Middle East morning field memo
Daily situation reportHouthi strike claims and regional disruptions widen
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Data updated · 2026-09-25
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Partial daily report from the supplied corpus; coverage is degraded because 29 of 60 planned source requests failed and 56 candidate articles were deferred.
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Shafaq News reported that Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree claimed missile and drone attacks against a target in Riyadh and Saudi Aramco facilities in Yanbu. Saudi authorities had not confirmed the claimed attacks or reported casualties or damage. The Saudi-led coalition separately said it intercepted six Houthi ballistic missiles aimed at Taif and Yanbu.
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Shafaq News reported that the Israeli military said it killed Hamas commander Hassan Mahmoud Siam and operative Adham Sabhi Salim Ziara in separate attacks in Gaza City over the preceding days. Local media separately reported that an Israeli drone strike killed a Palestinian in the Al-Mawasi area of Khan Younis.
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Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry said the military chiefs of Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Türkiye intended to hold an urgent meeting amid escalating tensions with Yemen’s Houthis and attacks on Saudi territory, Shafaq News reported. The ministry said they would discuss support for Riyadh under the countries’ joint defence agreement.
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Shafaq News reported that internationally recognized Yemeni government forces claimed they had captured positions in Taiz and Lahj provinces. The article cited UNICEF as saying more than 2.2 million children under five risk acute malnutrition and a UNHCR representative as saying 134,000 people had recently been displaced, mostly from Taiz, amid renewed conflict.
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Shafaq News reported that Mohammad Mokhber, an adviser to Iran’s supreme leader, warned that regional countries would lose flight access if Iran were denied aviation and airport services. The outlet linked widespread disruptions to tighter US sanctions, reporting that Najaf halted Iran connections and that Erbil and Al-Sulaymaniyah suspended their routes.
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Shafaq News reported that Kuwaiti Crown Prince Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah praised Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Al-Zaidi's efforts to place weapons under state control. In a UN address, he also called for unrestricted navigation through the Strait of Hormuz and accused Iran of using the waterway as leverage in the war. [S10]
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