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What Is the Strait of Hormuz and Why Is Iran Blocking It?
ByThe New York Times March 12, 2026March 13, 2026

With attacks and threats, Tehran is using the world’s most important transit point for oil and gas as leverage against its enemies.

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Israel Drops Case Against Soldiers Accused of Abusing Palestinian Detainee
ByIsabel Kershner March 12, 2026

After a prisoner arrived at a hospital with broken ribs and a torn rectum, Israelis were once again at odds over the issue of mistreatment and impunity.

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Displaced Lebanese Haunted by Strikes from the Sky
ByChristina Goldbaum and Sarah Chaayto March 12, 2026March 12, 2026

With airstrikes expanding beyond the limits of Beirut’s southern suburbs, people in the city say that even the once-safest corners may no longer be off-limits.

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Mojtaba Khamenei, Iran’s New Supreme Leader, Says Strait of Hormuz Must Remain Closed in Defiant Statement
ByYeganeh Torbati and Sanam Mahoozi March 12, 2026March 12, 2026

Mojtaba Khamenei struck a defiant tone and signaled that Iran would not back down in a war that has spread across the Middle East.

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Iran War Causing Largest Ever Oil Disruption, I.E.A. Says
ByEshe Nelson March 12, 2026March 12, 2026

Conflict is forcing producers to slash production and close ports as Iran steps up attacks on energy infrastructure.

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Ground Down by War, Hezbollah’s Loyal Base Shows Cracks
ByChristina Goldbaum March 12, 2026

“We just want to be back in our homes,” said a Lebanese man who, like many others in the latest round of fighting, has to flee.

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Iran’s Naval Mines: A History of Threats to Persian Gulf Shipping
ByFrancesca Regalado March 12, 2026March 13, 2026

The United States said this week that it had attacked 16 Iranian mine-laying vessels near the Strait of Hormuz. In the 1980s, Iranian mines damaged oil tankers and a U.S. Navy warship.

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How Hegseth Came to See Moral Purpose in War as Weakness
ByGreg Jaffe March 12, 2026

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s bellicose and vengeful rhetoric describing the military’s war in Iran grew out of his experience in Iraq.

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Israel Bombards Lebanese Capital in Latest Round of Strikes
ByLiam Stack and Dayana Iwaza March 12, 2026March 12, 2026

Lebanon’s health ministry said at least seven people were killed in the Beirut attacks early Thursday.

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Countries Scramble to Shore Up Global Oil Supplies as Ships Are Attacked
ByRebecca F. Elliott, Abdi Latif Dahir, Eric Schmitt and Michael Levenson March 11, 2026March 12, 2026

The United States and Israel launched more strikes against Iran, where crowds mourned military commanders killed in the war. Israel also bombed targets in Lebanon, where the death toll climbed.

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