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“Hormuz shipping still faces major risks The Strait of Hormuz remains dangerous and costly for shipping, despite US claims that it is open.”

“That September, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani launched the Hormuz Peace Endeavour (HOPE) at the UN General Assembly, envisaging a non-aggression pact among Hormuz states.”

“Iran’s top negotiator said Tehran had conveyed to the US through mediators its conditions for reopening the Strait of Hormuz, which it has blockaded throughout the Middle East war.”

“Although some alerts had been issued in Riyadh this year after the start of the US-Iran war, these were the first since the escalation with the Houthis began in July.”

“The Iran-backed Houthis, who seized new territory along the Red Sea coast last week, are now posing a major new threat to global oil supplies — with crude above $100 a barrel Saturday — after effectively taking control of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, which Saudi…”

“That has given the group greater control over the Bab al-Mandeb strait, the critically important maritime passage that Saudi Arabia was using to ship oil out after the US-Iran war effectively shut down the Strait of Hormuz.”

“Macron’s pledge comes as tensions have been rising in France over surging fuel prices, with Macron insisting that the situation was the result of international conflicts, including the US war in Iran and its disruption of the Strait of Hormuz.”

“… have launched strikes on the Saudi-backed government in Yemen and repeatedly fired into Saudi Arabia, disrupting oil flows from the world's largest energy exporter, as part of a wider Middle East war that began with US and Israeli strikes on Iran in…”

“Since the Strait of Hormuz was closed by Iran in March amid US strikes, Saudi Arabia has increasingly relied on sending oil exports to the Red Sea via its East-West pipeline instead.”

“…ey outlet for Saudi oil exports, allowing the kingdom to ship crude to international markets via the Red Sea without passing through the Strait of Hormuz, where heightened regional tensions and security threats have raised concerns over the safety of…”

“It marks the second vessel to sink since the US-Iran war began on February 28, according to data from UN shipping agency, the International Maritime Organisation.”

“Merchant vessels have come under repeated attack in the Strait of Hormuz - which connects the Gulf to the Gulf of Oman and Arabian Sea - and elsewhere in the Middle East since the US and Israel's war with Iran began in February.”

“…ns, Riyadh airport as fighting intensifies Oct 26 - Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis said on Monday they had attacked Saudi Arabia's East-West crude oil pumping stations and Riyadh airport, as rising hostilities choke oil supplies and threaten to erupt into a…”

“…issues of regional and international importance, namely the US-Israel-Iran conflict, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the need for a negotiated two-state solution, the appalling Houthi militia attacks against the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Government…”

“Energy exports from the Gulf have plunged since US-Israeli strikes on Iran from February caused Tehran to respond by choking off the Strait of Hormuz, a vital waterway for oil and gas transit.”

“You've no doubt noticed that since the war with Iran broke out, gas prices have spiked: up more than 50% since January.”

“US Central Command (CENTCOM) chief Brad Cooper claimed in a video message late Friday that despite the Iranian attacks, 400 ships and 100 million barrels of oil moved through the Strait of Hormuz over the past week.”

“Wang called for a diplomatic settlement between the US and Iran and said that "key shipping lanes like the Strait of Hormuz and the Red Sea should stay unimpeded," because "the complex evolution of the Middle East situation is having a profound impact on the…”

“The Strait of Hormuz, through which roughly a fifth of the world's oil and gas shipments normally pass, has been effectively closed since the outbreak of the war, following Iranian missile and drone strikes on commercial vessels and a US Navy blockade of…”

“Fighting has been focused in recent days on areas around the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a shipping route that has become more crucial for energy exports since the conflict between the US and Iran restricted trade through the Strait of Hormuz.”

“It comes as security in the Strait of Hormuz continues to deteriorate amid the United States and Israel’s war on Iran.”

“Saudi oil exports were already under pressure thanks to Iran's blockade of the Strait of Hormuz in the Gulf.”

“Southeast Asia faces ‘sleeper’ food crisis from Hormuz fertiliser bottleneck The Middle East shipping gridlock risks a regional hunger crisis unless Asean resists export controls and pushes a US-Iran deal, experts say He noted that the UN was able to carve…”

“Martin Plaut, a British journalist specializing in the Horn of Africa, noted that the US needs Eritrea in the struggle to secure the Red Sea against the Houthis, an Iran-backed Shiite Muslim militia.”

“For Iran, if the Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) has to concentrate its resources on US and Israeli strikes, the Strait of Hormuz and operations in the Gulf, Sistan-Baluchestan could become a peripheral theatre competing for Iranian security resources.”

“The conversation came amid growing concerns over the safety of oil supply routes as tensions escalate around the Strait of Hormuz and Bab al-Mandeb, as well as uncertainty surrounding the United States-Iran war, which began on February 28.”