Though oil markets often dominate headlines during Middle East conflicts, the Strait of Hormuz is equally critical to the global fertilizer trade. In 2024, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Iran ranked as the ...

By 2010, every country in the Middle East had a positive relationship with the United States, except for Iran and Syria, the Center for Strategic and International Studies noted in 2017.

They will ultimately not stand in the way of a new Middle East and a weakened Iran. The regime, it seems, may be taking its last breaths, and has no one to turn to. Update, June 22, 2025: ...

The U.S. bombed Iran overnight, raising tensions across the region as attention shifts to how Tehran may retaliate and location of U.S. military in the region.

The costs of chartering tankers to move oil from the Middle East to Asia have climbed and ship bookings have slowed as the Israel-Iran conflict fuels worries of potential disruptions, industry ...