Category: Middle East
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The tanker behind the Arabian Sea spill has been named as the Caroline Bezengi, with twelve kilometres of coastline now affected. Naming a ship is what makes compensation possible — in principle.
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Iran says three of its pilots have been held by Qatar for six months without family contact, and has written to the Red Cross. What the Geneva Conventions require, and what remains unconfirmed.
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Iran says talks with Oman on Hormuz shipping continue, but reopening depends on Washington honouring the June memorandum. Beneath the sovereignty language sits a question about tolls that affects every strait in the world.
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The UAE says Iran has attacked a third ADNOC vessel in under a week in the Strait of Hormuz. Abu Dhabi’s response asserts a right, signals resolve, and commits to diplomacy — without naming a consequence.
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A week after settlers besieged three Palestinian homes at Qusra, the UN has delivered aid to the families trapped inside. That it took an international convoy, in territory under Israeli military control, is the story.
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Eleven people were killed in Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon on Saturday — the deadliest day since the June truce. Families are moving north again while Israel calls for “more serious” talks.
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Erdoğan says Egypt could join the Türkiye–Saudi–Pakistan defence pact. Cairo hasn’t confirmed anything — but the suggestion alone marks how far relations have travelled since 2013.
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Trump has brushed off reports of dire conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, deployed over 250 days with no port call in 200. What’s on the record, and what neither side has evidenced.
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Strikes on Ansar and Deir al-Zahrani killed at least 11 people including three children — the deadliest since June’s agreements. Israel says it was retaliation for a drone attack that wounded three soldiers.
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Thirteen countries have joined a Saudi-led maritime coalition to protect the Red Sea and Bab al-Mandeb from Houthi attacks. The US, Europe and the UAE are all absent — and two Western naval missions are already there.