Strait of Hormuz blockade
Commercial ships anchor off the coast of the United Arab Emirates due to navigation disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz, Dubai on March 2, 2026. (AA)
Navy Officer stands watch on the bridge of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance, as it sails behind the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln on Aug. 29, 2024. (Graphic: Kurdistan24)
US Central Command (CENTCOM)'s logo. (Graphic: Kurdistan24)
An oil slick along the southern coast of Qeshm Island, Iran, August 13, 2026. (AFP)
Ebrahim Zolfaghari, spokesperson for Iran's central military command, Khatam al-Anbiya. (Photo: State Media)
A commuter checks his phone as he walks past a Softbank logo on the side of a building in Tokyo on August 6, 2026. (AFP)
A vessel is anchored off the coast of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates on August 3, 2026. (AFP)
U.S. Secretary of State, Marko Rubio (Graphic: Kurdistan24)
The damage on the roof of Abha airport in the popular mountain resort in the southwest of Saudi Arabia, June 13, 2019. (AFP)
Water buffaloes swim near the Nihran Bin Omar oil field north of Basra, Iraq, March 22, 2023. (AP)
The oil tankers Tataki (Liberia-flagged) and Maran Aspasia (Greece-flagged) filling while docked at Al-Basrah Oil Terminal, 50 kilometers in the Gulf waters offshore of Iraq's southern Faw peninsula, August 5, 2025. (AFP)
Vessels transiting through the Gulf of Oman are pictured off the coast of Muscat on July 25, 2026.
USS Donald Cook (DDG 75) transits the Arabian Sea while an MH-60S Sea Hawk flies nearby, July 18, 2026. (Photo: CENTCOM)
In this picture obtained from Iran's ISNA news agency on June 18, 2026, vessels are seen anchored in Bandar Abbas along the Strait of Hormuz. (AFP)
U.S. sailors conduct nighttime flight operations aboard USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) while transiting the Arabian Sea on July 15, 2026. (CENTCOM)
A missile being launched from an undisclosed location towards US targets in the Gulf, on July 20, 2026. (AFP via IRGC)
