Conflict is forcing producers to slash production and close ports as Iran steps up attacks on energy infrastructure.
“We just want to be back in our homes,” said a Lebanese man who, like many others in the latest round of fighting, has to flee.
The United States said this week that it had attacked 16 Iranian mine-laying vessels near the Strait of Hormuz. In the 1980s, Iranian mines damaged oil tankers and a U.S. Navy warship.
Our visual journalists pinpoint attacks across the region and zoom in on individual strikes using satellite imagery.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s bellicose and vengeful rhetoric describing the military’s war in Iran grew out of his experience in Iraq.
An attack off the Iraqi coast engulfed two oil tankers in flames, killing at least one person. Senior Iraqi officials believe the attack was Iranian.
Lebanon’s health ministry said at least seven people were killed in the Beirut attacks early Thursday.
The move aims to prevent prices from rising further because of the war in the Middle East.
In an overwhelming vote, the council backed a resolution condemning Iran. A Russian proposal calling for an end to the war that didn’t assign blame or even name the parties, was rejected.
The United States and Israel launched more strikes against Iran, where crowds mourned military commanders killed in the war. Israel also bombed targets in Lebanon, where the death toll climbed.