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With enemy fighters approaching fast, an outnumbered group of F/A-18 Hornets held their ground. A precision missile strike by ...

Overhanging the 1991 debate was the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, which formed the base rationale for U.S. involvement in ...

On Dec. 17, 1995, exactly 90 years to the day after the flight of the Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk, Loh, as commander of the ...

On June 19, false reports of an Israeli strike on Iran’s Bushehr nuclear plant sparked alarm across the Gulf. Though denied ...

"The Iranian strike on the American base in Qatar demonstrated how beholden the Gulf Arabs are to the United States." ...

Past conflicts involving oil-producing nations in West Asia have significantly impacted global crude-oil prices. However, the ...

Saudi Arabia is the largest oil exporter that relies on the Strait and accounts for nearly 40% of the oil exports that pass through it. Following Saudi Arabia are Iraq, the United Arab Emirates, ...

The fall of the Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad has opened a window for wealthy Gulf countries to expand their influence as ...

Nevertheless, with Iran defanged, and the benefits of ties with Israel and the U.S. looking increasingly attractive to ...

A leaked preliminary assessment from the Defense Intelligence Agency on June 24 said that the damage was minimal. Whom to ...

Iran has long held that conflict with Israel can be managed by limiting its retaliation within clearly defined parameters.