Author: Benoit Faucon

Intercepted communications and other intelligence suggest a strategic shift by hard-line leaders to raise the costs for the U.S. and its regional allies.

Mojtaba Khamenei overhauled the country’s security chiefs, putting his stamp on a government he took over after the war began.

Some of the world’s largest energy exporters dislike the emerging deal to reopen the waterway but fear going back to war would be worse.

Spanish intelligence has so far concluded that the rush into Ceuta was spontaneous and caused by spreading messages on social media.

Hard-liners’ growing clout raises the risk that they will undermine an agreement to reopen the strait.

A draft agreement would give Tehran oversight of ships entering the Persian Gulf but wouldn’t let it levy tolls or service fees.

A city long-known as a melting pot of cultures suddenly feels vulnerable.