The Strait of Hormuz, a 39 km-wide waterway flanked by Iran to the north and Oman and the UAE to the south, is a passage through which one-fifth of the world’s oil flows each day. For decades, it has been a strategic chokepoint, considered a critical vulnerability in global energy security. On Feb. 28, this vulnerability was laid bare when Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps issued a stark warning in the wake of US and Israeli strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities and the assassination of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. It said no vessels would be allowed to pass.

The Strait of Hormuz, a 39 km-wide waterway flanked by Iran to the north and Oman and the UAE to the south, is a passage through which one-fifth of the world’s oil flows each day.…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates: The widening war in Iran has ground tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz to a halt and oil prices have been swinging sharply, highlighting the…

The Tehran regime has weaponised geography in retaliation for the attacks by the US and Israel

RIYADH: The Strait of Hormuz is one of the world’s most important maritime routes for the energy sector, with roughly 20 million barrels of oil passing through it daily, or about…

Explore the timeline of recent ship attacks in the Strait of Hormuz amid escalating U.S.-Israeli tensions with Iran.