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MENA31 Aug
Iranian state media report a Saudi oil tanker disabled near the Strait of Hormuz, with a separate monitoring channel adding unverified projectile reports

MENA31 Aug
Missile at the F-35: How the Strait of Hormuz Became the Front Line of an Iran-US Standoff
MENA31 Aug
Israeli strikes hit five southern Lebanese towns and Gaza in a single afternoon as cluster-munition toll on children resurfaces

MENA31 Aug
Israeli strikes hit southern Lebanon villages as cluster-munition death of a child is reported

MENA31 Aug
Bessent tells G20 finance ministers Iran faces economic collapse 'within weeks or months'

MENA31 Aug
Empty barrels, loud threats: reading one Reuters headline and three Telegram posts on the US oil reserve
MENA31 Aug
At the Bishkek summit, Pezeshkian tells Modi the US "wants the war to continue"

MENA31 Aug
Istanbul hosts first Mecca pact political and defense committee as Saudi, Turkish and Pakistani officials sit down

MENA31 Aug
Araghchi accuses Netanyahu of dragging the U.S. into a war on Iran, in Hebrew

MENA31 Aug
Trump's AI video of Kharg Island blowup lands before any reported strike
MENA31 Aug
Washington squeezes Tehran with weekly sanctions cadence as rhetoric firms on both sides
MENA31 Aug
Iran fires missiles toward Jordan; Israel strikes south Lebanon as regional night escalates
MENA30 Aug
Iranian state media signals retaliation as unconfirmed reports of strikes on US Navy vessels circulate
MENA30 Aug
US strikes IRGC launchers on Larak Island as Strait of Hormuz standoff resumes
MENA30 Aug
Drones over Belgorod, blasts in Arnoun: a 23-minute window on the Telegram wire
MENA30 Aug
Israeli strikes ripple across south Lebanon as Hezbollah claims drone hit on soldiers
MENA30 Aug
Tehran's acting defence minister signals 'new military surprises' as Iran's economy absorbs the war's cost
MENA30 Aug
Israeli artillery pounds southern Lebanon towns as Houthi footage claims Saudi strikes
MENA30 Aug
Israeli artillery and detonation alerts logged across three southern Lebanese towns in 93 minutes
MENA30 Aug
Israeli artillery and detonation strikes hit four southern Lebanese towns on 30 August 2026

MENA30 Aug
Israeli strike in Deir al-Balah kills named Hamas operative and a three-year-old,
MENA30 Aug
Israeli forces log machine-gun fire, artillery, and a sound bomb across south Lebanon villages, Cradle summaries show

MENA30 Aug
Strikes Hit Al Mansouri, Houla and Deir el-Balah Within a Four-Hour Window on 30 August Morning
MENA30 Aug
Gaza Death Toll Mounts Through August Weekend as Israeli Strikes Hit Khan Younis and Gaza City

MENA30 Aug
Tasnim leads English Unity Week coverage with Palestine question and anti-sectarian frame

MENA30 Aug
An empty excerpt, a dated wire, and three short clips: what the thread actually shows on Iran
MENA30 Aug
Four Israeli artillery strikes hit southern Lebanon before dawn on 30 August

MENA30 Aug
Tehran marks Prophet's birth anniversary with attack on US and 'illegitimate Zionist regime'
MENA30 Aug
Tehran's defiance and a Maharashtra pipeline leak land on the same morning
MENA30 Aug
Two Israeli artillery strikes hit south Lebanon villages within four hours
MENA30 Aug
Israeli artillery and airstrikes hammer southern Lebanon as Hadatha and Al Mansouri report fresh fire
MENA30 Aug
Tehran's 'stand firm' line, and the arithmetic it has to survive
MENA30 Aug
Southern Lebanon absorbs another night of Israeli airstrikes as Hadatha comes under artillery fire
MENA30 Aug
Settler attack on NBC crew near Nablus and a fresh wave of Israeli strikes in south Lebanon mark a tense Saturday on the ground

MENA29 Aug
Israeli artillery and airstrikes pepper south Lebanon as thunderstorms ground coastal flights

MENA29 Aug
Iran's IRGC and the Telegram recruitment pipeline: what the open-source channels are actually alleging
MENA29 Aug
Two 29 August wires on Iran, read together, sketch a balance-sheet phase of the war
MENA29 Aug
Thunderstorms, airstrikes and aviation disruption converge on Lebanon's coast
MENA29 Aug
Settler siege at Qusra: residents try to fit netting as fourth home targeted
MENA29 Aug
Iran's Hormuz leverage meets Gaza conditionality, and a prediction market is now pricing both

MENA29 Aug
Settlers assault Palestinian homes in Qusra as IDF moves to clear attackers
MENA29 Aug
Four Israeli strikes logged across southern Lebanon in 74 minutes
MENA29 Aug
Israeli strikes hit four south Lebanon towns in single afternoon, Telegram reports
MENA29 Aug
Two 29 August posts, two uncertain subjects: a Ramallah appeal and a bare Polymarket link

MENA29 Aug
Iran’s foreign minister accuses ‘elements’ inside US government of rigging energy headlines
MENA29 Aug
Strikes on Markaba and Al-Nabatya reported by Iran-aligned outlets as south Lebanon operations continue
MENA29 Aug
Iranian-aligned Telegram channels post first word on reported Israeli strikes in south Lebanon
MENA29 Aug
Tehran's words land on the same day Washington's legal track widens at home

MENA29 Aug
Six months of war and sanctions: Iran's economy under pressure as the Gulf rewires its security map
MENA29 Aug
Israeli ground operations push deeper into southern Lebanon as demolition activity accelerates
MENA29 Aug
Israeli demolitions and artillery pound south Lebanon as Niger capital reports nighttime gunfire
MENA29 Aug
Pezeshkian's overture lands as sanctions tighten the screws on Iran's economy
MENA29 Aug
Israeli artillery pounds two Lebanese border villages in a 90-minute window
MENA28 Aug
US sanctions UAE branch of Banque Misr as Iran war hits six-month mark

MENA28 Aug
Qassem casts Hezbollah as victor in a war it did not win
MENA28 Aug
Iran reports Hormuz strike attempt hours after announcing Oman-brokered reopening deal
MENA28 Aug
Tehran's cohesion message lands as a constraint on its own officials
MENA28 Aug
Israel intensifies southern Lebanon strikes as Nabatieh al-Fawqa and Houla take back-to-back hits
MENA28 Aug
Iran's speaker ties Gulf oil flows to Tehran's own exports in Hormuz standoff with Washington

MENA28 Aug
Durfee on Iran: sanctions did not break the state, war goals unmet
MENA28 Aug
Lebanon tells Al Jazeera it cannot disarm Hezbollah on Israel's clock
MENA28 Aug
Tehran calls new US measures 'state terrorism' and asks third states to refuse enforcement
MENA28 Aug
Imagery squeeze and on-record justification land the same morning, six months into the Iran war
MENA28 Aug
Treasury blockade threat sets up G20 finance showdown over Iran

MENA28 Aug
Six months into the Iran war: interceptor warnings, a denial, and a diplomatic offer
MENA28 Aug
'Crush' framing lands hours before US-hosted G20 finance track puts Iran sanctions in scope

MENA28 Aug
Trump brands Iran a 'failing nation' in late-night Truth Social post
MENA27 Aug
US asks Russia to cut Iran ties as Trump labels Tehran a 'failing nation'
MENA27 Aug
Tehran hardens its conditions as Trump turns to fuel prices
MENA27 Aug
Trump team signals pullback from June Iran nuclear understanding, as Israeli strikes press southern Lebanon
MENA27 Aug
Katz declares Gaza balloon-and-kite ultimatum expired, orders response under Netanyahu directive
MENA27 Aug
Qatar's prime minister in Tehran for talks with Iranian foreign minister
MENA27 Aug
Mladenov tells UN Security Council Hamas has publicly accepted demilitarisation; shelter is the unresolved line
MENA26 Aug
Tehran opens a Hormuz toll booth, with Muscat as middleman
MENA26 Aug
Allies doubt Hormuz is clear as Trump insists Iran mines are gone
MENA26 Aug
Eisenkot Says Israel Is Losing the Diplomatic Contest It Is Winning on the Battlefield
MENA26 Aug
'Hormuz stays high-risk: mine clearance is one line item, not a reopening'

MENA26 Aug
Two open-source alerts, two long-running stories: a single monitor's signals on Israel and the DPRK–Russia pipeline
MENA26 Aug
Iran threatens new tools as Hormuz standoff escalates into economic warfare
MENA26 Aug
Two videos, one feed, and the framing gap between Gaza and Kharkiv

MENA26 Aug
Two FY26 filings, one Middle East shock, opposite earnings reads
MENA25 Aug
Israeli jets and artillery hit multiple towns across southern Lebanon as fighting intensifies
MENA25 Aug
Tehran and Washington race to a Friday accord in Geneva, with an Iranian-led regional narrative running in parallel
MENA25 Aug
Wadi al-Salouq hit again as south Lebanon logs four strikes and three jet overflights in thirty-three minutes
MENA25 Aug
Israeli jets strike Kfar Ruman, Sorbbine and Qantara in southern Lebanon in evening airstrikes
MENA25 Aug
Israeli strikes persist around Al-Mansouri as source trail narrows

MENA25 Aug
Cheap drones, costly interceptors: the arithmetic Gulf air defence planners are working around

MENA25 Aug
Bessent says Iran pressure is biting. A prediction market says 8%.

MENA25 Aug
Tehran under pressure: Trump 'good neighbor' framing and an 8% nuclear-deal price land in the same 24-hour window
MENA25 Aug
Four Israeli strikes on south Lebanese towns logged in a 90-minute window on 25 August 2026
MENA25 Aug
Trump's Iran Posture Hardens as Doha Calls Sanctions 'Unilateral'

MENA25 Aug
Trump Post Denounces Iran Over Unpaid Military and Protest Killings
MENA25 Aug
Two bulletins, two coordinates: a Druze cleric's Israel framing and a Khiam artillery line
MENA25 Aug
Four southern Lebanese towns struck in a four-hour window, per one Telegram channel
MENA25 Aug
US plans Middle East embassy return; Klaveness posts a 31% quarter on the same crisis
MENA25 Aug
Pakistan's army chief lands in Tehran with a US offer, and Iran keeps its options open
MENA25 Aug
Two senators, one morning, two verdicts on the Iran campaign

MENA25 Aug
Strait of Hormuz strike on tanker revives pressure on a chokepoint already on watch
MENA25 Aug
Washington widens the screws on Tehran, and Tehran promises a response

MENA25 Aug