Why the Gulf’s two wars escalate together but cannot calm together

Strikes on commercial vessels.

Houthi strikes on Saudi airports and a stalled Hormuz channel show that pressure now travels across both chokepoints while relief stays local. For shipping, volume indicators are failing and money signals are taking over.

Between 6 and 11 October, both of the Middle East’s maritime crises escalated at the same time.

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