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While we’ve been distracted by our internal issues, Iran using GPS jamming and trickery to pretend to be US or coalition ships in the region has caused serious problems. In a warning issued [...]

Iran announced that it has arrested 17 members of a CIA spy ring, and has sentenced some of them to death as “corrupters on Earth.” At least that’s the official story. Not [...]

The UK Tanker Stena Impero has reportedly been seized by Iran in the Strait of Hormuz (Fox). It has a crew of 23, and the owners of the vessel have not been able to contact it, as tracking [...]

Officials have lost contact with the Riah, a 190 foot UAE based oil tanker after it strayed into Iranian waters over the weekend, according to Fox. At around 11 p.m. on Saturday, the vessel [...]

Three Iranian boats attempted to stop a British tanker in the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, but broke off the action after the HMS Montrose maneuvered among them. The British frigate had guns at [...]

An Iranian oil tanker was seized by the British Royal Marines and Gibraltar authorities on Thursday as it was allegedly taking oil to Syria in violation of EU sanctions, according to Reuters. Oil [...]

Will Iran malfunction even more now that they dodged a bullet with air strikes being called off for humanitarian reasons? Likely. The US conducted a retaliatory cyber attack on the Iranian regime [...]

Wednesday was a long day for American interests in the Middle East, but it culminated in a Navy drone being shot down by an Iranian missile. That didn’t go over well. The Navy said a U.S. [...]

The Pentagon sends 1,000 more troops to the Middle East after the attacks on tankers last week, and several rockets launched at areas where US troops are housed. They’ve released photos to [...]

Distress calls from two commercial tankers in the Gulf of Oman prompted the US Navy’s 5th Fleet to assist. Although some news media stated that it could have been a torpedo, some experts [...]