Security Council LIVE: Fragile Gulf calm tested as threats to Hormuz shipping mount
19 hours ago
Overlooking the Strait of Hormuz from the Musandam Peninsula, Oman.
Nearly nine months after Israeli and US strikes on Iran set off a regional war, the Gulf remains on a knife edge. Iran has all but closed the Strait of Hormuz, which carried a fifth of the world’s oil before the conflict. Attacks on shipping are rising, and efforts to stop a return to full-scale fighting have yet to produce a deal. The Security Council is meeting at Bahrain’s request to discuss the threat to regional and maritime security. Follow live below – and for full meetings coverage year round, go here .
The war began on 28 February. Iran then struck US military assets and other targets in six Gulf States and Jordan
In March, the council adopted resolution 2817, which condemned Iran’s attacks and its threats to navigation. China and Russia abstained
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