Jared Malsin

Jared Malsin When the U.S. Navy sent a pair of guided-missile destroyers into the Gulf on Monday in an attempt to break Iran's grip on the

Even if it succeeds, “Project Freedom” has little chance of restoring traffic through the strait to its prewar level.

The U.S. military extricated a pair of vessels, but triggered an escalation from Iran that reinforced Tehran’s grip on the world’s most important energy shipping lane.

Costas Paris, Jared Malsin, Rebecca Feng, Shelby Holliday The Alliance Fairfax, a towering black and white car-carrier ship that had been

The latest exchange of fire between the U.S. and Iran underscores a persistent military problem: Tehran’s fleet of small, fast attack boats, which harass the U.S. Navy and target commercial shipping. U.S. airstrikes destroyed many of Iran’s larger warships early in the American and Israeli campaign

The base, set up for special forces and search-and-rescue teams, was almost discovered early in the conflict.

Anat Peled, Jared Malsin TEL AVIV—Israel set up a clandestine military outpost in the Iraqi desert to support its air campaign against Iran

The Gulf powers are trying to re-establish deterrence against an Iranian regime that holds new leverage.

Jared Malsin, Shelby Holliday, Summer Said The United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia carried out multiple strikes against Iran after their

Shipping in the Strait of Hormuz remains under threat after the U.S. and Iran exchanged fire overnight, with a small number of civilian ships transiting the waterway while Iranian military vessels remain nearby, according to maritime-analytics firms. Three large vessels transited the strait with th