US pushes Mediterranean oil pipelines to bypass Strait of Hormuz despite proxy security risks

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Middle East correspondent Battaglia said that, in her view, if it were up to al-Zaidi, Baghdad would already have decided to chart its future with the United States rather than with Iran.