Middle East
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Protesters Block Iraqi Port of Umm Qasr As Strikes Continue
November 18: Protesters blocked entry to Iraq’s main commodities port again on Monday while schools and government offices in many southern cities were shut in response to calls for a […]
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Iran Blocks Nearly All Internet Access
November 17: Iran imposed an almost complete nationwide internet blackout on Sunday […] as widespread anti-government unrest roiled the streets of Tehran and other cities for a third day. The […]
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UK Lowers Security Level for Its Ships in Strait of Hormuz
November 07: Britain lowered its security risk level for UK-flagged ships traveling through the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, more than a month after one of its tankers was finally […]
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US-Led Coalition Launches Operation Sentinel to Protect Gulf Waters
November 07: A US-led naval coalition officially launched operations in Bahrain on Thursday to protect shipping in the troubled waters of the Gulf, following a string of attacks that Washington and its allies […]
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Dubai Customs Seizes 413,000 Captagon Pills in Container at Jebel Ali Port
November 10: Dubai Customs made a new major Captagon seizure hidden in a container of ship spare parts coming from an Asian country. Cooperation between different customs departments and good […]
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Authorities in Pakistan Seize 241 kgs Heroin, 2 kg Hashish in Joint Operation
November 12: A joint Intelligence-based Counter Narcotics Operation was conducted by Pakistan Navy, Pakistan Maritime Security Agency, and Anti-Narcotics Force at Pishukan near Jiwani, Balochistan. A huge cache of narcotics […]
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Iran Informs IMO of Two New Attacks on Its Tankers, Calls Red Sea ‘Unsafe’
November 07: Tehran had previously only reported a single attack on one of its tankers, which took place in the Red Sea off the coast of Saudi Arabia on 11 […]
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Iran Says Saudi Arabia Released 19 Iranian Fishermen
October 31: Saudi Arabia has released 19 Iranian fishermen following diplomatic consultations between Saudi and Iranian authorities, according to an Iranian official. Ali Asghar Arablou, head of the Iranian foreign ministry’s […]
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Iraq’s Main Port Reopens, 4 Protesters Killed in Baghdad
November 07: Iraq’s main port reopened on Thursday after being blocked by protesters for five days, while in Baghdad, four protesters were shot dead while trying to remove security barriers […]
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Operations at Iraqi Port of Basra Halted by Protesters
October 30: Operations were at a near standstill at Iraq’s Umm Qasr commodities port near Basra on Wednesday after protesters blocked its entrance. Umm Qasr receives imports of grain, vegetable […]