Saudi Exports Through the Red Sea Have Risen Eightfold, and That Is the Very Route Now Under Attack
The attacks wounded 73 people and caused fires at oil refineries, as the Houthis said they were retaliating for Saudi strikes in Yemen.
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Saudi Exports Through the Red Sea Have Risen Eightfold, and That Is the Very Route Now Under Attack
With Hormuz disrupted, Riyadh has been routing far more crude out through the Red Sea — and that is precisely the corridor the Houthis have been attacking, alongside refineries in the southern provinces.
Armed conflict between the US-Saudi bloc and the Iran-Houthi bloc is rapidly escalating, centered around the Strait of Hormuz and the Red Sea in the Middle East. As both sides continue mutual retaliation—including the destruction of oil tankers, strikes on US military bases, and attacks on oil refineries—the region's crude oil shipping routes and security are under threat.
Dark clouds are casting a shadow over the Middle East as the "two wars" surrounding the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait at the entrance to the Red Sea show signs of escalating again. Amid the intensifying retaliatory war between the U.S. and Iran, the proxy war between "pro-American" Saudi Arabia and the pro-Iranian Houthi rebels is also spiraling into an all-out conflict. According to foreign media outlets, including Reuters, on t…
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