Iranian strikes reported across region as Trump threatens to strike power plants, bridges
US carries out fresh round of strikes in Iran • CENTCOM reinstates blockade in Strait of Hormuz • Trump requests Israel to pull out of Syria, Lebanon
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US supporting efforts to revive Iraq-Syria crude oil pipeline, US official says
Iranian strikes cause 'massive' explosions in Kuwait, drones strike US military in Jordan - report
'They don't want you there': Trump tells Netanyahu to pull IDF troops from Syria, Lebanon - report
US CENTCOM strikes Iranian targets, reimposes blockade in Strait of Hormuz
A diplomatic source told the Post that the Trump administration has continued to send messages to Tehran indicating that negotiations are still an option.
Strait of Hormuz escalation pushing Iran to 'run faster toward a nuclear bomb,' expert warns
According to INSS Iran expert Ben Sabti, the regime's very survival gives the leadership a sense of victory. The central power mechanisms continue to function.
After Strait of Hormuz, Iran turns to Bab el-Mandeb as new pressure point - analysis
Having choked off shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, Iran is now using the Houthis to extend its threat to global trade and energy supplies beyond the Persian Gulf.
Lebanese activists face judicial persecution in Lebanon after criticizing Hezbollah
Mahmoud Shuaib, a Shi'ite critic of Hezbollah, and Dr. Alfred Riachi, secretary-general of the Permanent Federal Congress, were both detained after making comments against the terror group.
Trump wants to impose fees for Strait of Hormuz transit just like Iran: Is that legal? - explainer
US President Donald Trump claimed that the US would impose a 20% tariff on cargo shipped through the Strait of Hormuz amid a dispute over Tehran's efforts to maintain control of the waterway.
‘I want to be reimbursed’: How will Gulf nations receive Trump’s push for protection payments?
“Trump is transactional, always looking for where the money is. He's a businessman; he admits it, and he's not ashamed of it; he's proud of it. The Gulf States understood that from the beginning."
Fifty-five detained Iranian fishermen freed in UAE, embassy says
The fishermen were detained by the UAE's coast guard in recent months due to "special conditions" in the region, Iran's embassy in the UAE stated.
Was the Mossad's Ahmadinejad operation a failure, or did Trump kill it? - analysis
The Mossad's failure may not have been its plan to install Ahmadinejad as Iran's new leader, but its inability to anticipate Trump would halt key parts of it.
Iraq's PM arrives in Washington as US presses Baghdad on Iran-backed militias - analysis
Iraq is already a kind of frontline between the US and Iran. After the US and Israel began strikes on Iran on February 28, the Iranians operationalized militias in Iraq.
Iran's attacks on Emirati tankers leaves Gulf united against Islamic regime - analysis
Gulf solidarity is now emerging in an even larger way than before. While some countries want an agreement that will end the fighting, they are also outraged by Iran’s new attacks.
