Tag: OilPrices
Trump Warns Iran Over Strait Attacks
President Donald Trump warned Wednesday that the United States will strike an Iranian bridge or power plant each time Iran fires on a vessel in the Strait of Hormuz, according to the Washington Post. Trump said on social media that any Iranian missile, rocket, drone, or other weapon fired at…
Blockade Bites as US Strikes Gulf Island
US Central Command struck Greater Tunb Island on July 15, targeting cruise missile storage and launch sites along with coastal defense systems in a 90-minute wave, according to AP. Iran seized the island along with Abu Musa and Lesser Tunb from what would become the UAE in 1971, and the…
Houthis May Soon Close Bab el-Mandeb Strait
Yemeni Houthis have said they could close the Bab el-Mandeb Strait in the coming days, threatening a second major chokepoint alongside Iran's blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.A member of the Houthi-aligned Ansar Allah movement's political bureau, Mohammed al-Farah, said the group intends to close Bab el-Mandeb in tandem with…
