What happened: It is the centerpiece of Iran's oil industry. Located some 25 kilometers, or 15 miles, off the shore of mainland Iran, Kharg Island is a small...
Cross-source context: Free Beacon highlights president Donald Trump said Monday that he is open to destroying Iran’s multibillion-dollar oil infrastructure on Kharg Island, a central export hub the United States hit... SCMP highlights kharg Island, a scrubby stretch of land in the northern Gulf, handles almost all of Iran’s crude exports and any attempt to seize it would mark... The US and Israel have so far treaded carefully around the island, but an Axios report over the... New Statesman highlights if the war is about oil, why hasn’t the president targeted Iran’s most important facility?
What to watch next: movement around untouchable, island.