A new front is opening in the Iran war. Oil faces ‘no way out’

A new front is opening in the Iran war. Oil faces ‘no way out’
FacebookXWhatsAppEmail

By David Goldman, CNN (CNN) — The Houthis’ blockade of the Bab al-Mandeb strait couldn’t have come at a worse time for the oil market. Iran’s proxies in Yemen have threatened to cut off a major bypass of the Strait of Hormuz, through which oil tanker traffic has slowed dramatically in recent days...