Just three commodity vessels cross the vital waterway on Thursday, down from 11 the previous day, while crude carriers and liquefied natural gas tankers stay away entirely The post Strait of Hormuz transits drop as US and Iran escalate attacks across Gulf appeared first on The Times of Israel.
The Euphrates River drying up is prophesied to prepare the way for kings of the east and remove barriers to invasion. The Strait of Hormuz serves as a modern equivalent critical waterway—a natural chokepoint for global commerce and military passage. Escalating US-Iran conflict causing transit disruption mirrors the mechanism of removing natural barriers that would enable major geopolitical realignment in the Middle East, consistent with end-times upheaval patterns.