JON GAMBRELL

JON GAMBRELL

Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Jon Gambrell is the news director for the Gulf and Iran for the Associated Press.

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Foreign

Ayatollah Khamenei Threatens Israel and America With ‘a Crushing Response’ Over Jerusalem’s Attack on Iran

Threat by supreme leader raises concerns of wider regional conflict just ahead of the American presidential election this Tuesday.

Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP
Foreign

Yemen’s Houthi Rebels, Undeterred by American Air Strikes, Launch Fresh Attacks on Shipping in the Gulf of Aden

The Houthis have launched more than 50 attacks on shipping, killed three sailors, seized one vessel and sunk another since November.

AP/Osamah Abdulrahman
Foreign

A Hard-Line Former President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Registers To Run Again in Iran

The populist former leader’s registration puts new pressure on Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

AP/Vahid Salemi
Foreign

Iranian Commandos Seize Israeli-Affiliated Container Ship Near Strait of Hormuz 

The Middle East is bracing for potential Iranian retaliation over a suspected Israeli strike earlier this month on an Iranian consular building in Syria that killed 12, including a senior Revolutionary Guard general.

AP
Foreign

Houthis’ Latest Assaults on Shipping Underscore Challenges to America in Battle of the Red Sea

A month of American-led airstrikes fail to prevent Yemen’s Iran-backed rebels from launching significant attacks, downing an American Reaper worth tens of millions of dollars.

AP/Osamah Abdulrahman
Foreign

Two American-Flagged Ships With Cargo for Defense Department Come Under Attack by Yemen’s Houthi Rebels

‘While en route, both ships reported seeing explosions close by and the U.S. Navy accompaniment also intercepted multiple projectiles,’ Maersk says.

AP Photo
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