Strait of Hormuz Strait of Hormuz The Strait of Hormuz ( "Tangeye Hormoz" ) is a strait between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. It provides the only sea passage from the Persian Gulf to the open ocean and is one of the world's most strategically important choke points. On the north coast lies Iran, and on the south coast the United Arab Emirates and Musandam, an exclave of Oman. At its narrowest, the strait has a width of . About 20% of the world's petroleum (about 35% of the petroleum traded by sea) passes through the strait, making it a
Popular Front for the Liberation of the Occupied Arabian Gulf August 1969 PFLOAG captured the town of Rakhyut. In 1974 the organisation was divided into two separate bodies: the Popular Front for the Liberation of Oman and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Bahrain. The PFLOAG's activities were at its peak in the Dhofar Rebellion in Oman. Popular Front for the Liberation of the Occupied Arabian Gulf The Popular Front for the Liberation of the Occupied Arabian Gulf (, abbreviated PFLOAG), later renamed the Popular Front for the Liberation of Oman and the Arab Gulf (), was a Marxist and Arab nationalist revolutionary organisation in the Persian Gulf Arab