How October 7 redrew the map of the Middle East
Three years of war have upended alliances, weakened US influence and reshaped the regionโs power balance.
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Three years of war have upended alliances, weakened US influence and reshaped the regionโs power balance.
Oil prices have been choppy as the flow of oil through the Strait of Hormuz has returned to nearly 80% of pre-war levels. Bloomberg Oil Analyst Julian Lee reports. (Source: Bloomberg)
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Nos trรชs anos apรณs o ataque do Hamas contra Israel em 7 de outubro de 2023, completados nesta quarta-feira (7), o Oriente Mรฉdio registrou uma sucessรฃo de acontecimentos que modificou a correlaรงรฃo de forรงas na instรกvel รsia Ocidental por meio de guerras e da criaรงรฃo e do desmonte de alianรงas militares e polรญticas. O ataque do Hamas contra vilas ao Sul de Israel, que tirou a vida de cerca de 1,2 mil pessoas, foi seguido de uma resposta militar israelense classificada por especialistas como um genocรญdio, que destruiu cidades inteiras de Gaza, como Rafah e Khan Yunis, e causou a morte de mais de 74 mil pessoas. ย Trabalhadores realizam obras de restauraรงรฃo no histรณrico Mercado de Grรฃos, gravemente danificado por ataques israelenses, em Khan Yunis, no Sul da Faixa de Gaza, em 4 de outubro de 2026ย - Foto:ย Reuters/Abdallah F.s. Alattar/Arquivo/Proibida reproduรงรฃo Notรญcias relacionadas:Ataque israelense mata quatro pessoas em Gaza, dizem equipes mรฉdicas.Alunos voltam ร s aulas presenciais em Gaza depois de trรชs anos.Oriente Mรฉdio: Gaza enterra 100 corpos recuperados nos รบltimos dias .Nesse intervalo de trรชs anos, houve a queda do governo de Bashad al-Assad, na Sรญria, a guerra de Israel no Lรญbano com o Hezbollah, a guerra de Israel e Estados Unidos (EUA) contra o Irรฃ, o fechamento do Estreito de Ormuz e, mais recentemente, o retorno do conflito entre os houthis do Iรชmen e a Arรกbia Saudita. O professor de relaรงรตes internacionais da Pontifรญcia Universidade Catรณlica de Sรฃo Paulo (PUC-SP) Bruno Huberman avaliou, em entrevista ร Agรชncia Brasil, que o 7 de outubro foi um โponto de viradaโ na histรณria da regiรฃo e reorganizou as alianรงas polรญticas e militares do Oriente Mรฉdio. โO bloco prรณ-EUA nรฃo existe mais porque teve um rompimento entre a Arรกbia Saudita e Emirados รrabes Unidos [EAU] com a guerra contra o Irรฃ, onde a Arรกbia Saudita tentou manter uma agressividade nรฃo tรฃo aberta, enquanto os EAU se juntaram a Israel para participar da agressรฃo contra o Irรฃ, ao lado dos EUAโ, afirmou. Um dos resultados do rompimento dessa alianรงa foi a saรญda dos Emirados da Organizaรงรฃo dos Paรญses Produtores de Petrรณleo (Opep), cartel de naรงรตes petroleiras que tem na Arรกbia Saudita a principal lideranรงa. Acordo militar de Meca Com o prolongamento da guerra contra o Irรฃ, a Turquia, a Arรกbia Saudita e o Paquistรฃo formaram, em 7 de agosto de 2026, o chamado de Acordo de Defesa Conjunta de Meca, que prevรช que uma agressรฃo a um desses paรญses seria uma aรงรฃo contra todos do grupo. Professor de relaรงรตes internacionais da PUC-SP Bruno Huberman - Foto:ย Rovena Rosa/Arquivo/Agรชncia Brasil ย Bruno Huberman avalia que a constituiรงรฃo desse bloco militar islรขmico รฉ um desdobramento do 7 de outubro. Apesar de formada por aliados dos EUA, como Turquia e Arรกbia Saudita, a alianรงa nรฃo apresenta o Irรฃ como a grande ameaรงa da regiรฃo. โImportante colocar que esse novo bloco ele nรฃo รฉ anti-Irรฃ. Nรฃo busca subjugar a Repรบblica Islรขmica do Irรฃ e nรฃo tรชm no Eixo da Resistรชncia [grupo de atores contrรกrios ร polรญtica dos EUA na regiรฃo] a principal ameaรงa a estabilidade do Oriente Mรฉdio. Isso รฉ uma mudanรงa importanteโ, acrescentou. Guerras interligadas A professora de relaรงรตes internacionais da Fundaรงรฃo Escola de Comรฉrcio รlvares Penteado (Fecap) Isabela Agostinelli afirmou ร Agรชncia Brasil que as guerras apรณs o 7 de outubro estรฃo interligadas ao ataque do Hamas, que serviu para recolocar a questรฃo palestina no centro da disputa regional. Isabela Agostinelli, professora de relaรงรตes internacionais da Fundaรงรฃo Escola de Comรฉrcio รlvares Penteado (Fecap) - Foto: Fecap/Divulgaรงรฃo โDepois do 7 de outubro, a questรฃo palestina รฉ recolocada no centro novamente a ponto de a Arรกbia Saudita, que estava na iminรชncia de normalizar as relaรงรตes com Israel, dizer que nรฃo hรก qualquer acordo possรญvel sem uma soluรงรฃo para a questรฃo palestinaโ, destacou. Para Isabela Agostinelli, Israel usou o 7 de outubro para expandir a guerra de Gaza para aย Cisjordรขnia, o Lรญbano e o Irรฃ com objetivo de transformar a ordem regional a seu favor. โHรก um objetivo ali de basear essa ordem na desordem, no caos regional, em guerras interminรกveis, que sรฃo muito lucrativas para a indรบstria de armas e de tecnologia que em Israel รฉ muito forteโ, disse ร Agรชncia Brasil. Na avaliaรงรฃo da pesquisadora, por trรกs dessa agenda estรก o projeto da Grande Israel, uma proposta que existe desde o inรญcio do movimento sionista, que deu origem ao Estado de Israel, e prevรช a expansรฃo do paรญs do Rio Nilo ao Rio Eufrates, tomando partes do Egito, do Iraque, da Jordรขnia, do Lรญbano e da Arรกbia Saudita. Divisรฃo no Golfo Outro desdobramento do 7 de outubro teria sido a fissura na unidade que existia entre os paรญses do Golfo, reunidos no Conselho de Cooperaรงรฃo do Golfo (CCG), formado por Bahrein, Catar, Emirados รrabes Unidos, Kuwait, Omรฃ e Arรกbia Saudita. โOmรฃ se aproximou do Irรฃ, e os demais paรญses do Golfo estรฃo meio desordenados, sem saber se ficam mais do lado dos Emirados, ou do lado da Arรกbia Sauditaโ, ponderou Bruno Huberman. Para o especialista do Observatรณrio de Conflitos do Oriente Mรฉdio, o 7 de outubro de 2023 foi o acontecimento que deu inรญcio a essa reorganizaรงรฃo dos blocos de poder no Oriente Mรฉdio por meio de uma sucessรฃo de conflitos. โHoje em dia sรฃo trรชs blocos, nรฃo mais dois. Tem os ultra-aliados dos americanos, que sรฃo Israel e Emirados, principalmente. E vocรช vai ter esse bloco intermediรกrio, que sรฃo a Arรกbia Saudita, Paquistรฃo e Turquia, que buscam a polรญtica de nรฃo alinhamento entre EUA, China e Rรบssiaโ, comentou. Eixo da Resistรชncia enfraquecido Coordenador do Grupo de Estudos de Conflitos Internacionais (Geci) da PUC-SP, Bruno Huberman acrescentou que o 7 de outubro levou ao enfraquecimento do Eixo da Resistรชncia, que รฉ o grupo de atores que fazem oposiรงรฃo ร polรญtica de Israel e dos EUA na regiรฃo. Apresentado como terceiro bloco regional de poder hoje na regiรฃo, o Eixo da Resistรชncia teria perdido forรงa, entre outros motivos, pela queda da Assad na Sรญria e o enfraquecimento do Hezbollah, no Lรญbano. โSรณ tem o Irรฃ como uma forรงa estatal e as demais forรงas nรฃo estatais estรฃo muito enfraquecidas, particularmente o Hamasโ, disse. Especialistas em Oriente Mรฉdio tรชm sustentado que o ataque do Hamas em 7 de outubro foi uma resposta do Eixo da Resistรชncia aos chamados Acordos de Abraรฃo. Costurados por Israel e EUA para normalizar as relaรงรตes dos paรญses รกrabes com Tel Aviv, esses acordos buscam afastar a exigรชncia รกrabe por mudanรงas na situaรงรฃo dos palestinos. O professor Huberman destaca que um acordo entre Israel e Arรกbia Saudita poderia consolidar o Corredor Econรดmico รndia-Oriente Mรฉdio-Europa (IMEC), anunciado em 9 de setembro de 2023, um mรชs antes do ataque do Hamas. โEsse corredor logรญstico ligaria a รndia, Emirados, Arรกbia Saudita, Israel e Grรฉcia. Ou seja, para a Europa deixar de depender da energia russa e das mercadorias chinesas, se aproximando da energia รกrabe e das mercadorias indianas. O 7 de outubro se localiza nissoโ, ponderou. Por outro lado, Huberman acrescenta que tambรฉm contribuiu para decisรฃo do Hamas de atacar Israel o avanรงo da colonizaรงรฃo israelense da Cisjordรขnia e em Jerusalรฉm Oriental, territรณrios palestinos segundo o direito internacional. โFoi uma resposta aos 70 anos de ocupaรงรฃo, 100 anos de colonizaรงรฃo e do atual governo Netanyahu, que jรก vinha numa escalada agressiva desde a sua posseโ, ponderou.
El petrรณleo de Medio Oriente vuelve a fluir casi como antes de la guerra en Irรกn. Entonces, ยฟpor quรฉ el crudo sigue sobre los US$100 por barril y un 40% por encima de los niveles previos al conflicto? Te explicamos cinco razones. (Source: Bloomberg)
Forces loyal to the government is the man bswuugdud xForces of the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen have recaptured several key areas around the strategic Bab el-Mandeb Strait from Iran-backed Houthi rebels, Yemeni officials said Monday.
IRGC commander says oil flows through US-supervised route in Hormuz are โnegligibleโ.
Iranโs top diplomat insisted on Sunday that there would be no military solution to the United Statesโ war against the Islamic republic, with talks on ending the conflict apparently at an impasse. A campaign of heavy bombardment failed to bring a decisive close to the war launched by the US and Israel in late February, and Washington in recent weeks has dialled back military operations in favour of economic pressure. The main point of contention remains Iranโs attempt to blockade the Strait of...
Bloomberg Mideast Energy Correspondent Anthony Di Paola tells Bloomberg This Weekend that the G7โs 100 million-barrel emergency release is already pushing fuel prices lower but is likely to provide only temporary relief as refinery constraints and Middle East disruptions keep diesel supplies tight. Speaking with hosts David Gura and Christina Ruffini, Di Paola says Chinaโs oil demand and escalating risks around the Strait of Hormuz and Red Sea will be key factors determining where global energy prices go next. (Source: Bloomberg)
Major OPEC+ nations have an agreement in principle to keep oil production quotas unchanged next month, as conflict in the Middle East continues to shutter swaths of the groupโs output.
Washington Institute research director Dana Stroul tells Bloomberg This Weekend that the US military buildup in the Middle East, including a third aircraft carrier, is expanding President Donald Trumpโs options as diplomacy with Iran remains stalled and Washington weighs its approach to the Houthis in Yemen. Speaking with hosts David Gura and Christina Ruffini, Stroul says US economic sanctions and the naval blockade are putting significant pressure on Iran but have not yet produced major concessions on the Strait of Hormuz, Tehranโs nuclear program or its regional activities. (Source: Bloomberg)
Had Christa Pike faced the death penalty in the Middle East, there would be relentless outrage and condemnations.
Gold held a modest gain as US bond yields softened and Federal Reserve officials signaled they needed more time to weigh their next move on interest rates, even as a possible escalation in the Middle East kept energy costs elevated.
Oil rose a third day on signs the conflict in the Middle East is escalating, threatening to hamper a recovery in energy flows from the region.
Fintech unicorn MNT Halan is proceeding with a long-anticipated initial public offering in Egypt, seeking to capitalize on a stock-market rally and booming consumer lending in the Middle Eastโs most populous nation.
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Oil steadied after gaining early on October 1st on uncertainty over the Middle East flow recovery can be sustained. Crude rose for a third month in September, as Washington and Tehran failed to make headway toward a lasting peace agreement that would fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Victoria Mitchell, Control Risksโ Senior Analyst for Maritime told Bloombergโs Abeer Abu Omar on Horizons Middle East & Africa on the oil exports going up. (Source: Bloomberg)
Oil steadied after gaining in the previous session amid uncertainty over whether a recovery in Middle East flows can be sustained.
The US has formally concluded Operation Inherent Resolve in Iraq with the departure of coalition forces and equipment, according to a Pentagon statement. Lt. General Karen Gibson (Retired), Former-Deputy Director of National Intelligence joined to discuss this as well as the latest in the Middle East. (Source: Bloomberg)
US equity futures waver ahead of PCE inflation data and Micron earnings. Oil flows from the Middle East are returning toward pre-war levels despite continued risks to shipping, according to JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs. President Trump endorses independent audits of AI systems through an accord with tech executives. Mads Pedersen of Human Edge Investment Technology joins "Bloomberg Brief" to discuss bond market risks ahead of key economic data. (Source: Bloomberg)
Singaporean state-owned investor Temasek Holdings is expanding its operations across the Middle East, opening new offices in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates from 2027 as it ramps up investments across the region.
Crude oil flows from the Middle East are returning toward pre-war levels despite continued risks to shipping, according to separate estimates from JPMorgan & Goldman Sachs. Meanwhile the diplomatic stalemate between the US & Iran continues with Hormuz & nuclear weapons being the main sticking points despite mediation efforts from Qatar.ย Aniseh Bassiri Tabrizi, Associate Fellow MENA at Chatham House spoke to Bloombergโs Abeer Abu Omar on Horizons Middle East & Africa on the impasse between the two sides. (Source: Bloomberg)
IIF Deputy Chief Economist Ashok Bhundia argues that dwindling oil and diesel inventories around the Strait of Hormuz present a more urgent global risk than US-China strategic competition. He warns that elevated crack spreads are driving cost-push inflation and could trigger a sudden market shock. (Source: Bloomberg)
Tokyo, Sept. 30 (Jiji Press)--Electricity rates for October usage will hit record highs at all 10 major Japanese utilities due to the end of a government subsidy, with energy prices remaining elevated amid turmoil in the Middle East. The utilities announced Tuesday that standard household rates for October usage, billed in November, will rise by between 835 yen and 1,578 yen from the previo...
Qatari leader tells Piers Morgan that Doha will continue to uphold diplomacy and mediate for peace in the Middle East.
Stocks in Asia were set for broad gains on Wednesday after oil prices fell, easing some pressure on markets as investors weighed the latest developments in the Middle East and the ongoing US-Iran stalemate.
Fading hopes for a breakthrough in the Middle East and rising inflation worries pushed US stocks lower before the bell on Monday.