Al Jazeera

By Faisal Aziz Khan and Adam Hancock

    Oman says a planned regional meeting between Gulf states and Iran regarding the Strait of Hormuz has been postponed in the “interests of consensus”.

    Iranian foreign ministry official says the postponement of the planned meeting in Oman was made at the request of certain regional countries and through a joint decision by Tehran and Muscat.

US Congresswoman says ‘the genocide is still happening’ in Gaza

    US Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib has accused the US government of complicity in atrocities, saying that children in Gaza are being killed by American-made weapons.

    In a post on X, Tlaib said that “the genocide is still happening” and that “children are being killed with American made bombs, and those that live are traumatised forever.”

    “The US government must end its complicity in these atrocious acts of ethnic cleansing,” she added.

The Iran war reveals the limits of BRICS

By Ronny P Sasmita

    This year’s BRICS summit has wrapped up in New Delhi with the usual promises of deepened cooperation and expanding economic ties. But there was an important absence.

    Although the US-Israel war on Iran has affected most of BRICS’ 11 members and 10 partner countries, the declaration issued by the bloc did not address it directly. Nor did it condemn the United States, which – objectively speaking – is the aggressor state in the conflict.

    The wording allowed all members to remain inside the same diplomatic tent. It also revealed just how difficult it is for BRICS to turn shared dissatisfaction with the Western-led order into coordinated geopolitical action.

US forces redirect 101 commercial vessels as blockade continues

    US Central Command (CENTCOM) has provided an update on its ongoing naval blockade in the Strait of Hormuz.

    It said that as of September 13, 101 commercial vessels have been redirected by the US Navy in the strait.

    The US reinstated its blockade on Iranian ports in July following the breakdown of talks between Washington and Tehran.

War with Iran plays into hands of hardliners, US senator says

    US Senator Chris Murphy has said that going to war with Iran is only playing into the hands of hardliners in Tehran.

    In a post on X, the Democratic senator said that “another completely knowable consequence of war with Iran (and the decision to start it by assassinating the new leader’s father, wife, and daughter)” was “the empowerment of radical hardliners who desire more war and a nuclear weapon.”

Hospitals struggling to provide care along Yemen’s western coast

    Lou Cormack, Yemen Country Director at Doctors Without Borders, says there are huge gaps in the hospital system on Yemen’s western coast.

    “Over the weekend we’ve had the evacuation of all hospitals, and for a while the essential activities we managed to maintain in the Mocha general hospital were the only ones available.”

    “We are seeing that some of the hospitals are starting to come back online, but the system still has huge gaps and we are trying to find people just to keep the hospitals running,” Cormack told Al Jazeera.

    “It’s a big population on the west coast and like all communities they need just everyday access to healthcare. Mums keep delivering, babies still keep getting sick, life just goes on and if there’s nowhere to access care then people can die as a result of that,” she added.

Iraqi and UAE foreign ministers discuss regional security, Yemen developments in call

    Iraqi top diplomat Fuad Hussein and his UAE counterpart, Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, have spoken by phone to discuss bilateral ties and regional security, according to a statement from the Iraqi Foreign Ministry.

    The two focused on strengthening Iraqi-Gulf cooperation and maintaining stability across the region, while also addressing the latest developments in Yemen.

    During the conversation, Hussein outlined the foreign policy approach of Iraq’s Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi, emphasising Baghdad’s commitment to prioritising dialogue and supporting regional calm. Both ministers highlighted the need to resolve regional disputes through peaceful negotiation and avoid further escalation.

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Saudi authorities issue and lift warnings for southwestern areas for second time

    Saudi Arabia’s Civil Defence has issued and lifted warnings alerting the public to potential danger in Khamis Mushait and Abha for the second time in the past hour.

    Khamis Mushait and Abha are located in southwest Saudi Arabia, close to the border with Yemen.

    The Houthis, who ⁠control the most populous parts of Yemen and much of the north, have been launching attacks towards Saudi Arabia since declaring a naval blockade against Riyadh in July, with strikes targeting Saudi vessels in the Red Sea.

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    Armed quadcopters have been widely deployed across the Gaza Strip to track and target civilians.

Trump seems ‘confused’ about how to handle Yemen crisis

    Kenneth Katzman, a senior fellow at the Soufan Center, says the US could have stopped the Houthi advance in Yemen if US President Donald Trump had responded to Saudi Arabia’s request for military support.

    “Given the precision with which the US air force operates – and their effectiveness – US air strikes could very well have stopped the Houthi advance, and we would not have the crisis we are facing now,” Katzman told Al Jazeera.

    He said that Trump seems “confused” about how to handle the situation in Yemen and is not operating as an “effective commander-in-chief”.

    “For decades the US defined free flow of navigation, particularly of energy flows through the Middle East, as in the US’s vital interest and now it is being squeezed from Iran and the Houthis in Yemen.

    “Mr Trump is just sort of sitting on his chair and doing very little and hoping it resolves itself somehow by the hand of Saudi Arabia which is unlikely,” Katzman said.

• Yemeni forces shift strategy to defend Marib and repel Houthi advance

  By Yousef Mawry
  Reporting from Sanaa, Yemen
• Yemen’s government appears to have shifted its strategy from retaking lost territory to defending the areas it still controls, as Houthi advances continue in the country’s west.
  Government forces are no longer focused on regaining al-Makha (Mocha) and the areas lost west of Taiz, including Bab al-Mandeb, but on holding their remaining strongholds – chief among them the strategic province of Marib.
  Marib is the country’s oil and gas hub and one of the government’s main sources of revenue. The Houthis have tried and failed for years to gain a foothold in the government-held province.
  There are now reports of fierce clashes on the outskirts of Marib, where the Houthis are said to be advancing. The group is also pushing in Taiz, where government forces are attempting to mount a counteroffensive to prevent the city’s capture.
  The government is relying largely on Saudi air strikes to deter the group from taking more territory.
  
  

  A recap of recent developmentsan’s state media reports that explosions have been heard in the city of Sirik in southern Iran’s Hormozgan province, though the cause remains undetermined.

  • Oman says a planned regional meeting between Gulf states and Iran regarding the Strait of Hormuz has been postponed in the “interests of consensus”.
  • Iranian foreign ministry official says the postponement of the planned meeting in Oman was made at the request of certain regional countries and through a joint decision by Tehran and Muscat.
  • Fighting intensifies across several fronts in Yemen as government forces carry out air attacks on Houthi positions to retake al-Makha (Mocha), days after the Iran-aligned group captured the strategic port and tightened its grip on the Red Sea shipping lane.
  • Yemen’s armed forces report reclaiming strategic sites in Taiz governorate from Houthi control, inflicting heavy losses on the group during ongoing military operations.
  • Iran’s customs office says that the southern province of Bushehr exported more than $2.3bn worth of goods over a five-month period despite US sanctions.
  • Israeli forces have expanded their military operations in the southern Syrian governorates of Rural Damascus, Quneitra and Deraa.