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The West Asia War & India's Stakes
The West Asia war is the US-Israeli campaign against Iran that began on 28 February 2026; Iran has kept the Strait of Hormuz largely shut since late March. It is in the news because on 8 October 2026 India condemned attacks on two Saudi airports, at Abha and Riyadh, that Saudi Arabia says killed three people, two days after a projectile strike on MT On Peace in the strait injured 11 Indian crew.
Last updated 8 October 20268 min read
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Adds India's 8 October condemnation of the attacks on Abha and Riyadh airports, which Saudi Arabia says killed three, and folds the September entries into one.
- Operation Sindhu
- Strait of Hormuz
- Operation Epic Fury
- Iran-Israel war
- Indian diaspora GCC
- remittances
- crude oil imports
- rupee depreciation
- maritime exclusion zone
- Qassem Basir
- Kfar Rumman
- Bab el-Mandeb
- Gaza rubble
- Francesca Albanese
- West Asia war
- CENTCOM
- IRGC
- Bab-el-Mandeb
- Houthi
- Randhir Jaiswal
- Houthis
- Brent crude
- IAEA
- energy security
- Red Sea
- Mecca
- Saudi Arabia
- Riyadh
- Ghalibaf
- Yanbu
- Operation Economic Outcast
- UKMTO
- Sky Sabre
- UN General Assembly
- Indian seafarers
- MV Cape Dao
- Oman
- Iran
- West Asia
- Iraq
- Operation Inherent Resolve
- US withdrawal from Iraq
- MT On Peace
- MEA
- Abha airport
- King Khalid International Airport
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