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Why the Houthis are threatening Red Sea shipping and what it means for oil markets

Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis said on Monday they would ban vessels linked to Israel from transiting the Red Sea, following renewed Israeli military strikes on Iran. The move has raised concerns about global shipping security and energy flows. The announcement comes amid heightened regional tensions, with markets closely watching whether the conflict could again disrupt key maritime trade routes. How big is the risk to global energy markets? Iran’s reported closure of the Strait of Hormuz following Israeli and US strikes on February 28 has already disrupted much of the Gulf’s oil and energy exports, contributing to higher prices and a broader energy shock. Saudi Arabia has since redirected more than 70% of its daily crude exports through the Red Sea port of Yanbu, making the route a critical lifeline for global oil supply and price stability. Any sustained Houthi disruption — through attacks on ships or port infrastructure — could significantl...
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Oil prices climb more than $4 after Israeli strikes on Iran and Lebanon

Oil prices jumped more than $4 on Monday, with investors spooked by Israeli strikes ‌on Iran as well as renewed attacks on Lebanon a day earlier. Brent crude futures rose $4.42 or 4.47% to $97.15 a barrel as of 0609 GMT, while US crude futures were up $4.07 or 4.50% at $94.61 per barrel. Israel said on Monday it hit a petrochemical plant in Iran's southwest, along with strikes elsewhere ​on military targets. That's despite US President Donald Trump reportedly telling Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to refrain from ​further attacks. In the first hit on an energy site inside Iran since the April 8 ceasefire, Israel ⁠said it struck targets at the Mahshahr petrochemical complex. A provincial official told Iran's semi-official Fars news agency parts of the ​plant were damaged. Read: Oil shock and the import trap Hopes are now eroding for an imminent end to the wider war and a restart to crude flows through the ​Strait of Hormuz, through which roughly a fifth of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas is transited. Monday's gains erased Friday's losses, when prices fell on hopes of a de-escalation in the US-Iran conflict. Oil prices have climbed just under 60% since the start of the war in ​late February but remain below highs marked in March when Brent reached nearly $120 per barrel. On Sunday, Iran fired a salvo of missiles ​at Israeli targets in retaliation for the strikes on Lebanon. Even so, US President Donald Trump insisted that an agreement to end the wider ‌war remains well within reach. Iran has made a ceasefire with Lebanon a condition for a peace deal with Washington. Israel invaded Lebanon in March after Iran-backed Hezbollah fired rockets and drones across the border. Lebanon and Israel said on June 3 that they had agreed to a ceasefire following negotiations in Washington. Tariffs on the Strait On Monday, Iran’s ambassador to Moscow was quoted as saying that the Strait of Hormuz will ​be open but under new conditions ​to be set by ⁠Iran and Oman, including a transit fee. "Of course, this strait will be open, but with new conditions to be determined by the Iranian and Omani authorities," Ambassador Kazem Jalali told the Russian newspaper ​Izvestia in an interview published on Monday. Read more: 'Shaky Zionist regime has few days left,' says Iranian supreme leader Tehran has been blocking most shipping through the Strait ​of Hormuz, while Washington ⁠has imposed its own blockade of Iranian ports. OPEC+ will increase output Amid the resulting supply crisis, OPEC+ on Sunday agreed its fourth increase in oil output in four months. But analysts said the decision would have little impact since most OPEC+ members could not meet their output ⁠targets because ​of the Hormuz closure or, in the case of Russia, infrastructure attacks that ​have eroded its production capacity. "In the current market, the physical impact of such a decision would be close to zero," Rystad Energy's head of geopolitical analysis, Jorge ​Leon, said in a note to clients.

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