Category: 2. Middle East

March 10 (Reuters) – Boeing has signed a new $289 million contract with Israel to deliver as many as 5,000 new air-launched smart bombs, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing three people familiar with the transaction.

(Reporting by Mariam…

American firm Planet Labs PBC on Tuesday said it now imposes a two-week delay for access to its satellite images of the Middle East because of the US-Israeli war against Iran.

Both major US satellite firms, Planet and Vantor, now delay or block…

By Jonathan Saul

LONDON, March 10 (Reuters) – The U.S. Navy has refused near-daily requests from the shipping industry for military escorts through the Strait of Hormuz since the start of the war on Iran, saying the risk of attacks is too high for…

March 10 (Reuters) – Israel’s President Isaac Herzog on Tuesday did not offer a timetable on when the war with Iran could end, telling Germany’s Bild newspaper: “We need to take a deep breath and get to the end result.”

Herzog said the U.S. and…

Saudi oil giant Aramco warned Tuesday of “catastrophic” consequences for global oil markets if the closure of the Strait of Hormuz continues amid a US-Israeli offensive on Iran, Anadolu reports.

Speaking at a…

When the top US general spoke Tuesday of his “respect” for Iranian fighters, the remark underscored a striking divide between the restrained language of the military brass and the swaggering rhetoric used by President Donald Trump and his…

President Donald Trump announced he was sending US forces into war with Iran on February 28, kicking off a multidimensional regional conflict — and a series of contradictory declarations on the American mission’s scope and timeline.

He has argued…