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Week of Jul 20–26, 2026

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Sunday, July 26, 20261 entry

  1. 1:40 PM in Tehran

    Iran halts retaliatory attacks after two nights without U.S. strikes

    OfficialMilitary & securityTehran, Iran

    Iranian army spokesman Mohammad Akraminia said that since the U.S. had stopped its attacks for two nights and Iran's strategy 'has essentially been retaliatory, we have also halted our retaliatory operations,' warning the conflict would widen if U.S. strikes resumed. CENTCOM said its blockade continues, having redirected 12 vessels, disabled two and boarded two, and U.S. envoy to the U.N. Mike Waltz said Trump was 'giving talks some space.'

    Why it matters The pause coincided with Omani-Iranian talks on managing Hormuz traffic; reports also linked it to strain on U.S. interceptor stocks, which Trump denied.

    Sources: Associated Press, The Washington Post, Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera (2), CBS News, Al Jazeera (3), Al Jazeera (4), Al Jazeera (5)

Saturday, July 25, 20263 entries

  1. 3:03 PM in Riyadh

    Houthis claim missile and drone strikes on Aramco sites in Jizan and Yanbu

    UnverifiedMilitary & securityJizan and Yanbu, Saudi Arabia

    Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said the group fired dozens of ballistic missiles and drones at 'sensitive Aramco facilities' in Jizan and ballistic and cruise missiles and drones at Aramco facilities in Yanbu, in response to the Saudi strikes on Hodeidah and Kamaran Island, and said the embargo on Saudi shipping stays in force. Saudi Arabia did not confirm any hits; its civil defense had sounded alerts in Yanbu and Jizan overnight.

    Why it matters Yanbu is the Red Sea terminal for Saudi crude diverted around the Strait of Hormuz, so a successful strike there would hit the main bypass route.

    Sources: Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera (2), CBS News, Al Jazeera (3)

  2. 2:57 PM in Kyiv

    Ukraine strikes a vessel it says carried military cargo for Iran; Tehran says a sailor died

    ConfirmedShipping, energy & marketsCaspian Sea

    Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said long-range strikes in the Caspian Sea hit 'vessels used in military cargo shipments involving Iran.' Iran's foreign ministry said the attack caused an explosion on an Iranian commercial ship that killed one sailor and injured another, summoned Ukraine's charge d'affaires, and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said the attack 'cannot go unanswered.'

    Why it matters It links the Ukraine war to Iran's, a day after Trump said he trusted Putin that Russia was not arming Iran; Zelenskyy also said Russia was giving Iran satellite imagery of U.S. bases.

    Sources: CBS News, CBS News (2), Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera (2), CBS News (3)

  3. 1:38 PM in Tehran

    Iran reports its first night without U.S. strikes in nearly two weeks

    OfficialMilitary & securityTehran, Iran

    Iran's Health Ministry spokesman Hossein Kermanpour said 'Iran had a peaceful night,' and CENTCOM did not announce a new round after 13 straight nights of strikes. Saudi Civil Defense sounded alerts in Yanbu and Jizan and later lifted them, and Bahrain issued missile alerts, with no casualties reported.

    Why it matters Two regional sources later told CBS the pause was meant to protect Omani-Iranian talks on the strait, while Trump said the U.S. remained 'locked and loaded.'

    Sources: Associated Press, CBS News, Al Jazeera, CBS News (2)

Friday, July 24, 20268 entries

  1. 11:20 PM in Aden

    Saudi-led coalition strikes Houthi sites in Hodeidah and on Kamaran Island

    ConfirmedMilitary & securityHodeidah, Yemen

    Houthi-run Al Masirah TV reported Saudi air strikes on Hodeidah, and the Saudi-led coalition said it hit Houthi sites 'linked to threats against commercial shipping in the Red Sea' but not the port, which stays open. Houthi media said telecommunications facilities were hit and a woman was wounded on Kamaran Island.

    Why it matters It was Riyadh's first military answer to the Houthi embargo and tanker attack; the Houthis called it a 'major folly' and fired missiles and drones at Aramco sites the next day.

    Sources: Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera (2), Al Jazeera (3), Al Jazeera (4)

  2. 12:53 PM in New York

    Treasury sanctions 13 more parts of financier Babak Zanjani's Iran network

    OfficialDiplomacy & politicsWashington, D.C., United States

    OFAC designated four individuals and nine entities in Babak Zanjani's sanctions-evasion network, including his Iran-based 'Dot One' conglomerate and companies outside Iran supporting his already-sanctioned Zedcex and Zedxion digital asset exchanges. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the regime is paying 'a steep economic price' with the rial at another record low.

    Why it matters Zanjani, once sentenced to death in Iran for embezzlement, has re-emerged as a regime-linked financier; the action targets gold, crypto and transport businesses Iran uses to move money abroad.

    Sources: U.S. Department of the Treasury, CBS News

  3. 6:21 PM in Brussels

    EU sanctions five Iranian judges and a hacking-group founder over rights abuses

    OfficialDiplomacy & politicsBrussels, Belgium

    The Council of the EU listed five judges of Iran's revolutionary courts who it said imposed death sentences, long prison terms and flogging on dissidents and religious minorities, and Nima Salehi, founder of the 'Ashiyane' cyber group, which it said works with Iran's cyber police and the IRGC.

    Why it matters The listings fall under the EU's human-rights regime, not war-related measures; EU foreign-policy chief Kaja Kallas said the war should not distract from repression inside Iran.

    Sources: CBS News Live Updates, Council of the European Union Press Release, CBS News

  4. 11:50 AM in New York

    Trump says he takes Xi and Putin at their word that they are not arming Iran

    OfficialDiplomacy & politicsWashington, D.C., United States

    Trump wrote on Truth Social that Xi Jinping told him in Beijing in May that China would not 'under any circumstances' supply weapons to Iran and that Vladimir Putin said the same, adding, 'I take him at his word.' Later on Friday he said, 'I trust them,' though Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has said China and Russia are 'enabling what Iran is doing' at different levels.

    Why it matters CBS has reported U.S. assessments that Russia gave Iran intelligence on U.S. positions and that China supplied satellite imagery; a day later Ukraine's president said Russia was helping Iran target U.S. bases.

    Sources: CBS News Live Updates, Truth Social post, CBS News, CBS News (2)

  5. 6:35 PM in Tehran

    Omani delegation arrives in Tehran for talks on managing Hormuz shipping traffic

    OfficialDiplomacy & politicsTehran, Iran

    An Omani delegation arrived in Iran to discuss a framework 'to establish appropriate mechanisms for managing ship traffic in the Strait of Hormuz,' IRNA reported. Iran's foreign ministry said several rounds were held on Friday and Saturday with some progress and proposals exchanged, and two regional sources told CBS the talks were moving in a positive direction but needed more time.

    Why it matters The United States and Gulf states reject any Iran-Oman arrangement that gives Tehran control of the strait; regional sources said U.S. strikes were paused so as not to disrupt the talks.

    Sources: Al Jazeera, CBS News, Al Jazeera (2)

  6. 2:36 PM in Tehran

    IRGC tells civilians in countries hosting U.S. troops to stay 500 meters away

    OfficialMilitary & securityTehran, Iran

    Iran's Revolutionary Guards told 'the general public in countries where American soldiers are stationed to immediately stay out of a radius of 500 meters' from places where U.S. troops are, 'in order to be safe.' The warning came as Jordan, Gulf states and Iraq's Kurdistan region reported Iranian missile and drone attacks.

    Why it matters The statement treats areas around U.S. troops across host countries as target zones, which in cities such as Manama and Kuwait City sit close to civilian neighbourhoods.

    Sources: CBS News, Arab News, CBS News (2)

  7. 12:45 PM in Bishkek

    Araghchi warns countries that help U.S. attacks on Iran they will be held responsible

    OfficialDiplomacy & politicsKyrgyzstan

    Speaking at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation foreign ministers' meeting in Kyrgyzstan, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said 'any participation, cooperation or assistance in committing aggression against Iran will create international responsibility for the relevant parties,' and that Iran reserves the right to take all necessary measures in self-defence.

    Why it matters Tehran was already striking U.S. facilities in Jordan, Kuwait and Bahrain on the argument that any base used against Iran is a legitimate target.

    Sources: CBS News, Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera (2)

  8. 9:32 AM in Baghdad

    Iran fires missiles and drones at U.S. sites in Jordan, Kuwait, Bahrain and Iraq

    ConfirmedMilitary & securityErbil, Iraq, and U.S. bases in Jordan, Kuwait and Bahrain

    After CENTCOM finished its 13th straight night of strikes, Iran's army said it sent drones at U.S. facilities at Isa Air Base in Bahrain, Al-Azraq in Jordan and camps in Kuwait, and the IRGC claimed a strike on Ali Al Salem Air Base. Jordan said it intercepted seven missiles and six drones with no casualties or damage, and Kurdish officials said coalition forces downed five explosive-laden drones over Erbil between 9:32 and 9:45 a.m.

    Why it matters Iran had shifted to daily attacks on Jordan, where three U.S. soldiers were killed a week earlier, while its claims of damage at the bases were not confirmed by the host states.

    Sources: AP, Local10, CBS News, AFP, CBS News (2), CBS News (3), CBS News (4), CBS News (5)

Thursday, July 23, 20264 entries

  1. 4:13 AM in Tehran, Jul 24

    NYT: Iran rejected a U.S. ceasefire offer carried by Iraq's premier; Baghdad denies mediating

    ReportedDiplomacy & politicsTehran, Iran

    The New York Times reported, citing Iranian and Iraqi officials, that Iran turned down a U.S. ceasefire proposal delivered by Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi during his July 23 visit to Tehran, because it did not settle control of the Strait of Hormuz. Iraq's prime minister's office called the report 'completely baseless,' and Iranian authorities did not confirm it.

    Why it matters Al-Zaidi had come to Tehran straight from Washington; Araghchi said there were already 'enough mediators' and that the visit's talks were bilateral, focused on gas, freight and rail links.

    Sources: Anadolu Ajansı, Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera (2), Al Jazeera (3)

  2. 11:28 AM in New York

    Trump tells Axios he is weighing a 'massive attack' on Iran, 'bigger than ever before'

    OfficialMilitary & securityWashington, D.C., United States

    Trump told Axios he was considering 'a massive attack. Bigger than ever before,' that he was close to a decision and that Iran's leaders 'haven't received enough pain yet.' He said Israel would join 'in two minutes if I ask them to' but that the United States did not need anyone.

    Why it matters The threat came after 12 nights of strikes and a day after his bridge and power-plant warning, while White House officials said talks with Iran were continuing.

    Sources: Axios, CBS News

  3. 11:10 AM in New York

    House votes 214-208 to direct an end to the Iran war; Senate blocks its version 49-47

    OfficialDiplomacy & politicsWashington, D.C., United States

    The House adopted Rep. Pramila Jayapal's resolution directing Trump to remove U.S. forces from hostilities with Iran without congressional authorization, with Republicans Tom Barrett, Brian Fitzpatrick, Warren Davidson and Thomas Massie voting yes. Later on Thursday the Senate voted 49-47 against advancing a similar Democratic resolution, so the measure cannot take effect.

    Why it matters The votes measure eroding support in Congress for the war but leave the administration's operations legally unchanged.

    Sources: Reuters via Investing, Reuters via Investing (2), CBS News, Al Jazeera

  4. 9:30 AM in New York

    Brent briefly tops $100 a barrel after Houthi strikes on Saudi tankers

    ConfirmedShipping, energy & marketsGlobal oil markets

    Brent crude briefly rose above $100 a barrel on Thursday before easing to $99.48 at 9:30 a.m. ET, and WTI reached $90.74, up 4.5 percent, according to FactSet data cited by CBS News. The U.S. average gasoline price hit $4.09 a gallon, up from $3.94 a week earlier.

    Why it matters The spike followed the first Houthi attack on Saudi crude on the Red Sea route that had been the main bypass around Hormuz; Iran's parliament speaker mocked the U.S. strategy for producing 'triple-digit oil.'

    Sources: AP, CBS News, CBS News (2), Al Jazeera

Wednesday, July 22, 20264 entries

  1. 3:36 AM in Tehran, Jul 23

    IRGC says a tanker exploded on Hormuz's southern route and two others turned back

    UnverifiedShipping, energy & marketsStrait of Hormuz

    Iran's Revolutionary Guards said three oil tankers tried to use what they called the 'mine-laid route' south of the Strait of Hormuz under U.S. encouragement, that one exploded and caught fire and the other two turned back. The statement did not say when this happened or name the ships.

    Why it matters The claim was part of Tehran's campaign to push ships off the Omani-side lane the U.S. urges them to use; no maritime agency confirmed the explosion.

    Sources: Reuters via Investing, Al Jazeera, CBS News

  2. 12:30 AM in Riyadh, Jul 23

    Houthis claim missile and drone strikes on two Saudi tankers in the Red Sea

    ReportedShipping, energy & marketsRed Sea, off Al Shuqaiq, Saudi Arabia

    UKMTO said a tanker was struck by a projectile and caught fire about 70 nautical miles from Al Shuqaiq, Saudi Arabia, with no casualties. The Houthis said they hit the Saudi tankers Encelia and Layla for breaking the maritime embargo they declared on July 20, and Saudi state media confirmed the Encelia, owned by a Saudi company, was hit and set on fire at the bow, with its crew safe.

    Why it matters It was the first strike under the Houthi embargo on the Red Sea route Saudi Arabia has used to export crude around the Strait of Hormuz; Brent rose as much as 5 percent the next morning.

    Sources: Al Jazeera, AP, Al Jazeera (2), Al Jazeera (3), CBS News, CBS News (2), CBS News (3)

  3. 5:28 PM in New York

    U.S. and Saudi Arabia sign a civil nuclear deal that could allow enrichment on Saudi soil

    OfficialDiplomacy & politicsWashington, D.C., United States

    Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman signed a peaceful nuclear cooperation agreement and a safeguards agreement, the Energy Department said. U.S. companies would run nuclear power in Saudi Arabia, and uranium enrichment on Saudi soil could follow, controlled by a contracted company and only after a lengthy study.

    Why it matters It was signed in the middle of a war the U.S. says is about stopping Iran's enrichment; the next day Trump said the deal was subject to Saudi Arabia joining the Abraham Accords.

    Sources: CBS News, CBS News (2), CBS News (3)

  4. 9:04 AM in New York

    Trump vows to destroy an Iranian bridge or power plant for every ship attack

    OfficialMilitary & securityWashington, D.C., United States

    Trump wrote on Truth Social that from now on, any Iranian missile, rocket or drone attack on a ship in the Strait of Hormuz would bring U.S. strikes to 'bomb and destroy ONE BRIDGE OR POWER PLANT,' including in or near Tehran. A military source quoted by Tasnim replied that Iran would strike infrastructure and bridges across the region, including energy facilities in which the U.S. has interests; CENTCOM began a 12th straight night of strikes that evening.

    Why it matters The threat names civilian infrastructure as targets; asked two days later whether destroying power plants and bridges would be a war crime, Trump declined to say.

    Sources: Associated Press, Reuters via Investing, Al Jazeera, CBS News, CBS News (2), Al Jazeera (2), CBS News (3)

Tuesday, July 21, 20264 entries

  1. 7:20 PM in New York

    Pentagon says soldier missing after Jordan base strike is believed dead; U.S. toll 18

    OfficialBackgroundThe Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia, United States

    The Defense Department said Army Sgt. Angel S. Rampersad, 28, of Ozone Park, New York, missing since Iran's July 17 missile strike on Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan, is believed to have been killed. She is the third soldier believed killed in that attack; counting a soldier who died in Iraq while disposing of an Iranian drone, 18 U.S. service members are believed to have died in the war.

    Why it matters Trump attended the dignified transfer at Dover the next day, and the Pentagon's casualty site then listed 18 dead and at least 482 wounded in the war.

    Sources: Associated Press, CBS News, Al Jazeera, CBS News (2)

  2. 4:42 PM in New York

    Hegseth puts the cost of the Iran war at $37.5 billion as he seeks extra funding

    OfficialMilitary & securityWashington, D.C., United States

    Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told the Senate Appropriations Committee the war with Iran has cost $37.5 billion, including expected costs such as troop pay through the end of the fiscal year, up from $29 billion in May. He and Gen. Dan Caine were defending the administration's request for supplemental war funding, and Hegseth acknowledged some Iranian missiles had survived because they are buried underground.

    Why it matters Two Democratic sources and a third person familiar with the matter told CBS the real cost is far higher because the estimate leaves out items such as rebuilding damaged U.S. bases.

    Sources: CBS News, Al Jazeera, CBS News (2)

  3. 3:55 PM in New York

    Trump lets U.S. airlines fly directly to Lebanon after meeting Aoun

    OfficialDiplomacy & politicsWashington, D.C., United States

    Hours after hosting Lebanese President Joseph Aoun at the White House, Trump said on Truth Social he was directing his administration to allow all U.S. airlines to fly directly to Lebanon, a service first suspended in 1985. At the meeting Trump said he would speak to Hezbollah if Aoun wanted him to, and Aoun pressed for continued U.S. support for the Lebanese army, which is meant to disarm the group.

    Why it matters The State Department's advice not to travel to Lebanon stayed in place, and the announcement did not address Hezbollah's disarmament or the pace of Israel's withdrawal from the south.

    Sources: AP, The Times of Israel, CBS News, CBS News (2), Al Jazeera

  4. 9:55 AM in Beirut

    Lebanese army deploys to first 'pilot zone' village as Israeli troops pull back

    ConfirmedDiplomacy & politicsZawtar al-Gharbiya, Lebanon

    The Lebanese army said units began deploying on Tuesday morning to Zawtar al-Gharbiya in the Nabatieh region after Israeli forces withdrew, one of three 'pilot zone' villages with Froun and Srifa where the State Department said on Monday operations had begun under the U.S.-brokered Israel-Lebanon framework. Prime Minister Nawaf Salam visited Zawtar the next day and said Beirut seeks a complete Israeli withdrawal from the south.

    Why it matters It is the first test of the June framework's trade of Israeli withdrawal for Lebanese army control and Hezbollah disarmament; on the first day Lebanon accused Israeli troops of firing near its soldiers, and Israel said it fired only warning shots.

    Sources: AP, Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera (2), CBS News, CBS News (2), Al Jazeera (3)

Monday, July 20, 20263 entries

  1. 6:32 AM in Karachi, Jul 21

    Mediators float a 10-day U.S.-Iran ceasefire to revive the Islamabad memorandum

    ReportedDiplomacy & politicsIslamabad, Pakistan

    Mediators proposed a 10-day ceasefire between the United States and Iran that could put the June Islamabad memorandum back on track, according to reports cited by ING and Reuters. Iran's interior minister, Eskandar Momeni, carrying a letter from President Pezeshkian, met Pakistan's army chief Asim Munir and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Islamabad the same day, and Pakistani officials expected Tehran's reply.

    Why it matters Iran's foreign ministry had said a day earlier that mediators were passing messages despite the fighting, but Washington did not publicly take up the idea and U.S. strikes continued that night.

    Sources: Axios, Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera (2), Al Jazeera (3)

  2. 2:17 AM in Muscat, Jul 21

    Tanker Kaifan hit off Oman's Limah as its crew takes to a lifeboat; IRGC claims attack

    ConfirmedShipping, energy & marketsOff Limah, Musandam, Oman

    UKMTO said a tanker was struck by an unknown projectile about 8 nautical miles northeast of Limah, Oman, and that its crew abandoned the vessel into a lifeboat; the IMO later identified it as the Kaifan and recorded two seafarers injured. Iran's Revolutionary Guards said 'massive fires' broke out on two oil tankers that tried to use the southern route and warned that not a drop of oil would leave the region while U.S. attacks continued.

    Why it matters It was the second night in a row that a crew abandoned a ship on the Omani-side lane the U.S. has urged vessels to use instead of Iran's northern route.

    Sources: Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera (2), Al Jazeera (3), CBS News

  3. 3:17 PM in Aden

    Houthis declare a maritime embargo on Saudi Arabia, vow to close Bab el-Mandeb to its ships

    OfficialShipping, energy & marketsSanaa, Yemen

    Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree declared a 'maritime embargo against the criminal Saudi enemy' effective immediately, after the two sides traded fire the previous week, including a strike on Sanaa airport the Houthis blamed on Riyadh. A Houthi media official said the Bab el-Mandeb would be closed to Saudi ships, and Saudi Arabia condemned the move.

    Why it matters Saudi Arabia's Red Sea ports have been its main export route around the Strait of Hormuz; by the next day at least five ships, including laden Saudi crude tankers, had turned back before Bab el-Mandeb.

    Sources: Al Jazeera, CBS News, CBS News (2), Al Jazeera (2), CBS News (3)

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