Commentaries And Analysis On This Weeks Oil Tanker Attacks In The Gulf Of Oman

Martin Chulov and Julian Borger, The Guardian: Iran-US dispute grows over attacks on oil tankers in Gulf of Oman

Tensions remain high as Arab League calls for restraint – and Labour warns of UK being drawn into conflict

Divisions over responsibility for last week’s attack on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman deepened this weekend amid warnings over the danger of a major confrontation in the region, despite hints by Donald Trump about possible negotiations with Iran.

Politicians in Britain traded angry blows over the incident, after the Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, questioned whether there was “credible evidence” that Iran had attacked the two ships as they passed by its coast on Thursday, rebuffing a Foreign Office assessment that it was “almost certain” that a “branch of the Iranian military” had carried out the strikes.

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Commentaries And Analysis On This Weeks Oil Tanker Attacks In The Gulf Of Oman

Iran-US tensions flare in the Persian Gulf: What's at stake -- Kersten Knipp, DW
Is Iran to blame for suspected attacks on Gulf tankers? -- Maysam Behravesh, Al Jazeera
Gulf of Oman tanker attacks: What could be Iran's motive? -- Dr Aniseh Bassiri Tabrizi, BBC
Is The U.S. Going To War With Iran? Stay tuned -- Mark Cancian, Forbes
With Iran, sometimes the logical explanation is the correct one -- Nic Robertson, CNN
A Tanker War in the Middle East—Again? -- Robin Wright, New Yorker
The Gulf of Oman attack threw gas on already fiery US-Iran tensions – now the world may have to pay the price -- Independent editorial
The Strategic Threat from Iranian Hybrid Warfare in the Gulf -- Anthony H. Cordesman, CSIS
Oil tanker attacks: did Iran’s ties with China just go up in smoke? -- Meaghan Tobin & John Power, SCMP