What Happens Around These TWO Straits in the Middle East
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Iran and its allies have been controlling Hormuz for months, and now also Bab el Mandeb: Saudi Arabia has very few alternatives to exporting oil
The blockade of two of the most strategic points for global navigation, the Straits of Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb, is forcing the countries of the Persian Gulf to accelerate alternative routes for their oil exports. Traffic through Ormuz, where 20% of the world’s crude oil came to circulate, remains virtually paralyzed six months after the beginning of the conflict, while shipping through Bab el-Mandeb has been compromised by the advance of the Ho…
By Giuseppe Gagliano* RIYAD. The postponement of the Salalah meeting between Iran and the Gulf monarchies is not a simple [...] The article Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb: the war of the two gates that can strangle the world economy. The postponed summit and diplomacy without confidence comes from Defense Report.
The Middle East War puts increasing pressure on global energy routes, after Iran tightened control over the Hormuz Straits, and the Houthi rebels launched new attacks on Saudi Arabia. In parallel, the scheduled talks between Iran and the Gulf States on navigation through Hormuz were postponed, and the price of oil rose again over the $100 per barrel threshold, notes REUTERS. The Iranian authority for the Hormuz Strait published on Monday an upda…
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