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How Bab el-Mandeb closure could send oil to $200 and trigger a global economic shock

How Bab el-Mandeb closure could send oil to $200 and trigger a global economic shock

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2026

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As US-backed Saudi military aggression against Yemen intensifies, the Yemeni armed forces and the resistance have warned they are prepared to close the Bab el-Mandeb Strait in coordination with the Strait of Hormuz, a move that could send oil prices soaring to $200 per barrel and trigger severe disruption across the global economy.

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