⚡🇸🇦🇾🇪 — Saudi Arabia warns it will respond "firmly" to continued Houthi attacks.

🇸🇦 Air raid sirens and defence systems activated in Saudi Arabia following the start of Ansarallah attacks.

⚡🇹🇷🇮🇷 — Turkish Foreign Minister says Iran's security and stability directly affect the region, calls for diplomatic solution to conflict.

⚡️🇾🇪🇸🇦🇾🇪 The Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council government has condemned Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia and affirmed its full solidarity with the Kingdom.

⚡️🇮🇷🇮🇷🇺🇲 The IRGC has announced that they shot down a fifth American MQ-1 drone over the Strait of Hormuz.

❗🇾🇪/🇸🇦🔻 WATCH: High-quality footage allegedly showing the downing of a Saudi F15 fighter jet and its wreckage in the Marib province - September 16, 2026.

— 🇸🇦/🇾🇪 NEW: A Saudi ‘Wing Loong-ll’ drone was shot down by Yemeni air defenses.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️ — BREAKING: A U.S.-contracted vessel was struck around the Strait of Hormuz during an Iranian attack earlier this week involving four drones and at least one missile, Fox News reports.

The strike caused minor injuries, including from smoke inhalation, and some U.S. personnel were aboard the vessel.

The injured are now being treated in a Gulf country.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️ — U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright:
About 18 million barrels flowed out [through the Strait of Hormuz] yesterday, basically pre-conflict levels.

🇪🇬 ❌ 🇾🇪 ⚠️ — Egyptian President al-Sisi:
We will likely launch a large-scale attack in Yemen soon. Damaging the Suez Canal will be very costly for the Houthi organization. Iran must restrain its proxies.

🇺🇸/🇮🇷🔻 The United States is investigating a potential link between Iran and cyberattacks that targeted tankers heading to the state of Texas.

⚡🇮🇱🇲🇦 — Israel and Morocco agree to open embassies in each other's countries.

A residential apartment building was struck by a Banderol cruise missile in Odesa.

No information on civilian casualties yet...

🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — Russia is currently conducting a large-scale missile attack against Ukraine.

So far, S8000 Banderol and 3M-14 Kalibr cruise missiles, 3M-22 Zircon hypersonic cruise missiles, and Hwasong-11A (KN-23) tactical ballistic missiles are being launched.

Targets include Zaporizhizia, Odesa, and Kyiv.

⚡️🇺🇸🇵🇸 AFP: The United States has denied Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas an entry visa to attend the UN General Assembly in New York next week.

🇸🇦/🇾🇪/🇫🇷/🇬🇧🔻Saudi Arabia is reportedly "running low" on missile interceptors as it faces continued strikes from Yemen and has therefore asked France, Britain, Pakistan, and Egypt for air-defense support.

🇺🇸/🇮🇷 Axios: President Trump will hold discussions on Iran with leaders of Gulf countries' delegations in New York next week.

🇮🇱 📰 — Ofer Akunis:
I did not invite, and will not invite, the Mayor of New York, Mamdani to the official memorial ceremony for October 7th, As long as he does not recognize Israel as a state for the Jewish people, he will not be invited.

❗️🇮🇱/🇮🇷 BREAKING: Hebrew media claim that Hezbollah drones were launched at northern Israel and intercepted

The last few times, the IDF claimed it to be ‘false identifications’, but this time interceptors were launched.

If confirmed, we will likely see a wave of airstrikes across southern Lebanon or even in Beirut.

⚡️🇸🇦🇾🇪🇾🇪 Saudi Arabian airstrikes targeted Houthi positions and reinforcements southeast of the city of Taiz, Yemen, and a telecommunications tower in the Houthi-controlled area of Al-Hawban.

🇸🇩❌🇸🇩 — The Sudanese armed forces reportedly launched a large offensive against the UAE-backed RSF in the Khordofan region, advancing west of the town of Bara.

The SAF already recaptured the area of Al-Farshaya and made prisoners.