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Attacks targeting commercial vessels in or near the Strait of Hormuz have put the blockaded waterway on the front line of the Middle East war, with spreading economic repercussions. Iran's quest to inflict maximum pain on the global economy in retaliation for US-Israeli strikes has all but shut the narrow strait through which 20 percent of global crude and LNG normally passes. US President Donald Trump on Saturday urged countries that rely on oil carried through the Hormuz strait to step up and help take responsibility for keeping the passage open -- with American support.

Here’s the news from Iran – Donald Trump is making America lose wars again | Simon Tisdall  The Guardian

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‘War leader’ Trump fixates on trivial matters as Iran death toll mounts  The Guardian

Strait of Hormuz forms part of front line in Mideast war  Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal

Gulf Arab states intercept new missiles and drones as Iran threatens to widen war  Politico

US demanding countries assist with ship escorts in Strait of Hormuz: UN ambassador  The Hill

The fixture, part of the Qatar Football Festival, has been cancelled amid the ongoing US-Israeli war on Iran.

Egypt eyed as mediator as Israel plans weeks of war with Iran  شفق نيوز

Trump asserts Iran wants to end war. Tehran says no proposal  Yahoo Finance

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Trump demands Iran ‘surrender,’ says he’s hearing new leader ‘not alive’  Fox News

Ben Shapiro: Three big lies about the Iran war  Grand Forks Herald

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Iranian FM: Supreme leader 'in excellent health,' Strait of Hormuz open to all except US and its friends  The Times of Israel

Why the Strait of Hormuz and Iran's islands are strategic flashpoints in the ongoing conflict  KGW

Kinzinger: Trump’s ‘biggest mistake’ in Iran war is ‘not preparing the American people for it’  CNN

Trump once again blames Ukraine president for prolonging war by refusing to accept Russia’s demands

Strike in Nuseirat comes following reports of Palestinians killed Friday and Saturday in the Strip; IDF says it killed 20 Gaza terror operatives over past week The post Israeli strike reportedly kills four in central Gaza; no immediate comment from IDF appeared first on The Times of Israel.

My family fled Iran in 1979 as members of a religious minority. Now we watch from the safety of Australia as our community is persecuted again As a second-generation Iranian migrant, I’ve been suffocated by helplessness over the past two months as my spiritual brothers and sisters in Iran fight for a sense of freedom in their home country. Now, as war hits the region, millions of Iranians living around the world watch with trepidation, praying for peace in the face of yet another harrowing conflict. My family fled just before the Iranian revolution in 1979. We are Baháʼís – members of the largest non-Muslim religious minority in Iran. Bahá’ís have been persecuted since the faith’s inception in the mid-19th century, and in times of unrest, things get worse. We can only imagine what is in store. Continue reading...