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What the Israel-Iran war means for oil prices

FOR THE past two years, the Middle East has been an even more tense place than usual. Houthis bombed commercial vessels; Israel began extensive military campaigns in Gaza and Lebanon; Iran and Israel exchanged rockets. Yet oil markets remained calm, since the worst-case scenario—a full-blown war between Israel and Iran—was avoided.

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