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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 591

Gulf of Oman

Illustrative: Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGC-N) fast attack craft Shahid Raeisi (P313-8) during joint naval military drills between Iran, Russia, and China in the Gulf of Oman, March 15, 2023. (Iranian Army office / AFP)
March 9, 2025, 2:24 pm
Iran, Russia and China to hold joint naval exercises this week
Drills in northern Indian Ocean meant to boost cooperation between the three countries; South Africa, UAE, Qatar and Pakistan among countries to send observers
By AFP
Image from video provide by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on March 18, 2023, shows warships during a Russia, China and Iran joint naval exercise in the Arabian Sea. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP, File)
March 12, 2024, 12:54 pm
Iran, Russia and China to hold joint naval drill in northern Indian Ocean
Marine Security Belt 2024 to focus on protection of maritime economic activity; Oman, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, and South Africa reportedly to participate as observers
By Agencies
Illustrative: This photo released by the US Navy shows the USS Cole in the Gulf of Oman, Friday, Jan. 21, 2022. (US Navy via AP)
April 27, 2023, 4:52 pm
Iran seizes oil tanker in Gulf of Oman after alleged collision amid regional tension
Marshall Islands-flagged, Turkey-managed ship had just come from Kuwait and was heading to Texas, US Navy says, noting that Tehran’s actions are ‘contrary to international law’
By Agencies
Illustrative: Warships sail in the Sea of Oman during the second day of joint Iran, Russia and China naval war games on December 28, 2019. (Iranian Army via AP, File)
March 15, 2023, 2:30 pm
China, Russia and Iran hold joint naval drills in Gulf of Oman, amid tension with US
Beijing says ‘Security Bond-2023’ exercises will boost cooperation between navies, ‘inject positive energy into regional peace and stability’
By AP
Hundreds of AK-47 assault rifles sit on the flight deck of the guided-missile destroyer USS The Sullivans during an inventory process, Jan. 7, 2023, after they were seized from a ship heading for Yemen. (US Navy photo via AP)
January 10, 2023, 4:49 pm
US Navy says Iranian assault rifles seized from Yemen-bound boat
Kalashnikov-style rifles, thought to have originated in Iran, found individually wrapped in green tarps aboard dhow sailing in Gulf of Oman lane used to smuggle goods to Houthis
By Jon Gambrell
Evidence gathered by the US navy from a drone attack on an Israeli owned oil tanker (US Navy)
November 22, 2022, 7:13 pm
Killer drone that hit Israeli-owned tanker was Iranian Shahed-136, US Navy confirms
Technicians take debris for analysis, find it to be same model Iran has supplied to Russia amid Ukraine invasion; officials say it was launched from IRGC base
By Emanuel Fabian
A Shahed-136 drone is seen in the sky seconds before it hit buildings in Kyiv, Ukraine, October 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
November 17, 2022, 3:17 pm
Officials: Drone that hit Israeli-owned tanker near Oman was launched from IRGC base
Western and Israeli security sources say Shahed-136 ‘suicide drone’ was fired at Pacific Zircon from Iranian territory; Israeli source: ‘Iranians no longer hiding behind proxies’
By Emanuel Fabian
Liberian-flagged oil tanker Pacific Zircon, operated by Singapore-based Eastern Pacific Shipping in Jebel Ali port, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on August 16, 2015. (AP Photo/Nabeel Hashmi)
November 16, 2022, 11:11 am
Israeli billionaire’s oil tanker hit by bomb-carrying drone off Oman; Iran blamed
Shipping firm ultimately owned by Idan Ofer says attack caused minor damage to Pacific Zircon, no injuries or spillage; Israeli official, US military accuse Iran, which is silent
By AP and ToI Staff
US service members board a stateless fishing vessel transiting international waters in the Gulf of Oman as a rigid-hull inflatable boat and patrol coastal ship USS Chinook (PC 9) sail nearby, Jan. 18, 2022. (US Navy via AP)
January 23, 2022, 3:00 pm
US detains ship loaded with bomb-making compound heading from Iran to Yemen
Same stateless fishing dhow was stopped last year with cargo of weapons UN said was likely intended for Houthi rebels; UK seizes $26m worth of drugs in Mideast waters
By Isabel Debre
A traditional dhow sailing vessel suspected of smuggling drugs burns in the Gulf of Oman, on December 15, 2021. (US Navy via AP)
December 16, 2021, 6:46 pm
US Navy rescues Iranian drug smugglers from burning ship off coast of Oman
Sailors recover 1,745 kg of hashish, 500 kg of meth and 30 kg of heroin, valued at $14.7 million, after crew apparently set fire to their stash onboard traditional sailing vessel
By AP
American navy ships USS Kearsarge and USS Bainbridge deployed alongside the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Gulf waters near Iran, May 17, 2019 (MCSN Michael S. Singley, US Navy)
November 28, 2021, 1:39 pm
US Navy rescues Iranian seamen adrift in Gulf for 8 days
Men on fishing boat given medical care, food and water and sent back home via Oman
By AFP
Ilustrative: A US Navy Martin UAV drone flies over the Gulf waters as the Royal Bahrain Naval Force (RBNF) Abdulrahman Al Fadhel takes part in a joint naval exercise between the US 5th Fleet Command and Bahraini forces, on October 26, 2021. (Mazen Mahdi/AFP)
November 9, 2021, 12:02 pm
Iran claims to scare off US drones near its war games in Gulf
Amid high tensions ahead of resumption of nuclear talks, Tehran says air defenses shot at 2 UAVs near strategic Strait of Hormuz, causing them to change course
By ToI Staff
In this picture released by the Iranian Army on November 7, 2021, troops attend a maneuver in a coastal area in southeastern Iran. (Iranian Army via AP)
November 7, 2021, 10:18 am
Iran begins annual war games to ‘improve readiness’ ahead of nuclear talks
Air force units and ground forces participating in military exercises to prepare for ‘foreign threats and any possible invasion’; drill taking place near strategic Strait of Hormuz
By AP
Illustrative: Iranian warships are seen in the Atlantic Ocean, in a photo released on June 10, 2021. (Iranian Army via AP)
November 6, 2021, 6:05 pm
Iran to hold major drill in southern waters, as a ‘warning to enemies’
Tehran’s deputy army chief says exercise to take place in Gulf of Oman, Indian Ocean, and parts of the Red Sea
By ToI Staff and Agencies
In this photo released on June 10, 2021, by the Iranian army, an Iranian warship moves in the Atlantic Ocean. (Iranian Army via AP)
August 17, 2021, 5:50 pm
Iran’s supreme leader appoints new chief for country’s navy
Khamenei names senior army officer Shahram Irani to post; Iranian naval forces are mainly in charge of operations in the Gulf of Oman
By AP and ToI Staff
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