Armed conflicts and attacks
Middle Eastern crisis
The U.S. CENTCOM launches strikes against Iran for a seventh consecutive night. (The Guardian)
2026 Iranian strikes on Arab countries
2026 Iranian strikes on Bahrain
Iran says that it has launched ballistic missile and drone strikes at targets in Bahrain, including a drone vessel depot, an artificial intelligence center used for targeting, and the Al-Sakhir Air Base, as part of the 11th phase of its Saegheh operation. (AA) (Middle East Monitor)
2026 Iranian strikes on Kuwait
Iranian strikes damage a desalination plant and a power plant in Kuwait, according to the Kuwaiti energy ministry. (AP) (CNBC)
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy launches attacks on radar facilities in Oman. (AA)
Iranian state media reports that Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps have targeted a United States Special Operations Command in Al-Tanf in response to the killing of Iranian soldiers in Iranshahr, Sistan and Baluchestan province. (Arab News)
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force launches an attack at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, and claims to have caused damage to equipment there, while Qatar's armed forces claim to have intercepted Iranian attacks. (AA)
The U.S. military's Central Command (CENTCOM) confirms that they have destroyed the Chah Bahar Shahid Kalantari Port surveillance tower in Chabahar Port yesterday, which was allegedly used by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps for tracking commercial vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz. (The Times of Israel)
2026 Iranian strikes on the Kurdistan Region
Iranian drone strikes near Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq, kill eight Kurdish rebels and injure several more. (AFP via The Times of Israel)
Around eight Palestinians are reported to be killed in an airstrike on a funeral in central Gaza. (AA)
The Israeli military and Shin Bet confirm that they have killed Hamas commander Anas Mahmoud Ahmad Hamdan, who served as a "right-hand man" of former Al-Qassam Brigades commander Mohammed Deif, in an airstrike in Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip. (The Times of Israel)
War in the Sahel
An attack on a military deployment in Téra, Tillabéri Region, Niger, kills 16 soldiers and injures 23 others, while state media reports that security forces have killed 15 attackers. (AFP via The Economic Times)
Business and economy
Economic impact of the 2026 Iran war
2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis, Iraq–Syria relations
Iraq and Syria sign a memorandum of understanding to rehabilitate the Kirkuk–Baniyas pipeline to bypass to the Strait of Hormuz. (Middle East Eye)
The United States Chamber of Commerce announces that Iraq has signed roughly $60 billion worth of agreements and partnerships to bypass the Strait of Hormuz and accelerate American investment in the Iraqi oil sector. (AP News)