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Saudi Arabia faces chokeholds on both sides of the Arabian Peninsula amid two wars

NPR | By Aya Batrawy,
Leila Fadel
Published September 15, 2026 at 3:43 AM CDT

Saudi Arabia, the world's top oil exporter, is under pressure by two wars choking shipping on either side of its coast.

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Aya Batrawy
Aya Batraway is an NPR International Correspondent based in Dubai.
Leila Fadel
Leila Fadel is a host of Morning Edition, as well as NPR's morning news podcast Up First.
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