# Tankers keep burning in the Middle East despite hopes for de-escalation

https://mins.news/en/item/137844

- Reuters, 2026-11-10 19:25 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/tankers-continue-burn-middle-east-despite-hopes-de-escalation-2026-11-10/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6af36f936e5c8a0001416a41

> Despite market bets that the Iran war will de-escalate, fresh evidence has surfaced in recent days of attacks on tankers in the Strait of Hormuz and on energy infrastructure in the Middle East.

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