Morning recap
Morning recap Good morning Middle East Eye readers, If you're just joining us, here are key developments from across the region: • A meeting in Oman between Gulf countries and Iran to discuss possible agreements on the Strait of Hormuz, which had been scheduled for Monday, has been postponed. • Yemen's Houthis said that Saudi Arabia had launched more than 50 strikes against their positions in 24…
Good morning Middle East Eye readers. Here are the key updates from the region:
1. The meeting between Gulf countries and Iran to discuss agreements on the Strait of Hormuz, planned for Monday, has been postponed.
2. Yemen's Houthis reported that Saudi Arabia carried out over 50 strikes against their positions in 24 hours, following the group's claim of a drone and missile attack on a military base in the kingdom.
3. The ongoing fighting between Yemen's government forces and Houthis has displaced nearly 86,000 people.
4. Yemen's military claims to have reclaimed sites in the Taiz Governorate previously held by the Houthis.
5. Israeli forces have entered the southern Syrian governorates of Rural Damascus, Quneitra, and Deraa, according to Al Jazeera.
6. Two Palestinians were killed and 13 injured in an Israeli airstrike on a vehicle in Gaza City on Sunday.
7. The number of commodity vessels transiting through the Strait of Hormuz dropped to a single digit per day over the weekend, according to preliminary shiptracking data, significantly below the 10-day average of 14.
8. US forces have redirected 101 commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz as part of the ongoing naval blockade on Iran, as of September 13th.
9. Israeli Culture Minister Miki Zohar has threatened to revoke the citizenship of the directors of an Israeli documentary about Gaza, alleging "treason against the state."
10. Oil prices surged on Monday, breaching $107 a barrel, as heightened Middle Eastern tensions raised fears of disruptions to global energy supplies.
11. Saudi Arabia faces the risk of exhausting its oil export stocks if it fails to restart its pipeline to the Red Sea within days, potentially impacting up to 4% of global supply.
12. Iraq's Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein and UAE counterpart Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan have discussed bilateral relations and regional security.
13. Former US President Donald Trump has praised his envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, for their efforts in negotiating a ceasefire in Gaza.
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