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The rapid escalation of military assets across the Middle East, combined with stalled nuclear talks and increasingly combative rhetoric on both sides, has made the possibility of conflict both more credible and more dangerous.
Conflict in the Middle East has been escalating. These stories provide context for current developments and the history that led up to them.
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USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group heads toward Middle East as Iran tensions rise
The USS Abraham Lincoln and its carrier strike group are steaming toward the Middle East as tensions with Iran spike again, and Washington leans hard on visible military power to send a message. The deployment folds into a broader buildup of U.S. and ...
U.S. Navy’s flagship aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), is set to extend its deployment once again, this time heading to the Middle East, according to multiple sources close to the Pentagon and the White House.
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Explained | Colonial borders: How West sparked the endless Middle East fire that still burns
The Middle East's persistent conflicts stem beyond oil, power struggles, and Shia-Sunni divides, tracing back to the Ottoman Empire's 1918 collapse and Western colonial interference. Britain and France imposed artificial borders via the 1916 Sykes-Picot Agreement,
2358 GMT — Tensions in Iran are fueling concerns in the oil market, according to ANZ Research analysts in a note. Over 500 people have been killed in two weeks of unrest in Iran, a rights group said on Sunday, while Iran’s parliamentary speaker ...
Oil tanker rates on the key Middle East-to-China route surged this week to the highest level since November as vessel supply is tightening and persistent tensions around Iran put shippers on alert. The daily rate for an oil tanker to ship crude from the ...