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As Houthis declare Red Sea blockade on Saudi Arabia, oil markets brace for impact
The Iran-backed group said the maritime embargo on the Gulf's biggest crude exporter would be effective immediately.
Houthi blockade of Bab el-Mandeb could deepen global oil shock
The Iran-backed group said the maritime embargo on the Gulf's biggest crude exporter would be effective immediately.
US attacks deepen hardship, not dissent, in Iran's restive south
By Parisa Hafezi and Angus McDowallDUBAI, July 20 (Reuters) - Opposition to Iran's clerical rulers has long simmered in the country's impoverished south. But after bearing the bru…
Iran's Araghchi reveals Turkey's role in thwarting Kurdish offensive
The account offers Tehran's first public confirmation of reports that Ankara intervened to stop armed Iranian Kurdish groups from entering the conflict.
Israel to withdraw from Lebanon’s pilot zones ahead of Aoun-Trump meeting
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun met with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio Sunday during the first part of his four-day visit to Washington.
Yemen's Houthis declare naval blockade against Saudi Arabia
By Nayera Abdallah and Timour AzhariDUBAI, July 20 (Reuters) - Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis said on Monday they were imposing a naval blockade on Saudi Arabia, a move that threate…
Oil transfer activity in Gulf of Oman slows following ship attacks, data shows
By Jonathan SaulLONDON, July 20 (Reuters) - Oil transfers between tankers in waters outside the Strait of Hormuz have slowed following a wave of recent attacks on vessels by Irani…
Khalil al-Hayya: The Gaza negotiator who will now lead Hamas
For months, veteran Hamas leader Khalil al-Hayya spearheaded the group's indirect ceasefire negotiations with arch-foe Israel in an effort to halt the war in Gaza. "Khalil al-Hayy…
US-Iran strikes: latest developments
Iran's president said his country is fighting a "full-scale war" with the United States, as Washington expanded its strikes across the Islamic republic and Tehran hit Gulf states.…
Scars of war linger on Syria's Saint Simeon monastery
Near the base of a column atop which Saint Simeon Stylites once perched, scattered stones lay bare the damage inflicted on the surrounding Byzantine monastery in northern Syria by…
