Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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What happens when a single waterway can throw global trade into turmoil? The Suez Canal in Egypt is one of the world's most important trade routes, and for that reason it has repeatedly been fought over by foreign powers

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