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Dubai has only ten days of fresh food left after the closure of the Straits of Hormuz has cut the United Arab Emirates (UAE) off from all its imports, including food. In Abu Dhabi, with the prospect of the region becoming unliveable, real estate prices are also collapsing.

As bne IntelliNews reported, the Hormuz chokepoint could kill Dubai, a hub of investment and business in the region. The Gulf countries don’t have any water and don’t produce much food for their combined population of around 60mn people. Fresh products in particular like vegetables and fruit are almost all imported. The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) closed the Straits of Hormuz to oil exports on March 2, but the embargo also effectively blocked all food imports at the same time.

The Emirates imports between 80% and 90% of its food, with roughly 70% of food shipments to Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries normally passing through the Strait of Hormuz on the 100- odd ships that traversed the Straits until a week ago.

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[–] Teknikal@anarchist.nexus 25 points 1 day ago (6 children)

Shouldn't they be more worried about water hasn't Iran started targeting desalination plants that are 90% of the supply there (I think).

[–] starsoaked_lily@lemmy.ml 33 points 1 day ago (1 children)

yes, after the us attacked iran's desalination (which it depends on much less than other countries in the region do) opening the door to in-kind retaliation

[–] tempest@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Eh, they have been in a what shortage since before this war so it might be more important to them

[–] Lumisal@lemmy.world -2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

There's a cold, dark calculation I'm sure Iran has done which probably determines less people = more water.

After killing the protestors (which btw, Trump was too stupid to support so good luck on that rEgImE chAngE) plus casualties from war simply happening, there's more water for the remaining.

So even though they've lost some water supply, they've also lost population, balancing things out.

[–] freeman@sh.itjust.works 1 points 14 hours ago

Iran has a population of 90 million. How many people do you think have died to make a significant difference?

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Trump and Netanyahu don't want protesters in charge. They want a puppet.

[–] Lumisal@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Yeah but the classic CIA playbook is to support/arm rebels and place your puppet among them as a leader.

As for Israel, I think they want the territory. They want all the territory.

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