Tag: Iran
Bulgaria Seeks Approval to Host US Tankers
Bulgaria will ask parliament to approve deploying up to eight U.S. aerial refuelling aircraft at Bezmer Air Base to support American operations in the Middle East.Prime Minister Rumen Radev announced the request on July 20, saying the tankers would be stationed at the base 260 kilometres southeast of Sofia. By…
How Sanctions Created a Parallel Maritime System
What began in 2022 as a workaround to Western sanctions has evolved into one of the most important pieces of strategic infrastructure in the modern global economy. Russia depends on it to finance its war in Ukraine. Iran relies on comparable networks, built over decades of sanctions, to keep exporting…
US Not Ready for a Wider Iran War
An American official told The Washington Post that the Pentagon is preparing for a wider war with Iran, days after three US service members were killed in Jordan and Iraq, according to The Times of Israel.The official said dwindling stockpiles of air defense and long-range munitions, along with limited troop…
US Confirms Deaths in Iranian Strike on Jordan Base
CENTCOM confirmed that two US service members were killed in action and one remains missing after Iranian ballistic missiles and drones struck Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan on July 17, according to a US Central Command statement.Four additional service members were medically evacuated to Jordanian hospitals and have since…
How Commercial Shipping Became a Battlefield
Every incident involving a commercial vessel in the Strait of Hormuz now sends shockwaves far beyond the Gulf. But those shockwaves are no longer merely a byproduct of military confrontation – they are increasingly part of the objective. The June truce between Washington and Tehran collapsed this month, and the…
ASEAN Turns to Iran War as Security Risks Grow
Southeast Asia's diplomats opened a week of high-level meetings in Manila on Monday under the Philippines' 2026 ASEAN chairmanship, with the bloc's foreign ministers set to convene among themselves Tuesday to address the war between the United States and Iran alongside two long-running regional priorities: Myanmar's civil war and tensions…
Iranian Missiles Intercepted Near Eilat and Aqaba
Israeli and Jordanian forces intercepted Iranian missiles fired toward the Jordanian city of Aqaba on Sunday, prompting Israel to launch Iron Dome interceptors near the neighboring resort city of Eilat after shrapnel from an intercepted missile landed just north of the city. American air defense systems intercepted the primary missile…
US Hits Iran Nuclear Site, Kuwait Plant Again
The United States struck the construction site of Iran's Darkhovin nuclear power plant in Khuzestan Province early Sunday, marking the eighth consecutive night of American strikes on Iran. The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran said the facility was hit with several projectiles at around 3:39 a.m. local time, calling the…
Cheap Drones Are Rewriting Energy Security
For decades, governments measured energy security by asking whether oil and gas could move safely across oceans and pipelines. The principal threats were conventional wars, naval blockades, piracy or attacks on a handful of high-profile facilities. Protect the sea lanes, defend a few critical chokepoints and maintain strategic reserves, the…
Two US Service Members Killed in Iran’s Jordan Strike
Two American service members were killed, and a third went missing Friday as ballistic missiles and drones struck US positions in Jordan, part of an Iranian barrage that also hit Camp Arifjan's support center and a radar facility at Ali Al-Salem Air Base in Kuwait. CENTCOM said the two were…
