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Dubai (AFP) – Saudi Arabia has halted oil deliveries via a strategic waterway after Yemeni rebel attacks, which could provoke international intervention in the "forgotten" war of Yemen. Deliveries into the Bab al-Mandab Strait after accusing the Huthis lined up in Iran of attacking two giant tankers carrying four million barrels of crude oil.
"All Oil Shipments Across the Straits of Bab al-Mandab Saudi Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih said:" One of the ships suffered minor damage in Wednesday's attack and there were no casualties, said the Saudi national oil company Aramco. The escalating tensions in the strategic region could encourage foreign powers to intervene, said Ellen Wald, author of the book "Saudi Inc".
"The Red Sea is an important shipping route.If there is a major disruption, the European powers, Egypt and the United States will have every reason to intervene", she writes in Forbes magazine
"An international intervention against the Houthis is perhaps what Saudi Arabia wants."] World oil prices have risen slightly after the incident, though industry experts said the increase should not last.
The incident, however, draws the attention of the international community to the risks of overflowing Yemen's triennial conflict. 19659010] The Bab al-Mandab connects the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea and is a close and strategic shipping route for oil and international trade.
"The Saudi stop will cause a slight increase in prices for a limited period" "The main impact of the incident appears to be military," said Harami.
"This could be a reason for increased naval presence for many countries, mainly the United States and Russia, so the suspension comes as Saudi Arabia seeks to increase oil production under the United States pressure, and at a time when US-Iranian tensions have intensified.
James Dorsey, an expert on Middle East affairs, said the attacks on oil tankers would attract attention on Yemen.
"Soaring oil prices … may be short-lived, but the impact on Yemen's forgotten war"
"The stoppage of oil deliveries could cause an escalation of conflict with outside powers intervening to try to help Saudi Arabia.
– "Threat to International Trade Saudi Arabia itself intervened in Yemen in 2015, leading a military coalition to support the country's government after the Huthi rebels ousted it from the capital. Sanaa the previous year.
Government of Yemen, in a statement Thursday. Saba news agency, run by the state, c urged the international community to "support and immediately support" the coalition in its fight against the Houthis.
At least 10,000 people were killed and thousands more injured in the conflict in Yemen, one of more than 20 million Yemenis need humanitarian aid, millions of people are on the verge of starvation and hundreds of thousands have been infected with diseases, mainly cholera.
Gulf oilers cross the Bab al- Mandab enter the Red Sea in the direction of Europe via the Suez Canal
About 4.8 million barrels of crude oil and refined products pass through the waterway every day, according to the United States Energy Information Administration (EIA). The Saudi-led coalition has repeatedly stated that the Huthi rebels are threatening ships in the Red Sea by controlling the strategic port of Hodeida. "Freedom of navigation and international trade in the Red Sea," said Turki al-Maliki, a spokesman for the coalition led by Saudi Arabia
. is an attempt to give a chance to the peace efforts of the United Nations.
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