{"id":360642,"date":"2026-07-13T04:00:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T03:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/hostages-to-escalation-gulf-nations-caught-between-tehran-and-washington-dw-news\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T04:00:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T03:00:22","slug":"hostages-to-escalation-gulf-nations-caught-between-tehran-and-washington-dw-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/hostages-to-escalation-gulf-nations-caught-between-tehran-and-washington-dw-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Hostages to escalation? Gulf nations caught between Tehran and Washington | DW News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/5vjUisdEgB0\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Hostages to escalation? Gulf nations caught between Tehran and Washington | DW News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5vjUisdEgB0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Weeks after a brief de-escalation, Iran and the US are once again locked in confrontation. As missiles and drones cross the Gulf, what are the implications for regional security and stability? DW\u2019s Pablo Foley Elias spoke with Middle East and Africa analyst Megan Sutcliffe from private intelligence firm Sibylline.<\/p>\n<p>#iran #us #iranwar #straitofhormuz #gulf #dwnews <\/p>\n<p>00:00 Gulf states targeted as US and Iran trade strikes<br \/>\n01:58 Megan Sutcliffe, Middle East Analyst, Sibylline<br \/>\n06:07 Are the Gulf states hostages in the conflict between Iran and the US?<br \/>\n10:17 How much has the recent escalation hurt Iran\u2013Gulf ties?<br \/>\n14:45 Can Oman still play a mediating role?<br \/>\n20:01 How severely is the conflict harming the Gulf states&#8217; economies?<br \/>\n23:11 Marco Rubio, US Secretary of State <\/p>\n<p>For more news go to: http:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/<\/p>\n<p>Follow DW on social media:<br \/>\n\u25baInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baTikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/deutschewellenews\/<br \/>\n\u25baTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/dwnews<\/p>\n<p>F\u00fcr Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/dwdeutsch<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Weeks after a brief de-escalation, Iran and the US are once again locked in confrontation. As missiles and drones cross the Gulf, what are the implications for regional security and stability? DW\u2019s Pablo Foley Elias spoke with Middle East and Africa analyst Megan Sutcliffe from private intelligence firm Sibylline. #iran #us #iranwar #straitofhormuz #gulf #dwnews [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":360643,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[130889],"tags":[],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-360642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dw-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Hostages to escalation? Gulf nations caught between Tehran and Washington | DW News | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch Hostages to escalation? 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