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Gaza/MidEast September 2026
Guardian: "Israel-Hamas war" — (LINK)
Al Jazeera: "Israel-Hamas war live": now "Israel War on Gaza" — (LINK)
Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia wound 73 people, officials say (ground news LINK) — 8 September 2026
Iran declares preemptive strike doctrine with new missile: threatened the United States with "economic warfare" and announced plans to establish a maritime "exclusion zone" across the Persian Gulf (ground news LINK) — 8 September 2026
— Iranian forces fired an advanced Qassem Basir missile at United States warships near the strait on Sunday, though the military reported its vessels successfully evaded the attack. The six-month conflict has drastically disrupted shipping, with transit through the Strait of Hormuz falling to an average of 10 vessels daily, compared to 130 before the war began February 28.
Oil prices surge to nearly a six-week high as US-Iran strikes intensify in Strait of Hormuz: Brent oil futures, the global benchmark, rose to hover around $97 a barrel — up 9 percent over the last five days and 19 percent over the last month (LINK) — 7 September 2026
UK expected to announce sanctions on Israeli settlements in occupied West Bank (LINK) — 8 September 2026
Tehran vows to extend 'exclusion zone' near Strait of Hormuz after US strikes on tankers: Centcom denies Iran's claims of successful attack on a US military vessel as a 'total lie' (LINK) — 7 September 2026
Oil prices surge to nearly a six-week high as US-Iran strikes intensify in Strait of Hormuz: Brent oil futures, the global benchmark, rose to hover around $97 a barrel — up 9 percent over the last five days and 19 percent over the last month (LINK) — 7 September 2026
Netanyahu orders West Bank outposts to be removed amid US pressure, sources tell Reuters (LINK) — 6 September 2026
UN expert Francesca Albanese calls for 'true paradigm shift' as U.K.'s Miliband resets policy on Israel to ban trade with unlawful Israeli settlements (LINK) — 6 September 2026
— Francesca Albanese, the UN's special rapporteur on the occupied territories, said a "ban on settlement goods was a change in UK government stance and absolutely important". Albanese also said the trade ban could not be narrowly confined to goods — such as agricultural products and cosmetics — since "they are a fraction of what sustains the occupation, and a fraction that Israel can absorb without difficulty". The package should also aim to include trade in services, she said.
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says it attacked three US-affiliated vessels and three oil tankers using an "unauthorized" route in the Strait of Hormuz (LINK) — 6 September 2026
US military hits 3 Iranian oil tankers after saying Navy ships were targeted with missiles (LINK) — 5 September 2026
US issues sanctions on Turkish bank that it calls a 'critical financial lifeline' for Iran (LINK) — 4 September 2026
Iran war is "small potatoes" for U.S., Trump says, defending vice president, who said Thursday it shouldn't be called a war, saying, "A lot of people don't call it a war. I call it a military conflict" (LINK) — 4 September 2026
UAE pardons Egyptian dissident-poet al-Qaradawi facing 10 years in prison (LINK) — 4 September 2026
— The UAE's state news agency WAM said on Friday that the country's president issued a pardon for al-Qaradawi, days after he was sentenced by the Abu Dhabi Federal Court of Appeal's Cybercrime Division on August 27 to 10 years in prison and fined him 200,000 dirhams ($55,000).
Iran war escalation raises concern over civilian death toll: Iran says 18 killed in latest US strikes; four at wedding: US says it never targets civilians: UN chief alarmed by civilian toll, urges diplomacy to end war (LINK) — 3 September 2026
— Iran's health minister said 18 people were killed and 108 wounded in Tuesday night's U.S. strikes across Iran. The Iranian Red Crescent said four people were killed and 67 wounded at a wedding ceremony near the coast of the Strait of Hormuz. Kuwait's army reported missile and drone attacks early Thursday, saying they were intercepted by air defense systems.
— United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was "deeply alarmed by reports of civilian casualties, including a strike that reportedly hit a wedding ceremony in Iran," and called for an immediate cessation of military action, his spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said. "The Secretary-General condemns all attacks against civilians. He recalls that all parties must respect their obligations under international humanitarian law, including the principles of distinction, proportionality, and precaution," Dujarric said.
Iran claims attacks on Bahrain, Jordan, Iraq after US strikes kill 11: heaviest exchange of fire between the US and Iran in more than a month (LINK) — 1 September 2026
— Kuwait also reports confronting Iranian attacks, as Tehran responds to US attacks that killed 11 people, including 5 at a wedding party.
