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The US Navy ship USS Ramage in the Atlantic Ocean. (Wikipedia/US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jason R. Zalasky/Public Domain)
September 15, 2019, 2:30 pm
US warship docks in Lebanon on ‘goodwill’ visit amid tensions
USS Ramage’s visit to Beirut signals US ‘commitment’ to Lebanese military, even as Washington applies sanctions on Hezbollah
By AFP
Illustrative: A UH-1Y Venom helicopter takes off from the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer in the Strait of Hormuz, July 18, 2019. (US Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Dalton Swanbeck/Released)
July 18, 2019, 11:22 pm
US warship shoots down Iranian drone in strategic Strait of Hormuz
US president says aircraft came within 1,000 yards of USS Boxer and ignored calls to stand down, calls it the latest ‘hostile’ act by Tehran
By AP and TOI staff
In this file photo taken on April 30, 2019, Iranian soldiers take part in the National Persian Gulf Day in the Strait of Hormuz. (Atta Kenare/AFP)
June 18, 2019, 7:53 pm
Potential conflict in Strait of Hormuz: Imbalanced forces and guerrilla warfare
In any clash between navies, Iran is likely to avoid full-scale battles and choose clandestine, indirect operations, experts say
By Michel Moutot and Fabien Zamora
Navy Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher leaves a military courtroom on Naval Base San Diego with his wife, Andrea Gallagher, in San Diego, May 30, 2019. (Julie Watson/AP)
June 17, 2019, 8:45 am
Trial set for Navy SEAL in Islamic State prisoner’s killing
Edward Gallagher pleads not guilty to charges, in case roiled by claims prosecution violated his right to a fair trial
By JULIE WATSON
A picture obtained by AFP from the Iranian news agency Tasnim on June 14, 2019 shows what they say are some of the crew of the oil tankers which were targeted in suspected attacks in the Gulf of Oman, after they were reportedly rescued by the Iranian navy on June 13, 2019 in the Iranian southern port town of Bandar-e-Jask (STR/Tasnim News Agency/AFP)
June 14, 2019, 1:20 pm
Iranian TV shows crew of attacked tanker in ‘full health’
Press TV says footage ‘refutes false reports by some media outlets claiming that Iran avoided helping the sailors’
By AFP
Illustrative -- In this photo from May 30, 2019, released by the US Navy, three EA-18G Growlers from the "Patriots" of Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 140 participate in a change-of-command ceremony aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) in Arabian Sea. (Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Amber Smalley/U.S. Navy via AP)
June 9, 2019, 7:53 am
US general: Aircraft carrier sends message to Iran not ‘to do something goofy’
On visit to USS Abraham Lincoln, Central Command head says ‘it is entirely likely that an attack would have taken place by now’ if not for recent troop buildup
By Robert Burns
In this image provided by the US Navy, a Russian destroyer, left, sails very close to the USS Chancellorsville, right, while operating in the Philippine Sea, Friday, June 7, 2019. (Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Christopher J Krucke via AP)
June 7, 2019, 7:05 pm
US, Russia blame each other in near-collision of warships
American guided-missile cruiser and Russian destroyer come within 50 meters of each other in the East China Sea; no injuries reported
By Lolita C. Baldor and Mari Yamaguchi
President Donald Trump greets troops after speaking at a Memorial Day event aboard the USS Wasp, Tuesday, May 28, 2019, in Yokosuka, Japan. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
May 30, 2019, 8:38 am
White House reportedly wanted USS McCain out of Trump’s view in Japan
The late senator had a frosty and contentious relationship with the president, who denies any knowledge of request
By Lolita C. Baldor
Eric Greitens speaking at the Robin Hood Veterans Summit at the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum in New York, May 7, 2012. (Craig Barritt/Getty Images via JTA)
May 25, 2019, 5:09 pm
Ex-Missouri governor to deploy with Navy to Middle East — report
Eric Greitens, a Jewish Republican, tells friends of plan months after he was forced to resign amid sex scandal
By Josefin Dolsten
The USS Abraham Lincoln sails south in the Suez canal near Ismailia toward the Persian Gulf, May 9, 2019. (Suez Canal Authority via AP)
May 21, 2019, 9:01 pm
Pentagon: Iran threat ‘on hold’ thanks to US response
‘Our steps were very prudent,’ Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan says of US deployment of ships, bombers to region amid intelligence warnings of Iranian attack plans
By AFP
The flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea, on May 19, 2019. (Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Garrett LaBarge/US Navy via AP)
May 20, 2019, 8:39 pm
US aircraft carrier seen as barometer of tensions with Iran
Dispatched to the Persian Gulf, the USS Abraham Lincoln has yet to enter it, possibly in a bid to calm nerves in the region
By Jon Gambrell
In this undated photo released by Sepahnews, the website of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, Gen. Hossein Salami speaks in a meeting in Tehran, Iran (Sepahnews via AP)
May 15, 2019, 11:14 pm
Iran on the brink of ‘full-scale confrontation with the enemy,’ IRGC chief warns
Amid simmering tensions in Gulf, Hossein Salami says ‘this moment in history is the most decisive moment of the Islamic revolution’; Rouhani: US engaged in ‘crime against humanity’
By TOI staff and Agencies
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, right, meets with Iranian government officials in Tehran on May 14, 2019. (Khamenei's official website)
May 14, 2019, 9:49 pm
Iran’s supreme leader: There will not be a war with the US
Khamenei tells Iranian officials that Washington ‘will have to withdraw’ in standoff, adds there will be no nuclear talks with current US administration
By TOI staff and Agencies
In this September 24, 2017 file photo, surface-to-surface missiles and a portrait of the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei are displayed by the Revolutionary Guard. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
May 13, 2019, 3:02 am
Iran says US doesn’t dare attack for fear of provoking assault on Israel
Revolutionary Guards chiefs dismiss US ‘psychological war,’ say aircraft carrier deployed to region not a threat, but a target; ‘If they make a move, we will hit them in the head’
By TOI staff
The front cover of the May 11, 2019 edition of the Iranian weekly reformist magazine, Seda, center, is photographed along with other periodicals in Tehran, Iran, May 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
May 12, 2019, 4:26 pm
Iranian reformist magazine shuttered after urging talks with US
Seda weekly called for regime to engage diplomatically with Washington to defuse tensions and stave off risk of ‘widespread war’
By AP
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