{"id":26743,"date":"2019-08-12T12:43:43","date_gmt":"2019-08-12T12:43:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/08\/12\/iraq-gulf-arab-states-can-secure-persian-gulf-waters-alone\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T06:31:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T06:31:19","slug":"iraq-gulf-arab-states-can-secure-persian-gulf-waters-alone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/flashpoints\/2019\/08\/12\/iraq-gulf-arab-states-can-secure-persian-gulf-waters-alone\/","title":{"rendered":"Iraq: Gulf Arab states can secure Persian Gulf waters alone"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BAGHDAD \u2014 Iraq\u2019s foreign minister says Iraq and Gulf Arab states don\u2019t need foreign powers to secure navigation in the Persian Gulf as that would only increase regional tensions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mohammed al-Hakim tweeted Monday that regional states are capable of securing the strategic waterway themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Al-Hakim&#8217;s tweet was in response to efforts by the Trump administration to set up a U.S.-led naval security mission in the Strait of Hormuz, where Iran&#8217;s recent seizures of vessels has raised tensions with the West.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/2019\/06\/04\/what-war-with-iran-could-look-like\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_19098471996944.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">What war with Iran could look like<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Military Times interviewed more than a dozen military experts, including current and former U.S. military officials, about how a conflict might begin and how it could play out. 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