Brent crude reached $98.80 a barrel, while West Texas Intermediate rose 3.8% to $90.11 a barrel, as the attacks may have opened a new front in the Middle East war.
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Yemen’s Houthi rebels said on Wednesday they had struck two Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea. The attack could open a new front in the US-Iran war engulfing the region.
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