🇮🇱 🇺🇸 🤝 🇸🇾 🇯🇴 🇹🇷 ⚡️ — SANA reports that a Syrian diplomatic source highlighted the need for Israel to withdraw to its pre-December 8, 2024, positions and activate the 1974 Disengagement Agreement. Discussions in Jordan, involving Al-Shaibani, intelligence officials, and an Israeli delegation with American mediation, focused on de-escalating tensions and resuming negotiations.
🔴 The Syrian delegation emphasized respect for Syria's sovereignty and territorial integrity in any security arrangement.
🔴 The meeting also addressed supporting Syria's stability and efforts to bridge the gap between Turkey and Israel.
🔴 The Syrian delegation emphasized respect for Syria's sovereignty and territorial integrity in any security arrangement.
🔴 The meeting also addressed supporting Syria's stability and efforts to bridge the gap between Turkey and Israel.
📣 | Regional updates | 24 August 2026
🇮🇶 Iraq
• The unrest currently unfolding in Erbil Province is reportedly linked to a dispute between the leader of the Herki tribe in the Khabat district and the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP). According to local reports, the tribal leader was previously affiliated with a prominent Barzani-led party before leaving it over internal disagreements and joining another political movement. He was later arrested, prompting members of the Herki tribe to issue an ultimatum demanding his release and threatening armed action if their demands were not met.
• The Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) announced that they destroyed an ISIS hideout along with a warehouse containing oil derivatives during an operation west of Ramadi.
• Iraq’s National Security Adviser also revealed that Baghdad has presented a proposal to Iran and Saudi Arabia to establish a unified coordinating security council aimed at strengthening regional security cooperation.
🇮🇷 Iran
• Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, Mohsen Rezaei, warned that if the economic war against Iran continues, not a single drop of oil will be exported through the Strait of Hormuz or anywhere in the Persian Gulf. He added that Iran will regard any participation in or support for the American economic war against the Iranian people as an act of war.
• IRGC targeted a vessel transiting the Strait of Hormuz as maritime tensions continue to escalate in the Gulf.
• A report published by The Independent reported that Iran’s attacks on a major U.S. naval facility in Bahrain severely damaged the base and disrupted logistical support for the USS Abraham Lincoln. According to the report, damage to the U.S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet support facility forced supplies for the aircraft carrier to be transported from a location approximately 2,200 miles away, contributing to shortages and deteriorating conditions aboard the vessel.
🇾🇪 Yemen
• A Yemeni military source told Saba News Agency that Yemeni air defenses shot down a Saudi ScanEagle reconnaissance drone after it allegedly entered Yemeni airspace in Hajjah Governorate.
• Separately, an explosion was reported in the southern Yemeni city of Aden, although no official information has been released regarding casualties or the cause of the blast.
🇱🇧 Lebanon
Local Lebanese sources reported that Israeli forces carried out 44 strikes across southern Lebanon within the past 24 hours.
The reported attacks targeted Al-Mansouri, Ali al-Taher, Mayfadoun, Kafr Rumman, Baraachit, Mays al-Jabal, Hadatha, Qantara, and Srobbine, and included airstrikes, artillery shelling, and attacks on multiple villages across the border region.
🇮🇶 Iraq
• The unrest currently unfolding in Erbil Province is reportedly linked to a dispute between the leader of the Herki tribe in the Khabat district and the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP). According to local reports, the tribal leader was previously affiliated with a prominent Barzani-led party before leaving it over internal disagreements and joining another political movement. He was later arrested, prompting members of the Herki tribe to issue an ultimatum demanding his release and threatening armed action if their demands were not met.
• The Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) announced that they destroyed an ISIS hideout along with a warehouse containing oil derivatives during an operation west of Ramadi.
• Iraq’s National Security Adviser also revealed that Baghdad has presented a proposal to Iran and Saudi Arabia to establish a unified coordinating security council aimed at strengthening regional security cooperation.
🇮🇷 Iran
• Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, Mohsen Rezaei, warned that if the economic war against Iran continues, not a single drop of oil will be exported through the Strait of Hormuz or anywhere in the Persian Gulf. He added that Iran will regard any participation in or support for the American economic war against the Iranian people as an act of war.
• IRGC targeted a vessel transiting the Strait of Hormuz as maritime tensions continue to escalate in the Gulf.
• A report published by The Independent reported that Iran’s attacks on a major U.S. naval facility in Bahrain severely damaged the base and disrupted logistical support for the USS Abraham Lincoln. According to the report, damage to the U.S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet support facility forced supplies for the aircraft carrier to be transported from a location approximately 2,200 miles away, contributing to shortages and deteriorating conditions aboard the vessel.
🇾🇪 Yemen
• A Yemeni military source told Saba News Agency that Yemeni air defenses shot down a Saudi ScanEagle reconnaissance drone after it allegedly entered Yemeni airspace in Hajjah Governorate.
• Separately, an explosion was reported in the southern Yemeni city of Aden, although no official information has been released regarding casualties or the cause of the blast.
🇱🇧 Lebanon
Local Lebanese sources reported that Israeli forces carried out 44 strikes across southern Lebanon within the past 24 hours.
The reported attacks targeted Al-Mansouri, Ali al-Taher, Mayfadoun, Kafr Rumman, Baraachit, Mays al-Jabal, Hadatha, Qantara, and Srobbine, and included airstrikes, artillery shelling, and attacks on multiple villages across the border region.
⚡️🇮🇷🇺🇸 Reuters: Fewer than 20 commodity vessels transited the Strait of Hormuz over the weekend.
Only four vessels crossed the strait on Sunday and 13 on Saturday, compared with 16 on Friday. Over the week ending August 21, 89 vessels exited and 103 entered the waterway, roughly 90% below pre-conflict level.
Only four vessels crossed the strait on Sunday and 13 on Saturday, compared with 16 on Friday. Over the week ending August 21, 89 vessels exited and 103 entered the waterway, roughly 90% below pre-conflict level.
🇺🇸/🇮🇷 🔻US Treasury Secretary says:
“Any military action against our forces or against Gulf States will be met by swift and firm retaliation.”
“Any military action against our forces or against Gulf States will be met by swift and firm retaliation.”
🇮🇷❌🇪🇺🇺🇸一 Iranian FM Spox, Esmail Baghaei:
- Iran will strike US bases in European countries if those countries participate in aggression against Iran.
- There is no justification for any country to fear Iran unless those countries are paving the way for the United States to attack Iran.
- Iran will strike US bases in European countries if those countries participate in aggression against Iran.
- There is no justification for any country to fear Iran unless those countries are paving the way for the United States to attack Iran.
🇮🇷❌🇪🇺🇧🇬🇺🇸 一 FM SpoX, Esmail Baghaei:
Bulgaria's cooperation with the United States to attack Iran is an act of aggression, and targeting the source of any aggression is Iran's right.
Bulgaria's cooperation with the United States to attack Iran is an act of aggression, and targeting the source of any aggression is Iran's right.
⚡🇺🇸🇮🇷 — Iranian rial crashes to a new all time low against the U.S. dollar.
It has now lost around 97.5% of its value in just one year.
It has now lost around 97.5% of its value in just one year.
⚡️🇮🇷 Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmail Baqaei said providing bases to Iran’s enemies is considered participation in the war against Iran.
Baqaei stated that several American refueling planes have left Bulgaria following Iran’s earlier statement on providing bases to enemy countries. Baqaei called on more countries to take similar measures.
Baqaei added that targeting the origin source of enemy aggression is legitimate under international law and Iran will not hesitate to protect its sovereignty.
Baqaei stated that several American refueling planes have left Bulgaria following Iran’s earlier statement on providing bases to enemy countries. Baqaei called on more countries to take similar measures.
Baqaei added that targeting the origin source of enemy aggression is legitimate under international law and Iran will not hesitate to protect its sovereignty.
🇺🇦🇨🇳🇷🇺⚡️ — Ukrainian President Zelensky on Vladimir Putin:
China can no longer remain silent when someone dresses up in a sailor suit and military cap and, badly pronouncing certain words, talks about a nuclear strike.
China must respond. It must cool this fervor. China must prove its ambition to be one of the world’s leaders, and not only economically and technologically, but also civilizationally, by making it clear that no dictator has the right to threaten the planet with his old nuclear warheads.
China can no longer remain silent when someone dresses up in a sailor suit and military cap and, badly pronouncing certain words, talks about a nuclear strike.
China must respond. It must cool this fervor. China must prove its ambition to be one of the world’s leaders, and not only economically and technologically, but also civilizationally, by making it clear that no dictator has the right to threaten the planet with his old nuclear warheads.
— 🇺🇸/🇵🇰/🇮🇷 NEW: Pakistan’s Field Marshal, Assim Muneer, has landed in Tehran
He will try to get the U.S. and Iran back to diplomacy before the ‘economic D-Day’ sanctions enter into force today.
He will try to get the U.S. and Iran back to diplomacy before the ‘economic D-Day’ sanctions enter into force today.
🇬🇧🇺🇦⚡️ — Britain is sharing the classified missile technology with Ukraine that will help Kyiv produce long-range Storm Shadow/SCALP-type missiles domestically.
“We will stand with them for as long as it takes,” UK Defence Minister Luke Pollard said from Devonport on Ukraine’s Independence Day.
“We will stand with them for as long as it takes,” UK Defence Minister Luke Pollard said from Devonport on Ukraine’s Independence Day.
⚡🇺🇸🇮🇱🇮🇷 — Israeli P.M Netanyahu says Iran tried to assassinate one of his sons.
⚡️🇺🇸🇸🇾 Al-Monitor: The Trump administration is expected to remove Syria from the U.S. State Sponsors of Terrorism list on Monday, ending a designation imposed in 1979.
The move could ease restrictions on U.S. assistance, defense sales and exports and pave the way for greater commercial investment in Syria.
The move could ease restrictions on U.S. assistance, defense sales and exports and pave the way for greater commercial investment in Syria.
🇸🇦/🇫🇷/🇮🇷🔻Saudi-French Statement:
“Paris and Riyadh call on Iran to resume its full cooperation with the IAEA.”
“Paris and Riyadh call on Iran to resume its full cooperation with the IAEA.”
🇮🇷 By the end of the current year, the Qom missile "megacity" will have completed its remaining sections and fully entered the operational phase.
Recognized as Iran's largest and best-equipped missile city, the complex is rumoured to surpass even the Isfahan facility in terms of scale.
Another missile city in Alborz Province is also nearing completion.
An underground railway network is believed to connect Iran's missile cities and missile production hubs.
Recognized as Iran's largest and best-equipped missile city, the complex is rumoured to surpass even the Isfahan facility in terms of scale.
Another missile city in Alborz Province is also nearing completion.
An underground railway network is believed to connect Iran's missile cities and missile production hubs.
🇮🇷🇺🇸⚡️ — The Iranian Presidency:
The United States must correct its tone and approach in dealing with us, instead of dictation and coercion.
We are ready for any economic, political, and security cooperation with Islamic countries and neighboring states.
The United States must correct its tone and approach in dealing with us, instead of dictation and coercion.
We are ready for any economic, political, and security cooperation with Islamic countries and neighboring states.
⚡🇺🇸🇮🇷 — US says it will not rule out striking Iran again in addition to President Trump's "economic D-Day" plan.
🇺🇸❌🇮🇷 — The U.S. State Department is offering rewards of up to $10 million for information on several senior Iranian IRGC figures, including IRGC Commander-in-Chief Ahmad Vahidi, Central Military Command chief Ali Abdollahi, Aerospace Force commander Sa’id Aghajani, Cyber-Electronic Command chief Hamidreza Lashgarian, and Intelligence chief Majid Khademi.
🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NEW: The U.S. Treasury Department announces it has not implemented any new sanctions against Iran yet, saying that today served as a ‘final warning’
When asked why secondary sanctions haven’t been imposed on countries like China, Bessent answered: ‘We don’t want to mess up the world economy’.
When asked why secondary sanctions haven’t been imposed on countries like China, Bessent answered: ‘We don’t want to mess up the world economy’.
⚡🇮🇷🇺🇸 — Iran says "our trade partners assured us that they will not give any consideration to US threats."
⚡️🇴🇲🇬🇧 UKMTO: An oil tanker has been struck by an unknown projectile 9 nautical miles north‑east of Ash Shishah, Oman, causing damage to the engine room and disabling the vessel.
The crew are reported safe.
The crew are reported safe.