maritime security

As the U.S.–Iran war intensified on Thursday, more oil tankers came under attack in Gulf waters, while Iranian drones crossed into Azerbaijan—raising fears that the conflict could spill over and pull more of the region’s major oil producers into the crisis.

Maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has nearly come to a standstill, with no oil shipments recorded in the past 24 hours as the escalating war in the Middle East disrupts one of the world’s most critical energy chokepoints.