Remember why they call this "The #Middle".
It straddles the main East-West route between Europe-Asia. The bulk of tankers (all those red dots) moving in and around that area, with four major maritime chokepoints:
1. Turkish Straits
2. Suez Canal
3. Bab-el-Mandab
4. Straits of Hormuz
It straddles the main East-West route between Europe-Asia. The bulk of tankers (all those red dots) moving in and around that area, with four major maritime chokepoints:
1. Turkish Straits
2. Suez Canal
3. Bab-el-Mandab
4. Straits of Hormuz