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Strait of Hormuz. The kingdom’s budget shortfall widened to 125.7 billion riyals ($33.5bn) in the first three months of the year as rising government spending coincided with a fall in crude sales, according
Strait of Hormuz, key questions remain unanswered about how such a large-scale operation can be sustained — and history suggests naval blockades are difficult to enforce and their results are often unpredictable at best
significant. It is on the UAE's small stretch of coastline that is beyond the Strait of Hormuz, facing instead the Gulf of Oman. Fujairah is the terminus of an oil pipeline that allows
Strait of Hormuz protocol](/economy/2026/4/9/what-is-irans-strait-of-hormuz-protocol-and-will-other-nations-accept-it), which would include a tax on ships passing through the waterway. An early estimate indicates that Iran has suffered about $270bn in direct and indirect damages since the start
significant leverage over the radical Islamist Iranian regime since the war began. The Trump administration may want China to exploit that relationship to convince the Islamic Republic to open the Strait of Hormuz. Trump
Strait of Hormuz and its continued ability to penetrate Gulf states’ and Israeli air defences, leaving the US with no clear exit strategy. The domestic political cost is already severe. US crude oil jumped past
Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, on May 2. **Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP** Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP - 🎧 **Trump has said that the U.S. has won the war**, but very few of his objectives
strait of Hormuz](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/18/iran-closes-strait-of-hormuz-again-until-us-lifts-blockade) will signal to Tehran that the strategic waterway remains a bargaining asset beyond parallel. It will also confirm in Iran’s eyes that the US president’s chaotic approach
Strait of Hormuz. "It's at the forefront of everything that we did in the Fifth Fleet, knowing that if we carried out military operations, this would be a card that the Iranians would play
military has seized one Iranian vessel during the siege. For its part, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) captured two foreign [commercial ships](/news/2026/4/22/iranian-gunboat-fires-on-container-ship-off-oman-coast) in the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, saying they violated
Hormuz Strait to be OPEN TO ALL, including Iran,” he wrote on Truth Social. “If they don’t agree, the bombing starts, and it will be, sadly, at a much higher level and intensity than
significantly disrupted through the Strait of Hormuz as Iran and the US spar over control of the strategic waterway. The US and Israel also directed some of their [thousands of strikes](/news/2026/4/7/iran-warns-region-and-beyond-as-tension-builds-ahead-of-us-ultimatum) against ports, naval
Strait of Hormuz open after Iran war.” Earlier this month, The Independent reported that Prime Minister Keir Starmer risked US President Donald Trump’s wrath as he “refuses to let US use UK bases
military operation there objectively constitutes an irritant, complicating negotiations with the Iranians,” said Valensise. “If the Lebanese front can be part of a deal with Iran, then everyone has an interest in de-escalation there
militaries to help the US Navy open the Strait of Hormuz. “This threat is a negotiating tactic, of course. However, the US leverage is somewhat less after the IEEPA tariff rulings,” said Ziemba. Trump
Strait of Hormuz and the US enforces a naval blockade of Iranian ports. Meanwhile, Israel continues to violate “ceasefires” reached in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip. In March, when Iran was retaliating against
significant military presence in Germany, with more than 36,000 active duty troops assigned to bases across the country as of last December. In a statement, Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said the order had come
Strait of Hormuz. Days after the war began – and after Starmer initially refused to allow US forces to use UK military bases for strikes on Iran – Trump described the British leader as “not Winston Churchill
Strait of Hormuz – and the US counter-blockade. Traditionally an arch trans-Atlanticist, Prime Minister Donald Tusk of Poland openly questioned this week whether the US would actually come to its allies' aid militarily
military said it had destroyed six Iranian small boats, as well as cruise missiles and drones, after [Donald Trump](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/donaldtrump) sent warships to “guide” stranded tankers through the strait in a campaign