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Coverage timeline for “arabia ships saudi blockade”

Tuesday, May 5, 2026
- Futures Jump As Dip-Buyers Return After After Iran Truce HoldsZeroHedge•12:26 PM
- US Navy Destroyers Transit Hormuz Strait As Iranian Factions Reportedly Clash Over UAE Attacks; Pentagon Insists Ceasefire Still OnZeroHedge•12:45 PM
Wednesday, May 6, 2026
- The Petrogas-Dollar: Symptom Or Strategy?ZeroHedge•3:25 AM
- Deja Vu All Over Again: Futures Surge, Oil Tumbles On Iran Deal Optimism, Tech RallyZeroHedge•12:28 PM
Friday, May 8, 2026
- Futures Rebound, Trade At All Time Highs On, What Else: Tech And Iran OptimismZeroHedge•12:23 PM
- Traders Puzzled As Physical Oil Prices Tumble Amid Surging Chinese Crude Sales, Plunging ImportsZeroHedge•10:00 PM
Monday, May 18, 2026
- The Question This Week Is "Does Trump Go Back To The Well On Bombing Iran?"ZeroHedge•1:10 PM
Wednesday, May 20, 2026
- South African Farming Crisis May Trigger Food Shortages Across The ContinentZeroHedge•8:15 AM
Sunday, May 24, 2026
- Exclusive: What's inside the Iran deal Trump is close to signingAxios•3:19 AM
Monday, May 25, 2026
- Iran Says U.S. Peace Talks Hit "Consensus" On Many Issues, But No Final Deal YetZeroHedge•11:30 AM
Tuesday, May 26, 2026
- Iran condemns US strikes as a show of ‘bad faith’ and warns of consequencesAP•1:23 PM
Monday, June 1, 2026
- US bombs Iranian military sites and Kuwait is hit by drone and missile fireAP•5:23 AM
Monday, June 8, 2026
- Israel Pauses Iran Strikes At Trump's Request To 'Stop Shooting' - But Warns 'Full Intensity' Lebanon Ops To PersistZeroHedge•12:35 PM
Thursday, June 11, 2026
- Iran’s Kharg Island is key to its oil exports. Targeting it carries major risksAP•5:23 PM
Friday, June 12, 2026
- Gas Prices Fall For 3rd Straight WeekZeroHedge•3:00 PM
- US and Iran are close to a deal to end their war, officials sayAP•3:53 PM
Monday, June 15, 2026
- US Futures, Global Stocks Surge, Oil Tumbles On Iran DealZeroHedge•12:20 PM
Thursday, June 18, 2026
- Futures Rise, Oil Drops As Market Prices In Iran Deal For Yet Another DayZeroHedge•12:28 PM
Friday, June 19, 2026
- Read the transcript of Trump's interview with "The Axios Show"Axios•6:03 PM
Saturday, July 4, 2026
- Houthis Say Forces 'Repelled' Saudi Warplanes From Threatening Iranian Civilian AirlinerZeroHedge•11:50 PM
Tuesday, July 14, 2026
- Futures Mixed Ahead Of CPI And Warsh Testimony, As IBM Sinks, Bank Earnings FizzleZeroHedge•12:24 PM
- Iran Launches 'Brazen' Attacks On More Tankers In Hormuz, Killing Sailors, After Araghchi Mocked Trump's Toll PlanZeroHedge•1:05 PM
- Trump backtracks on Hormuz 20% toll demandAxios•3:37 PM
Tuesday, July 21, 2026
- Iran claims attacks in strait of Hormuz; Houthis announce blockade of Red Sea shipping route – Middle East crisis liveThe Guardian — World•5:26 AM
- Houthis in Yemen Edge Closer to Entering U.S.-Iran War - The New York TimesGoogle News•9:02 AM
- Houthis Warn All Ships Against Calling at Saudi Arabia’s Ports - Bloomberg.comGoogle News•9:22 AM
- US-Iran Fighting Enters 10th Day As Tanker Hit In Hormuz, Houthis Threaten Red Sea ChokepointZeroHedge•11:20 AM
- Futures Jump As Chipmakers Surge After Japan , Korea BounceZeroHedge•11:39 AM
- Houthis Threaten Red Sea Blockade, Putting Oil Market at Greater Risk - The New York TimesGoogle News•7:57 PM
Wednesday, July 22, 2026
- Ships bound for Saudi Arabia turn around in sign of new Red Sea blockade - The Washington PostGoogle News•6:54 AM
- Futures Slide Ahead Of Google Earnings As Brent Surges Above $95ZeroHedge•11:45 AM
- Yemen’s Houthis claim attacks on Red Sea tankers as US launches 12th night of strikes on Iran – Middle East crisis liveThe Guardian — World•10:57 PM
Thursday, July 23, 2026
- Trump Suggests He May Restart Bombing YemenZeroHedge•10:30 AM
- Futures Slide After Google Earnings, Oil & Bond Yields Jump On Houthi EscalationZeroHedge•12:05 PM
Saturday, July 25, 2026
- US Pauses Iran Bombing Campaign As Saudi-Houthi Red Sea Front Erupts ZeroHedge•12:45 PM
Monday, July 27, 2026
- Futures Jump As Brent Tumbles Below $90 On Fresh Round Of Iran Ceasefire OptimismZeroHedge•12:22 PM
Wednesday, July 29, 2026
- Trump Vows To Hit Iran 'Hard' As Rare Joint US-Saudi Strikes Pound Iraq, Killing 20 MilitantsZeroHedge•12:45 PM
- Houthis Signal Red Sea Shipping Tolls In Mirror Image Of Iran's Hormuz PlanZeroHedge•7:15 PM
- Saudi defense minister holds urgent meeting with Vance after Iraq strikesAxios•8:19 PM
Thursday, July 30, 2026
- Red Sea Redux: Saudis Call For 'Coalition Of The Willing' To Protect Shipping From HouthisZeroHedge•12:35 AM
Sunday, August 2, 2026
- McGlinchey: Trump's Damage To US Diplomacy Could Last A GenerationZeroHedge•3:20 AM
Tuesday, August 4, 2026
- Oil Slides As Qatar Floats New Iran Deal, Bessent Promises Hormuz Breakthrough: 'May Have Deal Tomorrow'ZeroHedge•12:40 PM
Wednesday, August 5, 2026
- Futures Hit New Record High On Strong Earnings Following Historic Call Buying FrenzyZeroHedge•12:20 PM
Thursday, August 6, 2026
- Futures Flat As Tech Slides After Memory Stocks, Korea TumbleZeroHedge•12:10 PM
- Yemen War Reignites As Houthis Intensify Saudi Shipping Attacks, Ground Assault, With Hormuz Deal 'Close'ZeroHedge•1:00 PM
Friday, August 7, 2026
- Futures Rise Ahead Of Closely Watched Jobs ReportZeroHedge•12:26 PM
Monday, August 10, 2026
- Futures Erase Overnight Gains As Oil Hits One-Week High, Yen SlidesZeroHedge•12:21 PM
Saturday, August 15, 2026
- Escobar: The New Great Game, RevisitedZeroHedge•3:25 AM
Wednesday, August 19, 2026
- Saudis Offer To Sell Oil Near Oman, A Sign They're Sailing Dark Through HormuzZeroHedge•9:45 AM
Friday, August 21, 2026
- Houthis Claim Fourth Attack On Saudi Aramco Refineries This MonthZeroHedge•6:45 AM
Monday, August 24, 2026
- Futures Slide Ahead Of "Pivotal Week" With Nvidia Earnings. Warsh Speech On DeckZeroHedge•12:25 PM
- Houthis Attack Saudi Oil Tanker In Red Sea, As Bab el-Mandeb Transit Is Up SlightlyZeroHedge•3:20 PM
Thursday, August 27, 2026
- Hormuz And The Law Of Diminishing Returns: When Leverage BurnsZeroHedge•1:45 AM
Friday, August 28, 2026
- "That sucker is open": U.S. gains the upper hand in the battle for HormuzAxios•9:30 AM
Monday, August 31, 2026
- Oil Tops $91, US Diesel Crack Near $100 As US-Iran Strikes Resume, Tehran Claims Supertanker Mined In HormuzZeroHedge•11:45 AM
- Stock Futures Drop To Close Out August As Oil Jumps On Renewed Iran HostilitiesZeroHedge•12:39 PM
Wednesday, September 2, 2026
- The 'Great Satan' Strikes, The 'Snake' Bites Back: Damage Assessed From Iran Flare-Up After Deadly US AttacksZeroHedge•1:45 PM

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