Five months into a conflict that has choked the world's most critical oil corridor, the United States and Iran are edging toward an agreement brokered through Oman that could reopen the Strait of Hormuz and lay the groundwork for a broader peace. Yet the same day diplomats reported progress, Houthi fighters killed eight Yemeni soldiers in Marib province, Saudi Arabia formalized a mutual defense pact with Turkey and Pakistan, and Tehran-backed militias in Iraq announced a deliberate pause—not a cancellation—of planned retaliation. The region is not moving toward peace so much as learning to hol
U.S. signals imminent Iran-Oman deal on Strait of Hormuz as regional tensions simmer
Eight Yemeni military personnel killed in Houthi attack on Marib province military camp.