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Qatari Prime Minister Travels to Tehran as Iran War Nears Six-Month Mark

Par : Ismaeel Naar
Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani has been a key mediator in the conflict, even as his country has blamed Tehran for hundreds of missile and drone attacks.

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Qatar’s prime minister, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, at a news conference in Egypt in August. His trip to Tehran comes at a moment of heightened tension between Iran and Qatar.
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U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln Sailor Says Father Arrested by Border Patrol Has Been Released

Par : Leo Sands
Joshua Aviles, a Navy sailor, said his father had been freed days after he was detained as Mr. Aviles returned from a lengthy deployment in the Middle East.

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Luis Manuel Aviles, left, and Joshua Aviles, in a handout family photo.
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Oil Prices Dip on News of Progress in Hormuz Talks

Par : Lara Jakes
The two countries said they would create a temporary shipping lane and clear mines in the waterway. Global oil prices dipped after the joint announcement.

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Vessels near the Strait of Hormuz, seen from Musandam, Oman, on Monday. Before the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, about a fifth of the world’s oil and gas was shipped through the waterway.
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What to Know About Bank Melli, Singled Out in U.S. Call for Economic War

Par : Lara Jakes and James Paton
Bank Melli, Iran’s largest lender, already faces sanctions that severely limit its ability to operate abroad. Every foreign branch must be shut down, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said.

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The main branch of Bank Melli in Tehran last year.
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Trump Administration Sends Saudi Nuclear Deal to Congress for Review

Par : Robert Jimison
The prospect that the kingdom could enrich uranium has drawn opposition from Democrats and revived concerns about nuclear proliferation in the Middle East.

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Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman, the Saudi energy minister, in Saudi Arabia last year. The two signed an agreement last month as part of a broader package of cooperation on civilian nuclear power.
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Gold, Flights, Cryptocurrency: U.S. Vows to Go After More Than Iran’s Oil

Par : Zane Irwin
The United States threatened sanctions for any country or entity that engages with Iran’s gold, digital assets, aviation, shipping and tech industries. Here’s why that matters.

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A gas station in Tehran on Tuesday. The United States imposed a monthslong blockade on Iran’s shipments of oil, the nation’s economic engine.
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In Canada and at Home, Deference to Trump Turns to Defiance on Tariffs and Other Issues

Par : Peter Baker
While the president remains the most dominant figure in the world, other leaders and institutions are pushing back more vigorously than at the beginning of his second term.

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World leaders and domestic institutions are showing less willingness to submit to President Trump’s will.
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What’s More Than ‘Maximum’? Trump Faces Limits on Iran Sanctions.

Par : Michael Crowley
President Trump’s “Economic D-Day” is intended to break the stalemate with Iran. But decades of sanctions have done little to change the country’s behavior.

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President Trump has bombarded Iran with new sanctions during his second term, targeting virtually the country’s entire economy.
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Iran May Have Little to Lose as U.S. Tries to Squeeze Its Economy

Par : Erika Solomon and Sanam Mahoozi
Experts warn that a campaign aimed at avoiding military escalation could instead provoke it, as Iranian leaders vow retaliation across the oil-rich Gulf.

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Drivers waiting at a taxi station in Tehran last month.
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Trump Administration to Return Diplomats to Middle East Embassies

Par : Natan Odenheimer and Adam Rasgon
Evacuated foreign service officers could begin heading back to their posts as early as this week, an internal document shows, suggesting Washington does not anticipate a renewal of full-scale conflict with Iran.

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The U.S. Embassy in Beirut will be the first to see staff return, according to State Department documents.
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Trump’s Attempt to Strangle Iran’s Economy Depends on China’s Cooperation

Par : David E. Sanger
The U.S. has spent 20 years promising ‘crippling sanctions’ on Iran. But the latest effort comes with a reverse twist, after military action failed to accomplish President Trump’s goals.

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In announcing Operation Economic Outcast, the Trump administration said on Monday that it would involve choking off every last transaction that funnels money to Tehran.
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U.S. Unveils Campaign to Cripple Iran’s Economy, but Offers Few Details

Par : Alan Rappeport
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent acknowledged the effort was more of a warning shot that would begin a period of “quiet diplomacy.”

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the United States would “tighten the noose” around Iran by imposing sanctions on every source or facilitator of its revenue.
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Iran Pledges to Defy Trump’s Economic Sanctions

Par : Aaron Boxerman · Sanam Mahoozi and Ephrat Livni
Analysts say Tehran could intensify the dispute militarily after the United States announced new efforts to squeeze Iran’s economy. One Iranian official vowed that “not a single drop of oil” would leave the gulf.

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Motorists drive past an anti-American billboard in Tehran on Monday. President Trump has threatened Iran with “economic warfare and isolation on an unprecedented scale.”
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U.S. Marines Cancel Drill With South Korea, Citing Iran War Demands

Par : Choe Sang-Hun
The move to call off the high-profile event was communicated in June, South Korea said. President Trump shortened another joint military exercise earlier this month.

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South Korean marines participate in the Ssangyong, or “Twin Dragons,” exercise in Pohang, South Korea, in 2024.
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Bessent is expected to announce new measures aimed at isolating Iran.

Par : Alan Rappeport
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will hold a news conference outlining the new package of measures.

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said last week that countries that continue to do business with Iran would face the “full might and force” of the U.S. government.
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Iran Cracks Down on One Luxury Left to Its Youth: Coffee Shops

Par : Leily Nikounazar and Yeganeh Torbati
In recent weeks, the police have closed dozens of cafes, often citing laws that stipulate women must veil in public. Experts say the closures are part of an effort to control public space.

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Iranians at a cafe in Tehran in April.
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Iran Warns Gulf States Not to Join Trump’s Economic War

Par : Erika Solomon
Iran’s new hard-line national security adviser, Mohsen Rezaei, vowed to prevent “a single drop of oil” from leaving the region.

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Mohsen Rezaei, Iran’s new security chief, last month in Tehran. Though hostilities have largely ceased, the United States and Iran are locked in an economic standoff.
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The Midterms Feel Like 2006 All Over Again

Par : Carl Hulse
With an unpopular war and high prices agitating voters, members of both parties see parallels to an election cycle when Democrats romped. But a lot has changed.

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In 2006, Democrats gained 31 House seats and installed Nancy Pelosi, who is now retiring, as the first woman speaker.
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Pentagon Fires Editor and Publisher of Independent Military Publication

Par : Minho Kim
The firings at Stars and Stripes also claimed a Middle East correspondent. They are the latest effort by the Pentagon to diminish the news outlet’s editorial independence.

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Service members reading Stars and Stripes in Cu Chi, South Vietnam, in September 1969. The publication has a long history of independent reporting on the U.S. military.
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Why China Thinks It Can Resist Trump’s Economic Threats on Iran

Par : David Pierson and Berry Wang
Beijing can squeeze U.S. critical mineral supplies and has enough oil to withstand the loss of Iranian crude, Chinese analysts say.

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Oil storage tanks and facilities in Shanghai in March. China has large stockpiles of oil that make it less vulnerable to energy supply disruptions.
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Iran Must Plan to Overcome U.S. Sanctions After Trump’s ‘Economic D-Day’ Threats, Tehran Official Says

Par : Aurelien Breeden
Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, lead negotiator in talks with Washington, made the comments after President Trump vowed an “economic D-Day” against Iran.

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In Tehran last month. Before the latest round of sanctions was announced, Iranians were already contending with sky-high inflation and other economic hardships.
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2 Hijackings in 4 Days: Somali Piracy Rises

Par : Pranav Baskar and Hussein Mohamed
Experts worry that the conflict in Iran and other regional dynamics are setting the stage for a Somali pirates’ comeback.

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Security forces patrolling the Gulf of Aden, off the coast of the semiautonomous Somali region of Puntland, in 2024.
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The Message Behind Trump’s Threats of ‘Economic Warfare’ Against Iran

Par : Anton Troianovski and Alan Rappeport
President Trump’s threats of an “economic D-Day” carry a clear signal to Iran that he does not want to go back to war.

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Among the challenges for President Trump is that he has repeatedly threatened Iran with destruction, only to pull back.
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U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln Leaves Middle East After Months at Sea in Operation Against Iran

Par : John Ismay
The aircraft carrier has been deployed for nine months, largely in support of U.S. operations against Iran, and is now heading home to San Diego.

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The U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln in San Diego in 2021. The carrier’s most recent deployment began on Nov. 21, and the thousands of sailors on board have spent almost the entirety of the time since at sea.
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Trump’s Economic Threat Puts Focus on Iran’s Trading Partners

Par : Leo Sands
President Trump appeared to suggest that the United States would impose economic penalties on countries that do business with Iran, though he did not specify what actions he would take.

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Oil tankers moored at Tsing Yi port in Hong Kong.
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As Iran and U.S. Settle Into an Uneasy Standoff, Who Will Blink First?

Par : Yeganeh Torbati
For weeks, there has been no diplomatic progress, but also no full-scale fighting, as each side seems to believe it can hold out longer than the other.

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A butcher in Tehran in July. The United States appears to be betting that putting Iran in a tighter economic stranglehold will succeed where military strikes have not.
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What to Know About Iran’s Economic Ties With Gulf Countries

Par : Pranav Baskar
The United Arab Emirates, Iran’s most important regional trading partner, announced a total embargo on transactions with Tehran on Tuesday.

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Smoke billowing from Jebel Ali port after an Iranian attack, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, in March.
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Send Us Your Questions About the Iran War

Par : Katrin Bennhold
Times reporters who cover the war, diplomacy, energy and the broader Middle East are joining our “Ask a Correspondent” feature as the conflict nears the six-month mark. Let us know what’s on your mind.
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U.A.E. Announces Halt to Trade With Iran Amid Trump’s Push To Isolate Tehran

Par : Ismaeel Naar and Vivian Nereim
The Emirates has long been a major trading hub for Iran, and analysts say it has been key to Iranian efforts to evade international sanctions, which Emirati officials deny.

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A vessel off the coast of the United Arab Emirates earlier this month.
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How the Iran War Made Africa’s Richest Man Even Richer

Par : Saikou Jammeh
Africans have turned to one of their own for fuel as the world’s supplies run low. But they are not the only ones with the continent’s richest man on speed dial.

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Aliko Dangote at his refinery office in Lagos, Nigeria, in January.
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Trump, With Limited Options in Iran, Tries Economic Pressure — Again

Par : Steven Erlanger
Iran has survived decades of sanctions. Faced with more, it is likely to escalate rather than surrender, analysts said.

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People walking on a sidewalk near the Tajrish Bazaar in Tehran last month.
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U.S. Cuts Back Military Drills With South Korea, as Trump Woos Kim Jong-un

Par : Eric Schmitt and Choe Sang-Hun
President Trump had ordered the Defense Department to reduce joint exercises with the key U.S. ally, declaring the drills “hostile” toward North Korea.

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U.S. Army Apache helicopters at Camp Humphreys in South Korea on Monday. An order by President Trump to reduce joint military exercises has heightened fears among Asian allies.
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Threatening Friends and Courting Enemies in Trump’s ‘Upside-Down World’

Par : Peter Baker
The president’s hostility to allies like Oman, Canada and South Korea, and his affection for adversaries like North Korea, may still shock some. But it comes as little surprise after a decade of upheaval.

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President Trump’s attack-thy-friends, revere-thy-enemies approach has become the norm in U.S. foreign policy.
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A Missile Alert Half a World Away Interrupts Court Hearing at Guantánamo

Par : Carol Rosenberg
A possible expert witness was hurried off a video feed after an emergency alert in Dubai, near the Strait of Hormuz, a flashpoint in the U.S.-Iran war.

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Prosecutors previewing testimony in a pretrial hearing at the war court in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, were interrupted by a missile alert in Dubai.
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Facing Quagmire in Iran, Trump Turns to a Familiar Face: North Korea’s Kim Jong-un

Par : David E. Sanger and Anton Troianovski
Seven years ago, President Trump failed to disarm North Korea and walked away. Could the same thing happen with Iran?

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President Trump with Kim Jong-un of North Korea at the Demilitarized Zone between North and South Korea in 2019.
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Trump Orders Pentagon to Curtail Military Exercises With Ally South Korea

Par : Helene Cooper
In a social media post, the president scolded South Korea for not helping denuclearize Iran, and also praised North Korea and its leader.

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In his post on Sunday, President Trump did not mention a rift in relations with North Korea in 2017, when Kim Jong Un called him a “mentally deranged dotard.”
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Houthis Claim Strike on Saudi Vessel as Red Sea Violence Escalates

Par : Ismaeel Naar
The armed group, based in Yemen and backed by Iran, said it had launched missiles near the vital maritime trade route, in a conflict that shows no sign of abating.

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Flames and smoke rising from the port of Mokha in Yemen on Friday. The Houthis have bombarded the city with drones and missiles n recent weeks.
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As Iran Truce Expires and Options Shrivel, Trump Lashes Out

Par : Luke Broadwater
President Trump took aim at Oman, a U.S. ally that has been mediating the talks, as efforts to end a war he started have faltered.

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President Trump has claimed that Iran wants to “make a deal, but they’re not going to make the kind of a deal that I feel is necessary.”
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Iran’s Supreme Leader Signals Intention to Keep Country on a War Footing

Par : Erika Solomon
Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei’s appointment of hard-line loyalists to top jobs suggests he is prepared to keep the country on a war footing and to quash domestic dissent.

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A rally in Tehran in April, with posters of Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei. The ayatollah has not been seen in public since being named supreme leader of Iran.
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U.S. and Iran Blow Through Deadline to Agree to a Broad Deal to End War

Par : Aaron Boxerman
President Trump said a cease-fire agreed in June would lead to limits on Iran’s nuclear program and finish the conflict, but the countries appear far apart.

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People in Tehran, Iran, last month. Iranians are coping with severe economic strain from six months of war.
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Trump Orders Pentagon to Curtail Military Exercises With Ally South Korea

Par : Helene Cooper
In a social media post, the president scolded South Korea for not helping denuclearize Iran, and also praised North Korea and its leader.

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In his post on Sunday, President Trump did not mention a rift in relations with North Korea in 2017, when Kim Jong Un called him a “mentally deranged dotard.”
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Top Admiral Praises Sailors but Concedes Hardships After Visit to U.S.S. Lincoln

Par : Helene Cooper
Admiral Brad Cooper, head of U.S. Central Command, acknowledged the difficulty of the carrier’s nearly nine-month deployment but said mental health issues were lower than on other vessels.

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The U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln in the Strait of Hormuz on 2019.
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As Iran War Turns Into Economic Battle, a New U.S. Strategy Recalls Old Ones

Par : Aaron Boxerman · Zolan Kanno-Youngs and David E. Sanger
The United States and Iran are poised to blow past a deadline they had set themselves to broker terms on peace and Iran’s nuclear program.

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Ships anchored this month in the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Bandar Abbas, Iran.
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Iran Says Qatar Captured Its Pilots Months Ago, a Claim Qatar Rejects

Par : Yeganeh Torbati and Leily Nikounazar
Iran said the airmen have been held since March 2 when their fighter jets were shot down. The Qatari government denies detaining any Iranian pilots.

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Smoke rising from an Iranian missile attack in Doha, Qatar, in March.
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As China Pushes to Expand in Asia, Trump Focuses on Iran

Par : Edward Wong
Asian allies are beginning to wonder whether the United States would or could defend them in a war.

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The Sierra Madre, a Philippine naval ship, in the South China Sea in 2023. Last month, a Chinese Coast Guard vessel began circling the ship and confronted Philippine service members.
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As China Pushes to Expand in Asia, Trump Focuses on Iran

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Asian allies are beginning to wonder whether the United States would or could defend them in a war.

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The Sierra Madre, a Philippine naval ship, in the South China Sea in 2023. Last month, a Chinese Coast Guard vessel began circling the ship and confronted Philippine service members.
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