Secret Hormuz corridor: How US kept ships, oil moving despite Iran threat

The US military secretly helped commercial tankers navigate the Strait of Hormuz in recent weeks despite Iran's closure of the strategic waterway. The operation allowed millions of barrels of oil to reach global markets each day despite the ongoing war with Iran, according to an Axios report citing two US officials familiar with the operation.As per the report, the operation allowed 15–20 tankers to move through a southern channel of the strait each night under US military guidance. This carried close to 10 million barrels of oil a day, roughly half the volume that passed through the waterway before the war.The previously unreported operation has provided a crucial channel for keeping oil exports moving at a time when the conflict has severely disrupted one of the world's most important energy routes.