Oil and War: The Unyielding Cycle of Escalation The latest salvo in the conflict between Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the United States was fired when US President Donald Trump authorized fresh strikes against Iranian targets.
This followed a declaration by Yemen's Houthi rebels to impose a naval blockade on another key oil route. The Houthi announcement is the culmination of months of rising tensions between Iran and Saudi Arabia.
The conflict has already claimed thousands of lives, mostly in Iran and Lebanon, where Israeli forces have occupied parts of the country since attacks by Hezbollah fighters who claimed solidarity with Tehran.