Why US-Iran war over Hormuz is threatening the Gulf’s waters

The US-Iran war is increasingly being fought at sea, with attacks targeting oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz. On September 8, the US struck five Iranian oil tankers, provoking an Iranian attack on Jordan's Al-Azraq airbase. Currently, 42 tankers are waiting to transit the Strait, carrying an estimated combined capacity of about 1.76 million cubic meters of oil, equivalent to approximately 11% of the world's daily oil demand.