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24-year-old soldier from Oceanside has been killed in a traffic accident in the Persian Gulf nation of Bahrain, the Army announced Monday. Pvt. 1st-class Cesar Cortez was killed Saturday. The accident is under investigation, the Army said. Cortez was...
‘Shiite crescent” of influence that extends through Iraq, Syria and Lebanon and into the Palestinian territories, say analysts such as Marina Ottaway of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a policy group in Washington. Beyond fears that Iran...
U.S. Vice Adm. Mark I. Fox, commander, Naval Forces Central Command, commander, U.S. 5th fleet, speaks during press briefing at the U.S. Navy base in Manama, Bahrain, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012. The top U.S. Navy official in the Persian Gulf says he takes... View Photo »
Given the fact that the Islamic Republic of Iran is the most powerful country in the region and that with (a coastline of) 2025 kilometers has the longest coastline in the north of the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman, it is regarded as a major provider of the world's energy security. However, it must b...
Pettibone, a world-renowned sailor whose background includes two around-the-world races and two America's Cups, travelled from her home in Sacramento, Calif. , to Oman on the Persian Gulf for today's race start. "Women in Oman are very progressive. ...
The Pentagon on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2012 answered an Iranian warning to keep U.S. aircraft carriers out of the Persian Gulf by declaring that American warships will continue regularly scheduled deployments to the strategic waterway. (AP Photo/U.S. Navy,...
Jordanian will consider restoring some routes it has cut once regional turmoil subsides and yields start recovering. The airline this month said it will stop flying to Al-Ain in the United Arab Emirates, Munich and Brussels, and has plans to drop two...
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, center, cuts the ribbon during a ceremony for the opening of a new oil export terminal in the Persian Gulf, southern Iraq, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012. Iraq has opened the taps at a new oil export terminal in the Persian... View Photo »
There is information that NATO members and some Arab states of the Persian Gulf, acting in line with the scenario seen in Libya, intend to turn the current interference with Syrian affairs into a direct military intervention.
Now, in Egypt and elsewhere, Islamists are in the driver’s seat. When the Muslim Brotherhood becomes the “moderate” faction, it’s clear something has gone wrong. The biggest mistake, however, is the one which the Obama administration now makes. When I...
Iranian exiles in Iraqi Kurdistan to carry out bombings in Iran to destabilize the country. Monday's attacks brought the deadly intelligence war between Israel and Iran into sharp relief, raising tensions in the Middle East amid a simmering...
The Persian Gulf (Persian: خليج فارس khalīj-e-Fārs; in Arabic: الخليج الفارسي al-khalīj al-fārisī), in the Southwest Asian region, is an extension of the Gulf of Oman located between Iran (Persia) and the Arabian Peninsula. Full Article
Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, right, symbolically opens the valve of a new oil export terminal in the Persian Gulf, southern Iraq, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012. Iraq has opened the taps at a new oil export terminal in the Persian Gulf in a vital step to bringing revenue for...
View Photo »Iranian boys look at a toy which depicts the character "Spiderman" at a shopping centre in the island of Kish in the Persian Gulf, 1250 km (777 miles) south of Tehran, in this August 4, 2008 file photo. An official said on February 6, 2012 that "The Simpsons" are corroding the morals of...
View Photo »U.S. Vice Adm. Mark I. Fox, commander, Naval Forces Central Command, commander, U.S. 5th fleet, speaks during press briefing at the U.S. Navy base in Manama, Bahrain, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012. The top U.S. Navy official in the Persian Gulf says he takes Iran's military capabilities...
View Photo »Children play soccer Friday, Oct. 28, 2011, along the Persian Gulf coast in the western village of Malkiya, Bahrain.
View Photo »DOHA, QATAR - OCTOBER 24: People fish along the waterfront along the Persian Gulf across from new, illuminated financial district skyscrapers at dusk on October 24, 2011 in Doha, Qatar. Qatar will host the 2022 FIFA World Cup football competition and is slated to tackle a variety of...
View Photo »DOHA, QATAR - OCTOBER 24: Two women visit the waterfront along the Persian Gulf across from new, budding financial district skyscrapers on October 24, 2011 in Doha, Qatar. Qatar will host the 2022 FIFA World Cup football competition and is slated to tackle a variety of infrastructure...
View Photo »DOHA, QATAR - OCTOBER 24: Traditional Arab ships pass by on the Persian Gulf across from new, budding financial district skyscrapers on October 24, 2011 in Doha, Qatar. Qatar will host the 2022 FIFA World Cup football competition and is slated to tackle a variety of infrastructure...
View Photo »DOHA, QATAR - OCTOBER 24: Women and children enjoy the waterfront along the Persian Gulf across from new, budding financial district skyscrapers as a traditional Arab ship passes by on October 24, 2011 in Doha, Qatar. Qatar will host the 2022 FIFA World Cup football competition and is...
View Photo »FILE - In this Jan. 19, 2012 file photo, fishing boats are seen in front of oil tankers on the Persian Gulf waters, south of the Strait of Hormuz, offshore the town of Ras Al Khaimah in United Arab Emirates. The European Union has announced plans to join US efforts to slow the flow of...
View Photo »In this Jan. 19, 2012 photo, fishing boats are seen in front of oil tankers on the Persian Gulf waters, south of the Strait of Hormuz, offshore the town of Ras Al Khaimah in United Arab Emirates. Even as sanctions squeeze Iran ever tighter, there's one clandestine route that remains...
View Photo »In this Jan. 19, 2012 photo, a plane flies over the mountains in south of the Strait of Hormuz as the trading dhows and ships are docked on the Persian Gulf waters near the town of Khasab, in Oman. Even as sanctions squeeze Iran ever tighter, there's one clandestine route that remains...
View Photo »In this Jan. 19, 2012 photo, a boat crosses the Persian Gulf waters, south of the Strait of Hormuz while passing trading dhows and ships docked near the town of Khasab, in Oman. Even as sanctions squeeze Iran ever tighter, there's one clandestine route that remains open for business: A...
View Photo »In this Jan. 18, 2012 photo, a tourist couple watches the mountains in south of the Strait of Hormuz as the trading dhows and ships are docked on the Persian Gulf waters near the town of Khasab, in Oman. Even as sanctions squeeze Iran ever tighter, there's one clandestine route that...
View Photo »A Bahraini man looks through binoculars over the Persian Gulf from the western village of Karzakan, Bahrain, as the sun sets Sunday, July 31,2011, for the sliver of a new moon that indicates the beginning of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. In Bahrain, Ramadan, a month of fasting,...
View Photo »FILE - In this Jan. 12, 2012 file photo, Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey speaks at Duke University in Durham, N.C. Tensions flaring, the Obama administration warns Iran through public and private channels against any action that threatens the flow of oil from the Persian Gulf.
View Photo »This handout photo provided by the US Coast Guard shows a US Coast Guardsman, right, assigned to U.S. Coast Guard Cutter (USCG) Monomoy, offering an Iranian mariner food, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012, in the Persian Gulf. A U.S. Coast Guard cutter rescued six Iranian mariners from a vessel in...
View Photo »In this photo provided by the U.S. Navy, the Iran-flagged dhow, Ya-Hussayn, takes on water Jan. 10, 2012 in the Persian Gulf. The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Monomoy rescued six Iranian mariners who had to abandon the Ya-Hussayn Tuesday after its engine room flooded. It was the second time...
View Photo »In this photo provided by the U.S. Navy, a U.S. Coast Guardsman, right, offers food to an Iranian mariner aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Monomoy Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012 in the Persian Gulf. Monomoy rescued six Iranian mariners who had to abandon their dhow, Ya-Hussayn, after its...
View Photo »In this photo provided by the U.S. Navy, an Iranian mariner greets a U.S. Coast Guardsman aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Monomoy Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012 in the Persian Gulf. Monomoy rescued six Iranian mariners who had to abandon their dhow, Ya-Hussayn, after its engine room flooded.
View Photo »This handout photo provided by the US Coast Guard shows an Iranian mariner greeting a US Coast Guardsmen, assigned to U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Monomoy, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012 in the Persian Gulf. A U.S. Coast Guard cutter rescued six Iranian mariners from a vessel in distress in the...
View Photo »This handout photo provided by the US Coast Guard shows the port beam view of the Iran-flagged Ya-Hussayn in Persian Gulf. A U.S. Coast Guard cutter rescued six Iranian mariners from a vessel in distress in the Persian Gulf, the second time in less than a week that the American military...
View Photo »Oil feild workers prepare a new site at sunset Monday, Jan. 2, 2012, in the desert oil fields of Sakhir, Bahrain, in the Persian Gulf. Iran test-fired a surface-to-surface cruise missile Monday in a drill its navy chief said proved Tehran was in complete control of the strategic Strait...
View Photo »Oil pumps work at sunset Monday, Jan. 2, 2012, in the desert oil fields of Sakhir, Bahrain, in the Persian Gulf. Iran test-fired a surface-to-surface cruise missile Monday in a drill its navy chief said proved Tehran was in complete control of the strategic Strait of Hormuz, the...
View Photo »Map locates the Strait of Hormuz at the mouth of the Persian Gulf.
View Photo »A cargo ship is seen between Iranian city port of Bandar Abbas and Qeshm island in the strategic water way of Persian Gulf, on Friday, Dec. 23, 2011.
View Photo »Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, right, symbolically opens the valve of a new oil export terminal in the Persian Gulf, southern Iraq, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012. Iraq has opened the taps at a new oil export terminal in the Persian Gulf in a vital step to bringing revenue for...
View Photo »Given the fact that the Islamic Republic of Iran is the most powerful country in the region and that with (a coastline of) 2025 kilometers has the longest coastline in the north of the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman, it is regarded as a major provider of the world's energy security. However, it must b...
There is information that NATO members and some Arab states of the Persian Gulf, acting in line with the scenario seen in Libya, intend to turn the current interference with Syrian affairs into a direct military intervention.
the Dutch government should take the lead in the EU. That can be done by pushing for a military buildup in the Persian Gulf by EU NATO countries and by giving the example in the sanctions regime by cutting all ties with Iran.
The Marine Corps and the commandant is committed to the strategy that the Pacific will be the main effort, but we still have to keep an eye on what’s going on in the Persian Gulf
