The conflict is wreaking havoc on an obscure sector that is more important than you'd think.

Closing the Strait of Hormuz has shown how the Gulf should shift from an oil-export model to a digital and distribution hub. Will this trigger the long-delayed free trade agreement with China?

Conflict with Iran hurts American wallets, but it's far more devastating for people in the global south.

In a bid to contain rising energy prices and mounting pressure on the pound, Cairo is implementing swift austerity measures

With maritime traffic in the critical waterway severely disrupted, interest in alternative routes grows. But the same constraints persist.

Disruption in the Hormuz can have major implications for global trade, but it also creates opportunities for smaller nations like Iran to become global political players

Pipelines have a chequered history in the Middle East, but the closure of the Strait of Hormuz has led US Tom Barrack to conclude that a new route through Syria could solve some problems.

How Saudi networks are redrawing oil, gas, and trade routes

With Iran's effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz, alternatives for Gulf energy transit are being sought. Could the Saudi landmass straddling two seas be bridged for the benefit of all?

As a route for Gulf energy exports, nothing can fully replace the Strait of Hormuz, which remains closed by Iran, but a Saudi port city on the Red Sea could hold some of the answers.