Blockade

Strategy or physical withdrawal: What does Washington’s shift from airstrikes to sanctions signify?

Despite the apparent success of the US’s blockade and sanctions campaign, Iranian officials have repeatedly expressed that they would not falter in maintaining control over the Strait of Hormuz.

US President Donald Trump reacts as he speaks to the media with US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent behind him, on the day of a NATO leaders' summit in Ankara, Turkey, July 8, 2026.
US President Donald Trump speaks as he hosts a back-to-school-themed event to highlight his administration's education policies, in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, August 24, 2026; illustrative.

Trump: All mines cleared from Hormuz, Space Force watching nuclear sites, strait

Fans take pictures with a Lego World Cup trophy as they attend a watch party for the France vs Spain FIFA World Cup Semifinal match at Rockefeller Center on July 14, 2026 in New York City.

Lego sales rise as World Cup products draw new customers, despite Iran war raising cost of plastics

An Iranian flag flutters in the wind as ships remain anchored in the Strait of Hormuz on May 16. Negotiations between the US and Iran over opening this critical waterway have largely stalled.

Iran made billions of dollars, bypassed sanctions amid US blockade, top official Rezaee claims


Houthis to resume attacks on Israeli ships after Gaza aid deadline ended

The 'ban on the passage of all Israeli ships' will continue 'until the crossings to the Gaza Strip are reopened and aid, food, and medicine are allowed in,' Saree added.

 Houthi military spokesman, Yahya Saree, delivers a statement claiming attacks on Israel, during a rally by protesters, mainly Houthi supporters, to show support to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, in Sanaa, Yemen December 20, 2024.

Armenians warn of crisis as Azerbaijan continues blockade

The main corridor connecting Armenia and the Nagorno-Karabakh region has been restricted or blocked since December.

 An Azerbaijani service member and a Russian peacekeeper stand guard at a checkpoint on the outskirts of Shusha (Shushi) in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh, November 13, 2020.

Unemployment is pushing Gazan youths to move abroad

Tens of thousands of Israel-issued work permits do nothing to put a dent in an unemployment rate of 70% among Gazan youths.

 Moamen Toman, a Palestinian man, reads a book in his coffee shop in Gaza Strip January 23, 2023

Armenia says concerned by Russian peacekeepers' role in blockade row

Armenia fears that Russian interests in Azerbaijan may pose problems with current blockade.

 A view shows divided Taghavard village in Nagorno-Karabakh region

Armenia warns of humanitarian crisis as central road in Nagorno-Karabakh blocked for 24 days

Azerbaijan clams environmental activists have blocked the roads, while Armenia claims Azerbaijani security forces are behind the blockade.

 Azeri service members guard the area, which came under the control of Azerbaijan's troops following a military conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh against ethnic Armenian forces and a further signing of a ceasefire deal, on the border with Iran in Jabrayil District, December 7, 2020

Israel's blockade on Gaza is keeping its doctors from improving - opinion

We cannot accept that two million people are trapped in overcrowded and nearly unlivable conditions, indefinitely, without access to the most basic services we, in Israel, take for granted.

 DR. OSAMA TANOUS of Physicians for Human Rights Israel examines patients in Gaza.

US Presbyterian Church: Israel is apartheid state, creates Nakba Remembrance Day

The resolutions called Christian Zionist doctrine heretical and idolatrous and compared Israel's treatment of the Palestinians to the Holocaust.

The Presbyterian Church (USA) has made itself a stalking horse for the BDS campaign

Palestinian factions preparing 'battle' to break Gaza naval blockade

The maritime actions being planned by the Palestinian factions would reportedly be similar to the "March of Return."

 Palestinians sail with boats towards the maritime border with Israel as smoke rises from a burning tire during a protest calling for lifting the Israeli blockade on Gaza, in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of the northern Gaza Strip September 10, 2018

Sinwar claims Hamas working on way to break Gaza maritime blockade

Sinwar stated talks are in "full swing" on establishing a maritime line to "break the siege completely."

YAHYA SINWAR, leader of Hamas in Gaza, gestures on stage during a rally in Gaza City on May 24

Anti-Israel protesters block Zim cargo ship in Oakland

“Block the Boat” organizers online also indicated similar actions would take place this week in Detroit, Vancouver, Philadelphia and London.

Zim cargo ship