The Strait of Hormuz and the Gulf of Aden

... exacerbation in U.S.–Iran relations and the United States imposing more sanctions on Tehran. Nobody has claimed responsibility for either ... ... possibility of deliberate provocation by one of its many opponents, from Saudi Arabia to Israel. Ivan Timofeev: The Tanker Incident in ... ... catalyst for transforming the current negative dynamics both in the Gulf and in the Middle East in general. As the saying goes, every ... ... the Indian Ocean around the Horn of Africa. It is here, in the Gulf of Aden, that Somalian pirates regularly captured dozens of ...