The attack threatened to all but halt traffic through the crucial waterway again four months into the war with the Islamic ...

And this ultimately led to what’s simply known as the War in Iraq later on, which many people don’t realize was just as devastating. Simply put, because of all these conflicts hundreds of thousands of ...

72 million residents in the Middle East are vulnerable to U.S. and Iranian threats to attack desalination plants. Turning seawater to freshwater is essential to life in one of Earth’s driest and ...

Modern farming depends on cheap fertilizer. The war made that disappear, with ships trapped, fertilizer plants shut down, ...

Energy companies faced supply disruption from the four-month conflict, but also potential gains from the price volatility caused by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz shipping channel.

Trump is a toxic ally. His war with Iran is once again spreading across the Gulf - ANALYSIS: As the war in Iran spreads again ...

Whatever the outcome of the Iran War, the Gulf states will lose their central position in the Middle East. What is unfolding between Israel and Iran is not a conventional regional escalation. It ...

Countries like Mongolia, despite being distant from the conflict, are already feelings its impact on their economic activities, not to mention how the war disrupts future possibilities. The new Gulf ...

Edward Carr, Economist deputy editor Josie Delap, Middle East editor Shashank Joshi, defence editor Ann Wroe, obituaries editor Rosie Blau, host of “The Intelligence” This podcast transcript is ...

The U.S.-Israeli war against Iran has exposed a reality many policymakers long preferred to avoid: The deterrence model that governed the Gulf for decades is no longer working as intended. For years, ...

The US and Israel’s war on Iran has cast a long shadow over the Gulf. It has placed many of the economies that make up the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) regional grouping – Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Scott L. Montgomery is a geologist who writes about energy issues. War in the Persian Gulf has cut traffic through the Strait of ...