In the Strait of Hormuz — the narrow passage through which a fifth of the world's energy flows — an oil tanker has burned, two sailors have vanished, and the competing accounts of Iran and the United States reveal something older than any single incident: the way great powers shape reality itself to serve their aims. The El Gaia's fate is both a maritime emergency and a parable about contested truth in a waterway that has become, since late February, a slow-motion theater of war. Twenty-two seafarers have already died across 79 confirmed incidents; the two missing men from the El Gaia are the
Two sailors missing after tanker attacked in Strait of Hormuz amid Iran-US tensions
Two sailors missing from El Gaia attack; at least 22 seafarers killed in 79 confirmed incidents in the Strait of Hormuz and Middle East since late February.