Middle East latest: Attacks on ships transiting Hormuz in October highest since start of war – The National

Middle East latest: Attacks on ships transiting Hormuz in October highest since start of war  The National

Number of vessels targeted in Strait of Hormuz, Gulf of Oman and Arabian Gulf more than double September's total ‘US presence

in the Gulf will change, not vanish’, says Parag Khanna Kurdish Deputy PM: US never planned to arm Iranian opposition

The reported number of vessels targeted during October in the Strait of Hormuz, the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Gulf was more than twice the September total. That month’s tally was the highest since the war began. The comparison covers ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz as well as vessels targeted in the Gulf of Oman and Arabian Gulf, rather than incidents in only one of those waterways.

Parag Khanna said the US presence in the Gulf would change but would not vanish. Separately, a Kurdish deputy prime minister said the US had never planned to arm Iran’s opposition. The comments addressed two aspects of the US role: its continued presence in the Gulf and whether it intended to provide weapons to Iranian opposition groups.