When global tensions rise, markets do not look at maps for long. They zoom in. And right now, the spotlight is fixed firmly on the Strait of Hormuz. This narrow passage between the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Sea has become the centre of global economic anxiety as tensions escalate between Iran and Israel, with the United States closely involved. The Strait of Hormuz...
The 2026 Iran–Israel–United States conflict has grown rapidly from a targeted military strike into a wider regional crisis. What began on 28 February 2026 as a coordinated attack by Israel and the United States on Iranian soil has sparked retaliatory strikes by Iran that have impacted multiple Middle Eastern countries militarily, economically, and socially. This article explores which Middle East countries hit in Iran...