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Report: US weighs shrinking military footprint in Middle East after Iran batters bases
Washington Post says officials see a ‘once-in-a-generation opportunity’ to rethink damaged Gulf bases rather than rebuild them; a proposal to shift some forces to Israel has sparked debate in Washington over concerns about Israeli espionage
Lior Ben Ari | 08.18.26
תמים בן חמד אל-ת'אני מוחמד בן סלמאן מלך בחריין חמד בן עיסא אל חליפה מוחמד בן זאיד אאל נהיאן אמיר כוויית
Israel as the Middle East’s 'mistress': wanted behind closed doors, shunned in public
Security ties with Gulf states endure, but Saudi normalization now carries a higher political price, as the Palestinian issue, new regional alliances and years of war test whether Israel can still turn military strength into lasting regional integration
Lior Ben Ari, Itamar Eichner | 08.15.26
ספינות כלי שיט באזור איחוד האמירויות סמוך ל מצרי הורמוז
Five months without ships: What Hormuz closure is costing the Gulf
Qatar, Kuwait and Bahrain cannot bypass Hormuz for most energy exports, while costly air freight, rerouted cargo and damaged facilities are pushing up prices and exposing how dependent Gulf economies remain on a single chokepoint
Jacob Wirtschafter / The Media Line | 08.10.26
From Israel to the US: Iran turns water systems into a weapon of cyberwarfare
Attacks attributed to Tehran have targeted pumps, treatment facilities and Israeli-made control systems, while strikes on desalination plants expose how easily conflict could disrupt drinking water across the arid Middle East
Ron Crissy, Dan Oren | 08.02.26
ראש הממשלה בנימין נתניהו נפגש עם נשיא ארה"ב דונלד טראמפ בבית הלבן
Not striking Iran is one risk; becoming a US vassal is much, much worse
Commentary: Tehran has learned to call Trump’s bluff, while Jerusalem is forced into costly alerts without consultation, influence or reliable coordination, undermining Israel’s sovereignty and ability to shape its own security decisions
Ron Ben-Yishai | 08.02.26
נשיא סין שי ג'ינפינג
As US power wanes, Gulf States turn to China in bid to tame Iran crisis
Gulf Arab states are turning to China, rather than Washington, to use its economic leverage over Iran to reopen key waterways, testing Beijing’s influence as the Iran war disrupts regional energy exports and exposes limits on US power
Reuters | 07.30.26
כלי שיט במצר הורמוז
Gulf-backed Oman plan would let Iran collect 'voluntary fees' in Hormuz, sources say
Proposal would deny Tehran sole control of the strategic waterway while allowing optional payments modeled on the Strait of Malacca, as Trump threatens renewed strikes if diplomacy fails
News Agencies | 07.28.26
הנזק שנגרם למפקדה האמריקנית בבחריין
US ends Iran strikes as Tehran keeps firing; oil prices surge, Gulf base damage revealed
Iran says it targeted bases in Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman and Jordan; satellite images show damage at US facilities in region as Israel remains outside the conflict
Ron Crissy, Lior Ben Ari | 07.13.26
US strikes Iran again; Tehran targets Gulf bases and Jordan as Israel braces for wider escalation
CENTCOM says dozens of air-defense, radar, missile and drone targets were hit after renewed Iranian attacks on commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz; Tehran retaliates against bases in Jordan, Bahrain and Kuwait
Itamar Eichner, Ron Crissy | 07.13.26
Netanyahu, Khameini and Trump
Israel 'closely' following developments in Iran amid expected escalation
Following Iranian claims it killed 6 US soldiers in Kuwait, the conflict in the Gulf is likely to escalate overnight; Israeli source: 'For now we are outside it, but that could change'; Meanwhile, energy prices climb again as world fears all-out war
Itamar Eichner | 07.13.26
תקיפות ארה"ב באיראן
Iran widens Gulf attacks after US strikes 140 targets, warns ‘era of one-sided agreements is over’
Tehran says it attacked another vessel in the Strait of Hormuz and US-linked sites across six countries; Washington says precision strikes hit Iranian missile, drone, naval and surveillance facilities amid a deepening fight over the vital waterway
Lior Ben Ari | 07.12.26
האמיר לשעבר חמד בן חליפה אל ת'אני
Qatar’s former Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani dies at 74
Known as Qatar’s Father Emir, Sheikh Hamad ruled from 1995 to 2013, overseeing the country’s transformation into a gas-rich global power before handing the throne to his son, Sheikh Tamim
News agencies | 07.12.26
מצר הורמוז
Iran pitches Gulf states on $40B fee plan for reopening Strait of Hormuz
Tehran is pushing a plan to charge ships for security, safety and environmental services in the strategic oil route, but US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said no country has the right to demand fees for international waterways
ynet | 06.25.26
מתקן גז ראס לפאן ב קטאר 2 במרץ
Qatar reports explosion at Ras Laffan factory, no injuries or leak
Qatar’s Interior Ministry says the blast heard in Doha was caused by a technical incident at a factory in Ras Laffan, a strategic LNG hub previously hit during the regional war with Iran
Lior Ben Ari, Reuters | 06.21.26
אבו דאבי איחוד האמירויות מוחמד בן סלמאן מוחמד בן זאיד תמים בן חמד
Gulf states are ready to pay 'protection money' to Iran as it emerges from war stronger
Tehran strengthened by emerging agreement, especially in the eyes of Arab countries, which fear future attacks and so will offer economic support; Axis of extremist Sunni states is stronger, the Abraham Accords will not expand, and the biggest loser is Israel
Itamar Eichner | 06.16.26
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