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Second US Air Force plane crashed in Persian Gulf region, report says
2+ hour, 43+ min ago (57+ words) Second US Air Force plane crashed in Persian Gulf region, report says'Middle East Eye Second US Air Force plane crashed in Persian Gulf region, report says A second US Air Force combat plane crashed in the Persian Gulf region on…...
Three tankers, including one Japanese-owned, cross Strait of Hormuz near Oman
5+ hour, 57+ min ago (158+ words) Three tankers, including one Japanese-owned, cross Strait of Hormuz near Oman'Middle East Eye Three tankers, including one Japanese-owned, cross Strait of Hormuz near Oman Three tankers, including one co-owned by a Japanese company, crossed the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday…...
US confirms downed aircraft is F-15E
6+ hour, 36+ min ago (105+ words) US confirms downed aircraft is F-15E'Middle East Eye US confirms downed aircraft is F-15E After previous reports suggested a fighter jet that was downed in Iran on Friday was an F-35, US authorities have now confirmed the plane was an F-15E. Both jets…...
US aircraft seen over Iran in rescue mission, says Iranian media
6+ hour, 55+ min ago (106+ words) US forces have begun a search and rescue mission for the crew of an F-35 jet that was downed by Iranian defences on Friday. Iranian news outlets with IRGC affiliations have reported aircraft including helicopters belonging to US forces flying over…...
First French ship passes through Hormuz since start of war
9+ hour, 18+ min ago (91+ words) First French ship passes through Hormuz since start of war'Middle East Eye First French ship passes through Hormuz since start of war The first French ship has passed through the Strait of Hormuz since the war began, after changing its…...
Japanese LNG tanker crosses Hormuz
9+ hour, 55+ min ago (86+ words) Japanese LNG tanker crosses Hormuz'Middle East Eye Japanese LNG tanker crosses Hormuz A Japanese liquefied natural gas tanker has passed through the Strait of Hormuz, its co-owner Mitsui O.S.K. Lines said on Friday. The Panama-flagged vessel, Sohar LNG, completed the transit…...
These are Iran’s key islands in the Gulf
10+ hour, 28+ min ago (179+ words) Iran's islands are in the spotlight. While most of its roughly 400 islands are small and uninhabited, several of them are large and strategically important. The most significant of these islands lie in the Gulf, across from Iran's neighbours in the…...
Iran claims second US fighter jet downed over central Iran
12+ hour, 7+ min ago (129+ words) Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says it has shot down a second US F-35 fighter jet over central Iran, according to official news outlets. A post by the IRGC-affiliated Fars News Agency said the aircraft was "completely destroyed and crashed,…...
French vessel crosses Hormuz as strait remains largely shut
11+ hour, 27+ min ago (103+ words) French vessel crosses Hormuz as strait remains largely shut'Middle East Eye French vessel crosses Hormuz as strait remains largely shut A container ship operated by French shipping group CMA CGM has transited the Strait of Hormuz, according to reports from…...
UN delays Hormuz shipping vote as China signals opposition
15+ hour, 6+ min ago (143+ words) UN delays Hormuz shipping vote as China signals opposition'Middle East Eye UN delays Hormuz shipping vote as China signals opposition The United Nations Security Council has postponed a vote on a proposal to safeguard shipping in the Strait of Hormuz…...