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CNN correspondent based in Abu Dhabi. Via Seoul, Jerusalem & London.

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Oil pollution on the Persian Gulf's surface has doubled because of the war in Iran, according to satellite oceanographers at the University of South Florida. Vessels have been targeted in the Strait of Hormuz for months, and experts fear for the region's marine life.

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Dramatic recent advances by the Iran-backed Houthis, including the seizure of a strategically important island in the Red Sea, have dealt another blow to a region reeling from the US war with Iran and exacerbated an already severe global energy crisis. CNN’s Paula Hancocks reports.

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Global oil prices have risen to their highest levels since July as fighting in the Middle East continues amid the US military striking five Iranian tankers on Tuesday and Iran firing missiles towards Jordan. CNN's @phancockscnn reports.

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In the largest escalation in the conflict for more than a month, the US has launched more than six hours of strikes against Iran overnight. US Central Command says it was targeting military installations, but Iran claims a wedding party was also struck, killing at least four people.

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President Donald Trump warned he would attack Oman if the US ally "gets in the way" of efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. @phancockscnn explains why Trump has again threatened the Gulf monarchy despite its attempts to help find a diplomatic resolution to the conflict.

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Ironically, the Syrian judge who sentenced President Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia last week was himself sentenced to death by the same regime years earlier. Judge Fakhr al-Din al-Aryan defected from the Ministry of Justice in 2013 joining the judicial bodies of the opposition. @phancockscnn has more.

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Orbitworks is featured on CNN’s Marketplace Middle East, discussing the UAE’s ambitions to become a global space power and the capabilities being built to support that vision.

Thank you to Paula Hancocks and the CNN team for the feature.

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The US and Iran continue to launch strikes despite their memorandum of understanding. It comes as the US reinstates its naval blockade and as President Donald Trump threatens to bomb Iranian power plants and bridges unless Tehran returns to the negotiating table.

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The US launched its third night of strikes on Iran and announced it will resume a naval blockade all amid fragile ceasefire talks. CNN's @phancockscnn reports.

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The US military says it has carried out at least 170 strikes on Iran over the last two nights as tensions around the Strait of Hormuz have flared once again. CNN’s @phancockscnn explains whether this latest exchange could be different.

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Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it targeted American military sites in neighboring countries including Kuwait and Bahrain, after the US struck Iranian sites.

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تنگه هرمز فقط یک گذرگاه باریک نیست…
نبض اقتصاد جهانی است.
هر اختلال در این نقطه می‌تواند بازارهای انرژی، تجارت جهانی و تعادل ژئوپلیتیکی را تحت تأثیر قرار دهد؛ و دقیقا به همین دلیل بایستی این تنگه از طریق دیپلماسی و تعامل مثبت، سازنده و پایدار همیشه باز بماند.
اینجاست که حقوق، استراتژی و اقتصاد به هم می‌رسند.

The Strait of Hormuz is not just a narrow passage… it’s the heartbeat of the global economy.

A single disruption here can ripple across energy markets, trade flows, and geopolitical stability worldwide.

This is where law, strategy, and economics collide.

#هرمز #آمریکا #اقتصاد #hormuz #peace

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