Qatar Pushes China-Backed Diplomacy to Reopen Strait of Hormuz

Qatar's Foreign Ministry says it is working with China and other mediators to end the six-month US-Iran war and secure unconditional reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, warning that the current "no war, no peace" standoff harms the region. The talks come as Yemen's Houthi rebels escalate attacks on Saudi cities, further threatening Red Sea shipping. The prolonged closure of a critical global oil chokepoint alongside widening Yemen-Saudi fighting reflects how an unresolved US-Iran conflict is drawing in additional regional powers and disrupting international commerce.