Up to its mid-point, the year 2025 has highlighted, more than any previous year, the Gulf region’s persistent precarious security situation. The Israeli and American airstrikes on Iranian nuclear and ballistic missile sites in June 2025 triggered reciprocation including Iranian missile launches at U.S. facilities located on Qatar’s sovereign territory and renewed threats to close the Strait of Hormuz. While a ceasefire brought the Twelve- Day War to an end, the issues that initiated the conflict in the fist place remain unsolved. The imminence of a renewed outbreak of violence should therefore not be discounted.
Up to its mid-point, the year 2025 has highlighted, more than any previous year, the Gulf region’s persistent precarious security situation. The Israeli and American airstrikes on Iranian nuclear and ballistic missile sites in June 2025 triggered reciprocation including Iranian missile launches at U.S. facilities located on Qatar’s sovereign territory and renewed threats to close the Strait of Hormuz. While a ceasefire brought the Twelve- Day War to an end, the issues that initiated the conflict in the fist place remain unsolved. The imminence of a renewed outbreak of violence should therefore not be discounted.
