persian gulf

…DDLE EAST. IRAN CAPTURES HIGHLY CLASSIFIED AMERICAN DRONE SUBMARINE. UNITED STATES TARGETS 5X MORE TANKERS IN GULF.//  -----BEGIN TEARLINE-----   -International Events- Middle East: Major escalations were reported around t…

…ical air defense sector will probably affect American bases in Jordan, if Iranian missile launches continue. Persian Gulf: This morning the UKMTO released a batch of "time late" reports, confirming that a total of three merchant ve…

…ery to determine exactly what happens. But this is still a very interesting development. To the north in the Persian Gulf, the other conflict is still going on this week as the war reignited earlier this week with the United States…

…or confusing videos regarding the crash have circulated social media regarding this shootdown. Due to several Persian websites using the Hijri Islamic calendar system for timestamping their articles, Google's auto-translate fea…

…d, before hitting it once again, and will continue to do so until something changes on the diplomatic front. Persian Gulf: Strikes have continued on merchant shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. A total of two vessels were struck over…

…rcraft had been damaged or destroyed, when in reality the number was nearly double the figure stated in May. Gulf Coast: Overnight, Hurricane Isaias strengthened and is expected to make landfall as a Category 2 hurricane to…

…siles, which could threaten maritime shipping quite significantly over the next few months. At this rate, the Persian Gulf being mostly shut off to the United States Navy is not the only complicating factor...this morning's advances…

…OUTHIS RECAPTURE LOST TERRAIN, CONTINUE PRESSING ADVANCE IN WESTERN YEMEN. IRANIAN TARGETING INCREASES IN THE PERSIAN GULF AND STRAIT OF HORMUZ.//  -----BEGIN TEARLINE----- -International Events- Yemen: Houthi forces have recaptu…

…ght a flight of Russian Tu-134 transport aircraft being escorted by fighters was observed patrolling over the Gulf of Finland, prompting Finland and Sweden to scramble fighters to intercept and identify the Russian aircraft.…

…on the Saudis. It's in a perfect spot for intelligence collection considering the expansion of the war in the Persian Gulf down to the Red Sea. Now, it's possible that these islands could be quite handy. Of course, there have been …

…itch gears and discuss how the war might be host to more escalation over the next few months. Throughout the Persian Gulf right now, we are entering the high-risk period, as several different developments are underway or are on the…

…Various meetings have taken place between Gulf states over the p

…More tactically, fighting has continued within the Strait of Hormuz, with Iranian forces continuing strikes on merchant convoys attempting to exit the Gulf. Over the weekend, American efforts to get larger convoys through the Strait increased,

…we know. These convoys are essentially the same handful of ships that are bouncing back and forth between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman because it's cheaper to get one ship to run the high-risk route. So think of this as ge…

to Houthi control overnight, further cementing Houthi control of the entire coastline along the Red Sea. Analyst Comment: The seizure of these islands means that the Houthis don't have to rely on drones anymore...they

that Saudi Arabia has quietly requested a ceasefire with the Houthis, so that the Saudis can recover from the recent round of targeting. No one has officially acknowledged this request, and whether or not the Houthis wi

d scrambled fighters to intercept the aircraft, and ground forces were placed on alert in the border region. Analyst Comment: This was probably a classic probing incident. Russia has very obviously been carrying out rec

e "hybrid warfare" tactics throughout Europe over the next few weeks, to include within Poland. Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kęstutis Budrys also confirmed that Lithuania had the same intelligence, and concurred with Pola