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“Log in Mediators are working with Iran and the United States on trying to broker a deal to end the fighting and open the Strait of Hormuz, three regional officials and two U.S. officials told The Associated Press, but major hurdles remain between the sides.”

“Oil transit from other Gulf nations through the Strait of Hormuz has improved in recent weeks as the US Navy guides commercial vessels through the narrow waterway.”

“Houthi positions along the coast place the movement’s forces directly on the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, facilitating greater control over commercial shipping traveling between the Red Sea and Asia and enabling a blockade of the crucial maritime waterway.”

“The Houthis, working with allied militias in Iraq, have also targeted Saudi oil installations, including a vital pipeline used to export oil through the Red Sea while movement through the Strait of Hormuz is limited.”

“Log in Yemen’s Houthi rebels have launched a lightning offensive across the country's Red Sea coast, seizing control of the strategic Bab el-Mandeb strait and threatening to expand the frozen US-Israeli conflict with Iran to the east.”

“Log in Saudi Arabia on Sunday extended the closure of the country’s main international airport, according to an online flight tracker, a day after a missile attack on the facility killed 12 people from several countries and left more than 300 injured in a…”

“…ear Admiral Ali Fadavi said that for the first time since the conflict began, there were no US vessels in the Gulf, the Strait of Hormuz, the Sea of Oman or even the northern Indian Ocean, claiming US warships were “100 per cent vulnerable” to Iranian…”

“…ear Admiral Ali Fadavi said that for the first time since the conflict began, there were no US vessels in the Gulf, the Strait of Hormuz, the Sea of Oman or even the northern Indian Ocean, claiming US warships were “100 per cent vulnerable” to Iranian…”

“In pictures: US carrier George HW Bush visits Thailand after six-month Middle East deployment Iran says Strait of Hormuz will not reopen until conditions are met, Nournews reports The Strait of Hormuz will not reopen until conditions set out in a June interim…”

“…at Tehran has proposed, via mediators, a plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and resume talks on its nuclear program in seven days if the United States lifts its naval blockade of Iranian ports, waives sanctions on Iranian oil sales and observes a ceasefire…”

“But Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen disrupted the Yanbu workaround in July by declaring a blockade of Saudi oil shipments, threatening the Bab el-Mandeb — a repeat of the Hormuz disruption.”

“A separate attack on Friday, which Riyadh has blamed on Iran-backed fighters in Iraq, knocked out Saudi Arabia’s East-West pipeline, the main route for Middle East oil bypassing the blockaded Strait of Hormuz.”

“Explained: The US has made progress in reopening the Strait of Hormuz, but the Iran war is far from over In recent weeks, the United States has succeeded in loosening Iran's grip over the Strait of Hormuz while virtually shutting down Iran's own oil exports,…”

“The Strait of Hormuz is to remain closed until the US meet the conditions agreed in an interim deal, according to Iran’s top negotiator Mohammed Bagher Ghalibaf in comments shared by state media.”