Tag: Persian Gulf
Jewish communities in Gulf commemorate Holocaust with Muslims
Jews in the Gulf will commemorate Holocaust Remembrance Day this week together with Muslims, through a program hosted by the Association of Gulf Jewish Communities (AGJC), the group announced on Tuesday.
“The event will include...
Why the United Arab Emirates is uniquely stable among the Arab states
The recent decision of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to sign a peace treaty with Israel should not have come as a complete surprise. For the UAE has stood out as one of the...
Iranian Navy seeking to establish base in Gulf of Oman, entry to Indian Ocean
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is attempting to establish a new permanent base in the Gulf of Oman and the entry to the Indian Ocean, said its top admiral on Monday.
Alireza Tangsiri told the...
Iran threatens ‘decisive’ action to US ‘miscalculation’ in Persian Gulf
Iran’s Navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (NEDSA) said in a statement published on its affiliated Sepah News website on Sunday that its response to U.S. “error in calculation” in the Persian Gulf and...
US Navy Secretary assures: ‘We’re completely defensible’ against Iran
U.S. Navy Secretary Richard V. Spencer said on Wednesday that the U.S. Navy is “completely defensible” against the Iranian threat, including in the Persian Gulf.
Spencer’s talk consisted of how the U.S. Navy has prepared...
Bahrain becomes first Gulf state to join US, UK coalition against Iran
Bahrain announced on Monday that it would join the U.S.-led efforts to protect shipping in the Gulf after Iranian aggressive and violent behavior in the area.
Bahrain King Hamad met with U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM)...
Amid economic and military standoff, will Iran take up America’s offer to negotiate?
U.S. President Donald Trump has not been afraid negotiating with some of America’s top enemies, as evidenced with North Korea, even if it has yielded little results so far. This week, Trump’s top diplomat,...
UK warns of ‘serious consequences’ following tanker seizure by Iran
The U.K. government has announced that it will be taking diplomatic and economic measures against Iran in the wake of the seizure of the British-flagged oil tanker Stena Impero in the Strait of Hormuz earlier on...
Trump confirms US shot down Iranian drone in Gulf
U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed on Thursday that the USS Boxer, a U.S. Navy ship, shot down an Iranian drone in the Strait of Hormuz earlier in the day.
“The Boxer took defensive action against an Iranian...
Trump: Attacks on tankers in Gulf of Oman ‘very minor’
U.S. President Donald Trump appeared to downplay last week’s alleged attack by Iran against two tankers—one carrying oil and the other transferring a freight of methanol—in the Gulf of Oman near the strategic Strait of Hormuz,...