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Saudi Arabia faces military pressure and pipeline closure from regional threats

Financial Times · Semafor

A widening regional conflict and military pressure from Iran and Houthi rebels—who seized strategic islands in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait—have forced Saudi Arabia to close its East-West oil pipeline, threatening international energy supplies ahead of winter and prompting increased tanker transits through the Strait of Hormuz.

  • Saudi Arabia closed its East-West oil pipeline.
  • Houthi rebels seized strategic islands in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
  • Energy supplies from Saudi Arabia are hit by a spreading war.
  • The disruption coincides with the approach of winter in the US and Europe.
  • Saudi Arabia boosts oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz
  • Action follows drone attacks disabling a pipeline bypassing the waterway

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