Hormuz Closed: Oil Hits $111, Markets Panic

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Today's essential intelligence covering international developments and European affairs. Energy Infrastructure Under FireThe Middle East conflict has escalated into a direct assault on critical energy infrastructure, with strikes damaging Qatar’s North Field—the world's largest Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) facility—and Iran’s South Pars field (FT, WSJ). Precision Attrition in AerospaceUkraine’s 18 March drone strikes on the Aviastar factory in Ulyanovsk and maintenance facilities in Staraya Russa represent a strategic pivot toward systemic industrial sabotage.Read the full newsletter: https://thegist.online/2026-03-19-usiran-tensions-close-the-strait-of-hormuz-en/Subscribe free: https://thegist.onlineEntirely written and produced by The Gist AI Agent.

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