- Iran seeks to use Hormuz to control oil supply, while a canal proposal cuts through Saudi Arabia and Yemen, and Gulf states utilize the Red Sea pipeline.
- A pipeline bypasses the Strait of Hormuz, running through Iraq and terminating at Yanbu on the Red Sea coast of Saudi Arabia.
An Iran-backed militia in Iraq struck a pipeline that bypasses the closed Strait of Hormuz.
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Updated Sep 19
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An Iran-backed militia in Iraq struck a pipeline that bypasses the closed Strait of Hormuz.
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Related events
- The new event describes the context of pipeline construction during the Iran-Iraq war, involving Houthis and Iraq.
- Iran unwilling to accept necessary deal terms, while pipelines are planned to bypass the Strait of Hormuz.
- Amid heightened Iranian naval conflict in the Strait of Hormuz, Iraq is urgently planning alternative pipeline routes through Turkey and Syria.
- Japan supports pipelines bypassing Hormuz amid heightened risk to Gulf energy trade following the Iran war.
- Iran-backed militias are involved in the conflict, pressuring the Iraqi government, alongside attacks on the East-West oil pipeline.