Saudi Arabia suspends oil exports through Bab El Mandeb
Thursday 26/July/2018 - 03:17 PM
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Saudi Arabia's Energy Minister Khalid al Falih said
on Wednesday that the world's top exporter was "temporarily halting"
all oil shipments through Bab El Mandeb strait immediately, after an earlier
attack on two crude vessels by the Iran-aligned Houthi militia, US News
reported.
"Saudi Arabia is temporarily halting all oil
shipments through Bab El Mandeb Strait immediately until the situation becomes
clearer and the maritime transit through Bab El Mandeb is safe," Falih
said in a statement sent by his ministry.
