{
  "id": 149212,
  "title": "Threat to oil tankers in Middle East worst since start of Iran war, analysts say",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/04/threat-to-oil-tankers-in-middle-east-worst-since-start-of-iran-war",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-04T21:00:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hellenic Shipping News",
    "slug": "hellenic-shipping-news",
    "url": "https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/threat-to-oil-tankers-in-middle-east-worst-since-start-of-iran-war-analysts-say/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The threat to ships carrying oil in the Middle East is at its worst since the Iran war started, experts have said, after a spate of attacks on another key route in the region. The warning comes after a number of attacks on vessels in the Red Sea, an alternative waterway that some tankers had ...",
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
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        "published": "2026-08-05T11:52:24.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "DW News",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/05/middle-east-israel-strikes-southern-lebanon-accuses-hezbollah-of",
        "published": "2026-08-05T14:36:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}