Iran Turned Its Hormuz Toll Into Bitcoin Insurance
Iran is trying to turn control of Hormuz into an insurance product, and the market should read the receipt before cheering de-escalation.
Yosef Stern
Bureau: Jerusalem
Israeli Forces Boarded The Gaza Flotilla Far From Gaza
The Gaza flotilla fight moved far from Gaza, where interception distance makes humanitarian access a maritime-law story.
Oman's May 18 Statements Still Did Not Make Iran's Strait Claim Bilateral
Muscat condemned Gulf drone attacks, but it still did not confirm Iran's Strait-rule claim.
Iraq Put A Barrel Count On The Hormuz Shock
Iraq's oil minister turned the Strait crisis from a price chart into a throughput number.
Gulf Drones Hit The Nuclear-Plant Threshold
The Gulf drone story changed because the target class now includes infrastructure just outside a nuclear-plant perimeter.
The Gaza Land Convoy Reached the Same Sirte Wall
Gaza access is being decided at Sirte and Cairo checkpoints as much as on the Mediterranean.
Lebanon Again Keeps Gaza And Iran Tied Together
A targeted strike in Lebanon keeps the all-fronts question alive while Iran diplomacy talks about de-escalation.