In Basra, southern Iraq, daily routines go on under the weight of the Iran war, as workers unload cargo at Umm Qasr Port and operations slow at the nearby Zubair oil field. At the Shalamcheh border ...

Shia Muslims were oppressed by Iraq's Baathist regime for more than 30 years and excluded from the highest ranks of power. They make up the majority of Iraq's population - accounting for as much as 60 ...

The East-West Pipeline is also known as the Petroline and is operated by Saudi oil giant Aramco. Aramco is one of the world’s ...

Trade is trickling through the vital artery connecting the Persian Gulf and the world, creating an economic shock thousands ...

Existing pipelines bypassing the Strait of Hormuz can replace at most 28% of the 20 million barrels per day that normally ...

Iraq has declared force majeure on its oilfields. Military operations have disrupted navigation through the Strait of Hormuz.

A US-owned oil tanker Safesea Vishnu, sailing under the Marshall Islands flag, was attacked near Basra in Iraq on Wednesday, claiming the life of an Indian crew member. Another ship, Malta-flagged ...

An Indian sailor was killed on March 11 in the ongoing Iran vs Israel-US war. The sailor was part of a crew on the US-owned tanker MT Safesea Vishnu. A total of 16 Indians were part of the crew. “On ...

The two most recent attacks, apparently carried out by explosive-laden boats, hit the tankers Safesea Vishnu and Zefyros in ...

Two oil tankers anchored at Iraq's Basra Port burn following Iran's attack on the 11th, local time. /X Iran attacked two foreign oil tankers anchored in Iraqi territorial waters on the 11th. Iran ...

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei says that the leverage of closing the Strait of Hormuz should be used and ...