Gaza: six months of ceasefire have left the territory in rubble and little vision for the future of its people
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May 1 Marks a Crucial “War Powers” Deadline for Trump’s War in Iran
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The Strait of Hormuz shows how everything is now about leverage
Iran’s military might was never going to be a match for the US and Israel. So instead it turned to the highly effective weapon...
Iran has a powerful new tool in the Strait of Hormuz that it can leverage long after the war
One of those was a Chinese-owned tanker called the Rich Starry that turned around in the Gulf of Oman on Wednesday to head back through the strait.
Iran, meanwhile, maintains it still has control over the strait and it will determine which ships transit through the crucial waterway. It also said if its ports are threatened, “no port in the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman will remain safe”.