{"id":459056,"date":"2026-04-07T20:54:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T17:54:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mennews.net\/?p=459056"},"modified":"2026-04-07T20:54:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T17:54:21","slug":"bahrain-closure-of-the-strait-of-hormuz-threatens-the-lives-of-millions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mennews.net\/?p=459056","title":{"rendered":"Bahrain: Closure of the Strait of Hormuz Threatens the Lives of Millions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Middle East News Network: Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdullatif Al Zayani stated on Tuesday that closing the Strait of Hormuz threatens the lives of millions of people.<br \/>\nAl Zayani added, during a United Nations Security Council session on the Strait of Hormuz, that massive quantities of oil, gas, medicines, and food supplies pass through the strait.<br \/>\nHe noted that any disruption to the flow of goods through the Strait of Hormuz would have negative global consequences.<br \/>\nHe stressed that the continued closure of the Strait of Hormuz cannot be ignored.<br \/>\nOn Tuesday, the United Nations Security Council failed to adopt a draft resolution submitted by Arab countries, including Jordan, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia, regarding the Strait of Hormuz.<br \/>\nEleven members voted in favor of the draft resolution, while China and Russia opposed it using their veto power, and two members abstained.<br \/>\nSource: Agencies<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Middle East News Network: Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdullatif Al Zayani stated on Tuesday that closing the Strait of Hormuz threatens the lives of millions of people. Al Zayani added, during a United Nations Security Council session on the Strait of Hormuz, that massive quantities of oil, gas, medicines, and food supplies pass through the strait. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":459057,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[656],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-459056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-news-in-english"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/mennews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/UAGI55rM0NeIrEJnV1lZk3nY5EeMJMaF1l9ufSET.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mennews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mennews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mennews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mennews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mennews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=459056"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mennews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459056\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":459058,"href":"https:\/\/mennews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459056\/revisions\/459058"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mennews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/459057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mennews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=459056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mennews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=459056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mennews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=459056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}