The United States is ready to throw a punch, but it hasn’t packed its bags for boots on the ground yet. A rule of thumb in ...

On January 17th 1991, the skies over Kuwait and Iraq roared with the largest and most sophisticated air armada in history.

As the Gulf War unfolded, Iraqi commanders prepared to confront what they believed would be a traditional naval battle.

Saudi Arabia bombed Yemen's port city of Mukalla, targeting a shipment of weapons from the United Arab Emirates for ...

Last year in June, Tehran launched missile strikes against a US base in Qatar after vowing to retaliate when US forces ...

The Persian Gulf off the coast of Iran in April. (Rouzbeh Fouladi/Zuma Press) The number of container vessels slowing down at the Strait of Hormuz is more than three times the normal level, said Ami ...

A tanker unloads imported crude oil at Qingdao Port in China. (Cfoto/Zuma Press) China’s Foreign Ministry called for greater efforts to maintain stability in the critical shipping lanes of the Persian ...

Washington does not seem to realize that it holds more leverage over the wealthy petro-monarchies of the Persian Gulf than vice versa. It should use it. On September 9, 2025, 15 Israeli fighter jets ...

China has unsettled Iran by backing the United Arab Emirates in a decades-old dispute over three strategically located islands in the Persian Gulf. Beijing’s position has revived a sensitive ...

China has angered Iran by backing the UAE’s call for a peaceful resolution to the long-running dispute over three strategic Gulf islands controlled by Tehran. Iranian officials and media accuse ...