SITREP — 9 September 2026

IRAN / HORMUZ

• The IAEA Board of Governors referred Iran to the Security Council over non-compliance, on a resolution tabled by the US, UK, France and Germany. Tehran called it based on fabrications.
• Iran said it attacked 10 ships near the strait, and framed the Jordan and US Navy strikes as self-defence against the tanker campaign.
• UKMTO reported a tanker hit by an unknown projectile southeast of Al-Faw, Iraq, and a vessel listing off Port Rashid, UAE, possibly after an attack.
• Trump said the war will end immediately after the midterms, claimed US control of the strait and floated renaming it after himself. He warned Iran against “activity at Pickaxe.”
• Protests outside the US embassy in Seoul against a possible South Korean deployment to Hormuz.

LEBANON

• An Israeli drone strike killed one on a motorcycle between Harouf and Zebdin.
• The Lebanese Army publicly accused Israel of a deadly escalation that threatens the framework deal and the army’s ability to implement it — its sharpest statement since June.

YEMEN

• Houthi media reported 32 Saudi airstrikes across Marib, Jawf, Taiz and Hodeidah.
• The PLC is now stating openly that the offensive aims at Sanaa, after taking Yatma in Jawf and advancing in Bayda. A Houthi push on al-Wazi’iyah was repelled.
• Death toll from the al-Hazm prison strike rose to 23.

UKRAINE–RUSSIA

• Zelensky attacked the international response as insufficient after the heaviest sustained bombardment of Kyiv of the war; the 8 Sept strike killed four.
• Donbas remains the sticking point. Zelensky called it “the question of the entire war”; Moscow holds about three-quarters of the region and demands Ukrainian withdrawal from the rest.
• Ukraine’s campaign against Russian logistics has hit 25-plus Wildberries and Ozon warehouses since mid-July, causing an estimated $10bn in damage.

SUDAN

• No significant developments reported. Sanctions renewal vote still pending before the 12 September expiry.