Please note that: “This article is based on author’s personal opinions”

A few months earlier, no one even was thinking about a possible war in the Middle East, and now, we hear the word WAR almost every day.

Iran proxies in the region got more active nowadays, Houthis in Yemen have entered a new phase of offensiveness. During the past weeks, they attacked Saudi Arabia pipelines near Riyadh via drones (which is high likely done through cells inside KSA), they launched missiles towards cities near Mecca and Jeddah, also their multiple attacks on Najran airport is worth to mention.

Meanwhile, Iranian proxies or IRGC themselves conducted marital attacks to 4 commercial vessels (including two Saudi oil vessels). And then we saw rocket/mortar attacks on the Baghdad’s Green Zone (Near US embassy).

Also, at the first days of May 2019, PIJ and Hamas started a big escalation with Israel (600+ rockets were launched towards Israel from Gaza).

As Iran and its proxies are getting more aggressive every day, US, Israel and Gulf countries started to worry more about further attacks. In case Iran tries to close the strait of Hormuz somehow (through naval mines, rocket/missile attacks or using suicide motorboats), There would be disastrous consequences, Oil price will get bullish and almost half of the world’s oil transportation will be stopped immediately.

Right after preliminary threats from Iran, US moved its Navies near the Persian Gulf. USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) and its CSG (including CVW7), USS Kearsarge (LHD-3), USS Bainbridge (DDG-96), USS Mason (DDG-87), USS Nitze (DDG-94), USS Leyte Gulf (CG-55) were deployed in Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman.

Also, US sent a dozen F-35s and 4 B-52H Stratofortress to the Middle East and deployed them in the Al-Udeid AFB.