A recap of recent developments
- The Saudi-led coalition has said that 13 civilians have been injured following a wave of ballistic missile and drone attacks launched by Houthi forces into Saudi Arabia.
- The US Central Command (CENTCOM) disputes the IRGC claim that the Panama-flagged oil tanker El Gaia struck a naval mine in the Strait of Hormuz, saying the vessel was hit by an Iranian missile last month and struck again by an Iranian drone this weekend as it sat in waters off the coast of Oman.
- US President Donald Trump has again said that “Iran wants to make a deal” but added that he will “determine whether or not the U.S.A. will choose to engage”.
- Mohsen Rezaei, the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, has dismissed what he called “mixed” signals from Trump, saying there can be no talks until Tehran’s conditions are met.
- The deputy governor of Iran’s Hormozgan province says a drone attacked two fishing boats in the Gulf off the port of Kargan, near Larak Island, prompting search and rescue operations to locate missing fishermen.
- Houthi and Yemeni government officials say the Houthis have seized the islands of Greater and Lesser Hanish in the southern Red Sea. Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree says Saudi warplanes carried out 58 air raids across six provinces in the past 24 hours.
- An Israeli strike destroys a public school building in the southern Lebanese town of Kafr Tibnit, Lebanon’s National News Agency reports, citing aerial images that show damage consistent with a demolition operation.
- Yemeni government forces have struck Houthi equipment and fighters in the Dhubab and al-Khokha areas along the Red Sea coast.
- Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian says US sanctions aim to cause the social collapse of Iran, accusing certain Iranians abroad of aligning with Tehran’s enemies to stoke discord.
- Iran’s nuclear chief has been blocked from attending the annual General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna after US opposition.
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US Navy sailors tend to a fighter jet on the flight deck of the USS George Washington in the Arabian Sea, September 11, 2026 [Ed Ou/Reuters]
