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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 1:43 AM PDT

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

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.