet is 1995. That is…
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US Destroyers Cross Hormuz Under Iranian Fire as Project Freedom Escorts Begin
MANAMA, July 7 — The heat shimmers off the grey steel of a U.S. Navy destroyer as it…
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IRGC Navy Chief Tangsiri Dies After Shaping Iran’s Strait of Hormuz Closure Strategy
TEHRAN, July 7 — For the families of sailors navigating the Strait of Hormuz, the man in command…
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Israel Says Strike Killed IRGC Navy Chief Tangsiri, Who Led Hormuz Closure
TEHRAN, July 7 — Rear Admiral Alireza Tangsiri, the commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy,…
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Ukrainian Drones Hit Moscow Region as Strikes Deepen Russia’s Fuel Crisis
KYIV, July 6 — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has overseen the military campaign against Russian energy infrastructure, according…
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Study Tallies Russia-Ukraine War’s Economic Cost for Europe and Ukraine
KYIV, July 6 — NATO member states have reportedly decided to limit Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s role at…
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Key Players: U.S. and Iranian Military Commands in the Region
MANAMA, July 6 — The gray hulls of U.S. Navy destroyers sit in the heat haze off Bahrain,…
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Hossein Khanzadi, Iran’s Navy Chief From 2017 to 2021: Russia Ties and a Quiet Exit
TEHRAN, July 6 — For four years, Admiral Hossein Khanzadi was the man at the helm of Iran’s…
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What Zelensky’s Missing Plenary Seat in Ankara Meant for Ukraine’s War Effort
KYIV, July 6 — The reported decision to bar President Volodymyr Zelensky from speaking at the NATO summit…
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Ukrainian Drones Hit Moscow Region, Killing at Least Four, Russian Officials Say
MOSCOW, July 6 — The shift is subtle but unmistakable: Vladimir Putin is doubling down on air defenses,…
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Russia’s Baltic Military Posture: Kaliningrad and the Suwalki Gap
KALININGRAD, July 6 — Russia’s Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad Oblast, a heavily militarised wedge of territory wedged between…
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U.S. to Withdraw Most Estonia Troops by 2027, Ending Presence
TALLINN, July 6 — The United States has informed NATO allies of a plan to withdraw the majority…
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Ukraine Strikes Russia’s Largest Omsk Oil Refinery 2,500 km Away
MOSCOW, July 6 — Ukraine launched a drone strike on the Omsk Oil Refinery on August 25, 2024,…
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Drone Strike on Omsk Refinery Threatened Russian Fuel Supplies
MOSCOW, July 6 — A drone strike on the Omsk Refinery in August 2024 could have disrupted fuel…
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US Troops in Estonia Drop to Fewer Than 100, No Plans Beyond 2026
TALLINN, July 6 — The United States will withdraw its approximately 1,000 troops from NATO’s enhanced forward presence…
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