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Blockade reinstated July 14; third carrier group and about 10,000 personnel are due by late November
Talks between Washington and Tehran have stalled less than two weeks before the US midterms. Iran says it will not negotiate while US economic pressure continues, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio called a peace deal 'extremely difficult.' The Strait of Hormuz remains closed to most traffic, and a supertanker exploded after hitting a mine near the waterway on October 20.
Updated 14 hours ago
Defending bases under intensified Iranian and proxy attacks eight months into Operation Epic Fury
The US-Iran war entered its eighth month in October with fresh blows: Iran hit American bases in Kuwait and Jordan on July 31, and US warplanes bombed Iranian targets on October 7. The conflict swung between ceasefires and open fighting through the summer, while the Strait of Hormuz shipping lane stayed under attack.
Updated 5 days ago
Destroyed five Iranian oil tankers Sept. 9; carried out heavy strikes on IRGC targets Sept. 30; drawing up options for post-election strikes
US forces destroyed five Iranian oil tankers on Sept. 9 after weeks of shipping attacks. Iran answered the same day, attacking 10 ships near the Strait of Hormuz and firing about 20 missiles at the US base in Jordan.
Updated Oct 9
Investigating Apache helicopter crash near the Strait while continuing tanker enforcement operations in the Gulf of Oman
On June 8, a US Navy F/A-18 from USS Abraham Lincoln disabled the Palau-flagged tanker Marivex in the Gulf of Oman, the seventh vessel put out of action since April 13. The next day, a US Army Apache went down near the Strait of Hormuz. Iran's IRGC Navy claimed a speedboat shot it down; CENTCOM's investigation remains open.
Updated Jun 9
Leading Operation Epic Fury
Ali Khamenei ruled Iran as supreme leader for 36 years until joint US-Israeli strikes on February 28, 2026, killed him along with family members and multiple top military and intelligence officials at his Tehran compound. The succession process is now opaque and under fire, with the Assembly of Experts' Qom site damaged, acting leader Ali Larijani facing a power vacuum, and the IRGC interim council trying to preserve control.
Updated May 30
Consolidating Middle East presence; focused on Syria ISIS operations
The United States returned to Iraq in 2014 after ISIS captured Mosul and threatened Baghdad. On January 17, 2026, American forces completed their withdrawal from federal Iraqi territory, with the Iraqi Army assuming full control of Al-Asad Air Base in Anbar province.
Updated May 21
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