Strait of Hormuz News

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Roadblocks, Looting, Riots Hit Sleepy Sultanate of Oman

The wave of pro-democracy fervor sweeping the Middle East and North Africa has landed in Oman, a tiny Arab sultanate thought to have been one of the region's most stable, prosperous places. Omani protesters demanding better jobs and political reforms clashed with the country's vaunted security forces on Sunday. There were...

Terrorism Blamed for Explosion on Japanese Supertanker

(Aug. 6) -- A Japanese supertanker damaged as it passed near the strategic Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf was the subject of a terrorist attack, the state-run United Arab Emirates news agency reported today. Traces of homemade explosives were found on the hull of the M Star after an inspection by specialists,...

Background on Strait of Hormuz

The Strait of Hormuz ( Maḍīq Hurmuz, Tangeh-ye Hormoz) is a narrow, strategically important strait between the Gulf of Oman in the southeast and the Persian Gulf.

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