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Hormuz war pushing millions into poverty, warns Bahrain Foreign Minister

by | Apr 7, 2026 | JPost | 0 comments

A worker rides a bicycle at the Zubair oil field in Basra, Iraq, April 6, 2026. (photo credit: REUTERS/Mohammed Aty)
Since the onset of the war with Iran, traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has declined by more than 90%, a disruption that the UN warns could send 45 million people worldwide into acute hunger.

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