Situational Report

SITREP — 7 September 2026

08 Sep 2026   /   Jamal Abdelsamad

ME/IS

  • Israeli airstrikes on the southern Lebanese village of Kfar Rumman killed at least 12 people. The strikes came amid a new round of escalation between Israel and Hezbollah.
  • A senior UAE official said no single state should control the Strait of Hormuz. Seven crew members of a Saudi-owned tanker struck in the strait last week remain unaccounted for.

YEMEN

  • The Houthis said they downed a Saudi armed reconnaissance aircraft over Jawf province and three Saudi reconnaissance drones in 24 hours. Saudi Arabia did not comment. (Unverified)
  • The Houthis accused Saudi Arabia of killing seven people in an air strike on a prison in Jawf.
  • Government-aligned forces counterattacked in Taiz and Hodeidah as the Houthis push for Bab al-Mandeb, with hundreds reported killed in 24 hours. Displaced families are arriving in Mocha.

SUDAN

  • The commissioner of Kurmuk County in Blue Nile accused Ethiopia of hosting and training RSF fighters, alleging planeloads arrived at a camp in Benishangul-Gumuz via Assosa airport with UAE facilitation.
  • The Security Council is expected to vote this month on extending the Sudan sanctions regime, which expires 12 September.

UKRAINE–RUSSIA

  • A Russian airstrike on Kramatorsk killed two people and injured four.
  • Russian forces launched 806 strikes on 53 settlements in Zaporizhzhia region over 24 hours, injuring four. A drone strike set a shopping centre alight in Zaporizhzhia.
  • Ukrainian forces struck oil refineries in three Russian regions and a drone storage and launch site in Kursk region. A drone strike destroyed a retail complex in occupied Mariupol, according to Russian-installed officials.
  • The three-day mutual pause on strikes against Kyiv and Moscow, agreed for the US envoys’ visit, ran out at the end of the day.