Shippers divert cargo, airlines cancel flights following Iranian missile attacks on U.S. forces in Iraq
DUBAI—Two major tanker operators, including Saudi Arabia’s state-controlled Bahri, suspended crossings in the Strait of Hormuz Wednesday, as the economic fallout from rising U.S.-Iranian tensions, including an Iranian military strike on a U.S. base in Iraq overnight, rippled throughout the region.
Hours after Iran launched attacks on U.S. troops in Iraq, the economic reverberations jolted the Persian Gulf region. Strikes between the U.S. and Iran now threaten to disrupt vital travel and trade routes in what would be a devastating...
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