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US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Thursday threatened to “aggressively” target Oman with sanctions if it was involved in “facilitating tolls” in the Strait of Hormuz, a warning that came after President Trump threatened to “blow up” the country. “The United States Government will not tolerate any effort to impose a tolling system in the […]

"This Will Bring Down Global Economy": Qatar's Energy Minister Offers Dire Warning About Hormuz Chokepoint Chaos Brent crude futures are on track for their biggest weekly gain since the early days of Covid, with the move now exceeding the 20% weekly spike at the start of the Russia-Ukraine war, as the U.S.-Israeli air campaign against Iran, Operation Epic Fury, has tipped the Gulf into an energy crisis, freezing commercial traffic through the Strait of Hormuz and pushing some regional oil and gas production offline. On Friday, Qatar's energy minister, Saad al-Kaabi,...

Is The Socialist-Islamist Alliance Finally Over? Via Remix News, Khalid Al-Hail is a defector from the Qatari ruling establishment, the president of the Qatar National Democratic Party, and the country’s most prominent opposition spokesman. Now living in exile in the United Kingdom, he is a successful international businessman and the leading advocate for democratic reform in Qatar, known for exposing the regime’s state-backed influence operations and media manipulation abroad. I can’t believe how petty this sounds, but I really think western socialists are frightened that the fall of the Ayatollahs will split their...