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ortunate' that the decision came as efforts are underway to reduce tensions between Greece and Turkey over energy exploration rights in the eastern Mediterranean." Europe's Data Standoff With US "Points To Deeper Division." Bloomberg <https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2020-09-22/europe-s-data-stando

-carrier-strike-group-to- iranian-coast/> (9/22, 78K) reports US Navy officials have "announced the deployment of a powerful carrier strike group to the Strait of Hormuz in an effort to protect freedom of navigation and remind Iran of America's naval presence." The deployment consists of aircraft carrier USS Nimitz,

ortunate' that the decision came as efforts are underway to reduce tensions between Greece and Turkey over energy exploration rights in the eastern Mediterranean." Europe's Data Standoff With US "Points To Deeper Division." Bloomberg (9/22, 4.73M) reports that while "thanks to US national security warnings,"

it Of Hormuz. The Washington Free Beacon (9/22, 78K) reports US Navy officials have "announced the deployment of a powerful carrier strike group to the Strait of Hormuz in an effort to protect freedom of navigation and remind Iran of America's naval presence." The deployment consists of aircraft carrier USS Nimitz,

nt to make peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies." Hamas is today Israel's enemy, as the bombs exploding up and down the Mediterranean coast attest. But if Israel wants to make it a less deadly and resolute foe, it must eventually follow Dayan's advice. It must do more than prosecu

ef diplomatic legacy in 2016. Yet if the Middle East is true to form, he will be continually wrenched back into the quagmires on the other side of the Strait of Hormuz. As we are reminded by the incendiary situation in the Gaza Strip and the looming showdown over Iran's nuclear threshold, the tug of war between M

o in which an old ally takes a bullet. Nor does it want radical Islamists to take over the Arab state that hosts the last Russian naval base in the Mediterranean. Hence, Lavrov says, the Kremlin is not supportive of regime change in Damascus. But it may have no choice. Moscow considers the uprising in Syria

They went behind my back, goddammit. CJCS: Yes, sir. POTUS: Why the hell should I lift a finger to help them? CJCS: Because if the Iranians close the Strait of Hormuz, we will see oil above $200 a barrel. POTUS [after a pause]: Just a moment. [Whispers] How am I doing in Florida? David Axelrod [also whispering]

ions with foreign vessels in the past 24 hours. But Iran had previously warned Britain of `consequences' for seizing an Iranian supertanker in the Mediterranean last week, a move it denounced as `an act of piracy.' That vessel was carrying oil to Syria in violation of European Union sanctions, Britain said.

in 2014. (British Ministry Page 13813 EFTA00044324 of Defense/AP) -- Three Iranian vessels attempted to stop a British tanker traveling through the Strait of Hormuz, Britain said today, in the latest escalation between Iran and the world. Erin Cunningham reports from Dubai: "A British navy ship, HMS Montrose,

tions with foreign vessels in the past 24 hours. But Iran had previously warned Britain of `consequences' for seizing an Iranian supertanker in the Mediterranean last week, a move it denounced as 'an act of piracy.' That vessel was carrying oil to Syria in violation of European Union sanctions, Britain said.

ria off the coast of Cyprus in 2014. (British Ministry of Defense/AP) -- Three Iranian vessels attempted to stop a British tanker traveling through the Strait of Hormuz, Britain said today, in the latest escalation between Iran and the world. Erin Cunningham reports from EFTA00044368 Dubai: "A British navy ship,

ortunate' that the decision came as efforts are underway to reduce tensions between Greece and Turkey over energy exploration rights in the eastern Mediterranean." Europe's Data Standoff With US "Points To Deeper Division." Bloomberg (9/22, 4.73M) reports that while "thanks to US national security warnings,"

it Of Hormuz. The Washington Free Beacon (9/22, 78K) reports US Navy officials have "announced the deployment of a powerful carrier strike group to the Strait of Hormuz in an effort to protect freedom of navigation and remind Iran of America's naval presence." The deployment consists of aircraft carrier USS Nimitz,

ly, but they cannot be ruled out at some levels of conflict and in some scenarios, such as those that posit a need to open and secure passage through the Strait of Hormuz and Persian Gulf. In general, the more expansive a war’s goals as a plan escalates from strike to campaign to broad offensive, the greater the force

especially if initial U.S. strikes seemed devastating to the point of decisive. But their involvement would spread the conflict to the entire eastern Mediterranean and perhaps beyond, complicating both U.S. military operations and coalition diplomacy. It seems fairly clear then that a conflict with Iran is unli

wn, leaving 290 dead. Adam Taylor reports: "On July 3, 1988, Iran Air Flight 655 was shot down by the U.S. military. The flight ... was flying over the Strait of Hormuz toward its destination, Dubai, when it was hit by two surface-to-air missiles. Though Pentagon officials at first denied any knowledge of the incid

. ... Officials said rescue resources had been redeployed nationwide in response to the flooding, which stretched from the coastal plains along the Mediterranean to the occupied West Bank down to the Dead Sea." -- China identified a new strain of coronavirus as the source of its pneumonia outbreak. Gerry Shi