🌆 COMBATE Evening Roundup | September 14, 2026

• Oman postpones Gulf summit on Hormuz — The Salalah meeting set for Monday was pushed back "in the interests of consensus"; Tehran said the delay came at some countries' request by joint Iranian-Omani decision. Qatar's foreign minister opened calls with Saudi, Jordanian, Kuwaiti and Omani counterparts on de-escalation.

• NYT: Iranian hardliners sabotaged July deal with US — Officials told the paper a faction tied to ex-IRGC intelligence chief Hossein Taeb ordered the July 7 attacks on three ships without Pezeshkian's or commander Vahidi's knowledge; Tehran's leadership is split between talks and escalation.

• Yemeni missiles pound Saudi air bases as Yanbu stocks dwindle — Yemen's forces struck King Khalid base, the launchpad for strikes on Yemen, and satellite imagery confirmed a destroyed jet hangar at King Fahd base. Reuters: only 5-7 days of export stocks remain at Yanbu, with repairs needing 5-6 weeks — 4% of world supply at risk.

• MBS asks Israel for help against Yemen — Israel Hayom says the Saudi crown prince messaged via Washington: help us in the war. Israeli security services reportedly won't intervene unless attacked; Pakistan's PM merely condemned the attacks despite the Mecca defense pact.

• Trump speaks after ship strike, floats seizing Iranian oil — He declined to say whether the US hit the Iranian vessel, claimed the war ends before or after the midterms, and didn't rule out controlling Iranian oil as in Venezuela. CENTCOM says 101 merchant ships have been rerouted.

• Fully loaded tanker ablaze in Hormuz; Brent tops $107 — UKMTO said the missile-struck, Panama-flagged tanker is now severely burning; Brent futures jumped $3 on the new shipping attacks.

• Katz declares Ali al-Taher a "safe zone" as Israel pulls back — Israel's war minister said anyone approaching the Lebanese heights "will be destroyed," though Israeli media report a limited withdrawal toward Shqif Castle.

• Drone hits train carrying Boris Johnson near Poland — Spiegel reports European officials and a top adviser to Germany's chancellor were aboard the train, which was evacuated after the attack on the return from Ukraine.

• Trump tells Zelensky to stop striking Russian fuel — He warned the attacks cause global shortages as Kiev hit the Zaporozhye plant's training center with over 10 drones.

• Syria: fuel protests cut Aleppo-Damascus highway — Demonstrations spread over price hikes and a bomb exploded outside an Orthodox church in Hama, while Turkey's Fidan pitched Syria as a Hormuz bypass to Europe.

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