US Military Secretly Establishes Shipping Lane in Strait of Hormuz
The US military has established a secret shipping lane in the Strait of Hormuz to facilitate oil transport, with approximately 10 million barrels reaching the global market daily. Meanwhile, reports from Lebanon indicate Israeli Air Force strikes near the Ali-Taher ridge, and Houthi forces in Yemen are reportedly preparing for escalation with Saudi Arabia.
Ongoing updates:
6:45 — Report in the Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar, affiliated with Hezbollah: The Houthis in Yemen are preparing for an escalation with Saudi Arabia and are considering a ground operation.
5:59 — Reports in Lebanon: The Israeli Air Force struck the Ali-Taher ridge area during the night.
3:02 — The US military has secretly established a shipping lane for entry and exit from the Strait of Hormuz. Through this route, millions of barrels of oil are transported daily—a significant achievement even as the wider war remains at a stalemate, according to two US officials.
As part of the operation, which has been underway for several weeks, between 15 and 20 tankers enter and exit the strait every night via a southern route along the coast of Oman. US officials state that about 10 million barrels of oil per day—roughly half the volume passing through before the war—are transported out of the strait and into the global energy market.
2:11 — President Donald Trump stated on the social network TRUTH:
"No one gave the Islamic Republic of Iran a better chance to make a deal than I did. Tragically for them, they failed at it. Therefore, today I am announcing the toughest economic operation ever taken against any country! This will be economic warfare and isolation on an unprecedented scale. Their navy is gone, their air force is destroyed, their military factories are now rubble, their currency is worthless, and their country is hanging by a thread."
"Today I am also announcing that any country that allows its financial institutions, businesses, airports, or government entities to provide any kind of lifeline to Iran will itself face severe economic consequences. Oil smuggling, exchange lines, cash transfers, ship registrations, shell companies—everything must stop now. You know who you are."
