Tag: EnergySecurity
Iran Rejects Oman’s Hormuz Strait Plan
Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi rejected Oman's proposal for joint management of the Strait of Hormuz, saying on Iranian state television that it failed to address Tehran's security concerns, according to IranWire. Oman had proposed splitting the shipping lane evenly, with half under Iranian control and half under Omani…
Most Ships Risking Hormuz Take Iran’s Route
Commercial traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has fallen roughly 70% since fighting resumed, and the ships still crossing overwhelmingly favor the route Iran designates over an alternative corridor backed by the United States.Crossings dropped from about 45 a day during the June 7–July 7 truce to around 13, according…
Houthis Expand Attacks to Saudi Oil Corridor
Yemen's Houthis said they launched drones on July 27 at crude oil supply and transportation sites linking eastern Saudi Arabia with Yanbu, extending their campaign beyond port facilities and shipping lanes toward infrastructure feeding the kingdom's East-West oil corridor.Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said the operation targeted several "sensitive" points…
Gulf Oil Faces a Two-Strait Trap
The thesis works with two qualifications: the Gulf is not completely sealed because the UAE retains its Fujairah outlet, and American energy companies may benefit while the United States as a whole absorbs higher prices and military costs.The Houthi missile and drone attack claimed against Saudi Aramco facilities in Jizan…
Russia Builds Toward Madagascar’s 2027 Vote
Madagascar lies near the northern mouth of the Mozambique Channel, on the sea lane connecting southern Africa to the Gulf and Asia, next to some of the largest untapped gas reserves on the continent. That position has made it a quiet prize in a contest most coverage still frames as…
Houthis Claim Aramco Strike as Satellite Data Show Fires
Yemen's Houthi movement said it struck a Saudi Aramco oil facility in Jizan overnight with missiles and drones, claiming the attack sparked fires at the site. Satellite fire-detection data later showed multiple thermal hotspots within the industrial complex, although Saudi authorities and Aramco had not confirmed the extent of any…
France Rebuilds Influence After Sahel Retreat
Nothing about France's presence in Africa was ever going to vanish. Some twenty African states use French as an official language, fourteen share a currency pegged to the euro, and the commercial and family networks running between Paris and the continent outlast every government now in office. What collapsed in…
Houthi Blockade Claims First Tanker Casualty
Yemen's Houthi movement said it struck two Saudi-flagged oil tankers in the Red Sea on July 22, the first tanker attack since it declared a blockade on Saudi-linked shipping two days earlier. Military spokesperson Yahya Saree said the vessels, the Encelia and the Layla, had violated the blockade order, according…
A New Gulf Order Emerges Under Fire
The US-Iran war is achieving what decades of summits and declarations could not: it has handed the Gulf monarchies a single, immediate security problem. Iranian missiles and drones have repeatedly struck Gulf territory. Reported strikes on Kuwaiti electricity-generation and water-desalination facilities took generating units out of service. Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis…
Beyond Piracy: Nigeria Seeks Maritime Allies
On June 1, six navies answered to a single command for the first time. In Lagos, Nigeria inaugurated the Combined Maritime Task Force (CMTF), a joint force to confront piracy, armed robbery, kidnapping, oil theft, illegal fishing and trafficking across waters from Senegal to Angola. Eleven governments had endorsed the…
