Threat to oil tankers in Middle East worst since start of Iran war, analysts say0

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• August 3, 2026

The threat to ships carrying oil in the Middle East is at its worst since the Iran war started, experts have said, after a spate of attacks on another key route in the region. The warning comes after a number of attacks on vessels in the Red Sea, an alternative waterway that some tankers had