Will US confront Iran? Analyst says it must to stop Houthi attacks on major oil shipping route

Capitol Crude: The US Oil Policy Podcast by S&P Global Commodity Insights

Feb 5, 202425:28News & Politics

Threats to the flow of crude supplies have worsened in recent weeks with oil and petroleum products tankers among targets struck by Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels. Foreign policy and international energy specialist Br...

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