Thursday

September 17, 2026

Armed conflicts and attacks

Fifteen civilians are killed during an armed attack by unknown individuals in Madegoua, Far North Region, Cameroon. (Reuters)

Middle Eastern crisis

Gaza war

The Israel Defense Forces confirm that they have killed a Al-Qassam Brigades Nukhba Forces commander who took part in the October 7 attacks in a airstrike and a Hamas navy officer in another airstrike in Gaza City. (Israel National News) (JFeed)

Israeli government response to the October 7 attacks

Lt. Col. "Aleph", the chief police officer in the Southern Command's Gaza Division, is dismissed following his role in the failures leading to the Hamas-led October 7 attacks on Israel. (The Times of Israel)

2026 Iran war

Yemeni civil war

2026 Yemen offensives

Al-Akhbar reports that Saudi Arabia has sent a proposal for Oman to mediate a two-week ceasefire with the Houthis. (AzerNews)

A Yemeni resident is reported to be killed by debris from a drone in Taif, Mecca Province. (Arab News)

Aftermath of the South Sudanese Civil War

Twenty-six people are killed and 82 more injured during clashes between two rival communities in Abyei, at the border between Sudan and South Sudan. (Al Jazeera)

Arts and culture

France–Mexico relations

The 16th-century Codex Azcatitlan goes on display in Mexico City after France loaned two folios nearly two centuries after the manuscript left the country. Mexico continues seeking the codex's permanent return from France. (AFP) (BBC News)