Maxime Marquette
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REPORT: The Strait of Hormuz Empties Out, Global Shipping Grinds to a Halt
The Strait of Hormuz, through which roughly one-fifth of the world's oil passes, emptied of its usual commercial traffic in the days following the…
REPORT: Alleged Iranian Plot Against Trump, What Intelligence Reports Reveal
At the height of the military escalation between Washington and Tehran, a different kind of information surfaced in early July: according to CNN, Israeli…
REPORT: Trump Declares Iran Ceasefire Over, Middle East Braces for Wider War
It took only one sentence, delivered on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Ankara, to send months of fragile diplomacy crashing down. On…
DECODING: Satellite Images Show Iran Rebuilding Its Nuclear Sites
Satellite images analyzed in early July 2026 show reconstruction activity at the Pickaxe Mountain and Parchin sites, two Iranian installations tied to the regime's…
DECODING: American Strikes Reported Near the Bushehr Nuclear Plant
According to reports from early July 2026, an American projectile reportedly struck the area surrounding the Bushehr nuclear plant in southwestern Iran, a site…
REPORT: Ten Iranian Ballistic Missiles Target Jordan's Al-Azraq Base
Between July 9 and 10, 2026, Iran fired ten ballistic missiles at the Al-Azraq air base in Jordan, while simultaneously targeting Kuwait, Qatar, and…
INVESTIGATION: Tehran Declares the Strait of Hormuz Closed, Shock Hits Global Oil
On July 12, 2026, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps declared the Strait of Hormuz closed to commercial shipping, an announcement whose reach extends far…
DECODING: US Strikes 140 IRGC Targets After the Attack on Hormuz
On the night of July 11 to 12, 2026, the American military struck roughly 140 targets belonging to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the…
FACT-CHECK: More than 130 sites damaged in Kyiv in one night, what do we really know
Since the Russian attack of July 2, 2026, against Kyiv, one figure keeps recurring in official reports and media coverage: more than 130 sites…