Container ship traffic through the Suez Canal has decreased by 90% year-on-year in the first week of January, significantly disrupting global trade routes. 👏 (oilprice.com)

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[-] nekandro@lemmy.ml 5 points 9 months ago

There are rumours coming out that UAE-backed militants are using Western weapons to strike ships from companies not interacting with Israel to enforce the blockade and provoke military intervention from the West.

[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml 4 points 9 months ago

If the west is really stupid enough to widen the war, this debacle is going to eclipse Ukraine.

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