Kuwait City, Kuwait, Aug 14, 2026 (AFP) - 'No substitute': Kuwait's future tied to Hormuz strait fate

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2026-08-14

Kuwait's once prosperous oil sector has stood largely paralysed for months, with petroleum exports plummeting as fighting raged across the Gulf -- triggering the country's largest crisis in decades. Half a year into the war, Kuwait remains a hostage to its uncompromising need to access the Strait of Hormuz -- where the war between the US and Iran has choked off the once plentiful energy exports that moved across its waters. Oil has long been the......

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