Saturday

October 3, 2026

Armed conflicts and attacks

Middle Eastern crisis

2026 Iran war

2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis

Iraq's Oil Tankers Company says that they have transported 2 million barrels of oil from the country through a very large crude carrier in the Strait of Hormuz. (Reuters)

Gaza war

Five people are killed and several more are injured in an Israeli airstrike against a residential building in Gaza City in the Gaza Strip, in violation of the ongoing ceasefire. Three other Palestinians are also killed in more airstrikes. (Al Jazeera)

The Israel Defense Forces says that they have targeted de facto Hamas leader Ali al-Amoudi in a airstrike, and acknowledge that the results of the strike are under review. (The Times of Israel)

Aftermath of the Syrian civil war

Unknown gunmen open fire against a vehicle in Ras al-Maara, Syria, killing three people and wounding seven more. (Hawar News Agency)

Ethiopian civil conflict

Russo-Ukrainian war

Arts and culture

The remains of Samuil, the former Bulgarian tsar during the First Bulgarian Empire who died in 1014, return to Bulgaria following decades of negotiation with Greece. (AP) (Orthodox Times)