At least 17 commercial sailors have been killed in and around Iranian and Omani waters since March. Six months into the conflict, the vital waterway remains exceptionally dangerous.
Three Pakistanis were killed in a Tuesday attack on a ship by the Houthi militant group, multiple officials said, an event that points to the threat of a widening regional war sparked by the fight between the U.S. and Israel and Iran. Tahir Andrabi, a spokesperson for the Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs said during a press briefing Wednesday that “we learned with deep concern about this unfortunate incident involving an attack on commercial vessels, this was a commercial vessel, in the Red Sea.” Read More: https://thehill.com/policy/defense/6024688-pakistani-nationals-killed-houthi-attack/ #houthi #iran #trump #redsea #hormuz
AI:Iranian-backed Houthi militants killed three Pakistani nationals during an attack on a commercial vessel in the Red Sea, escalating the ongoing instability and threat of a wider regional war. This latest strike by the militant group underscores the persistent danger posed by the red-green axis as tensions continue to boil over between the United States, Israel, and Iran following recent maritime skirmishes in the Strait of Hormuz.Open
State of the Union: An attack by Yemen’s Houthis on a cargo ship reportedly killed at least three people. The post Iran War Day 165: U.S. Fires on Panama-Flagged Ship It Says Tried to Run Hormuz Blockade appeared first on The American Conservative .
The U.S. military fired on a Panama-flagged ship it claimed was trying to run the U.S. blockade of the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, the Wall Street Journal reported . Maritime security firm Vanguard identified the vessel as the Vela Nova and reported that it was hit by a missile fired from a U.S. helicopter while transiting off the coast of Oman. President Donald Trump on Monday posted on Truth Social a list of his demands to end the war, including compensation from Iran for the deaths of U.S. soldiers allegedly killed by the IRGC during the Iraq War. Trump added in a follow up post that “Iran should be responsible for the damages and death caused to the people of Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, and Gaza.” His post came in response to Iran…Open
The Yemeni government said the ship was carrying food supplies to a port on the Bab al-Mandab Strait. The Iran-backed Houthis have not commented on the attack.
Saudi Arabia has not commented on the claim by the Houthis, who are backed by Iran and have vowed to close “all access routes” to Saudi oil shipments.
Published July 12, 2026 WASHINGTON, D.C. / TEHRAN — The conflict between the United States and Iran escalated dramatically as U.S. forces launched a third round of coordinated air and missile strikes targeting approximately 140 [...]
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps attacked a Singapore-flagged container ship, Ever Lovely, near the coast of Oman, which was attempting to flow through the new route in the Strait of Hormuz advocated by the United Nations maritime agency. This comes after British officials say one of their ships was attacked with an unknown projectile. #iran #straitofhormuz #rubio
U.S. Central Command and the ship’s owner disagreed on whether the vessel coordinated safe passage with the United States military.