Update: Closure of Bab el-Mandeb Strait threatens Saudi oil shipments to Asia — expert

TASS (Russia) has reported on “Update: Closure of Bab el-Mandeb Strait threatens Saudi oil shipments to Asia — expert,” presenting it as the central development in the source material available for this brief.

The available account reports that ziyad al-Hashemi explained that "a halt in these shipments could trigger turmoil in the oil market and drive up prices, particularly on the spot market"

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