How the US-Iran war upended two critical global trade routes

How the US-Iran war upended two critical global trade routes

By Lou Robinson, Anna Cooban, CNN (CNN) — The war between the United States and Iran has upended the global oil market by severely disrupting the flow of oil through two critical waterways: the Strait of Hormuz and, in recent weeks, the Bab al-Mandeb Strait.Iran is now stepping up attacks on tankers transiting Hormuz and

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When the US-Iran war began at the end of February, it unleashed an energy crisis on the world and one not seen in recent years.