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Centcom: Over 1B crude oil barrels passed through Hormuz strait in recent months

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from The Hill · Middle East

U.S. Central Command (Centcom) Commander Adm. Brad Cooper said Saturday that U.S. forces supported the transport of over 1 billion crude oil barrels through the Strait of Hormuz “in the last couple of months” despite an ongoing exchange of strikes with Iran. “We’ve reached this significant milestone while assisting over 2000 commercial ship transits through…

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