🌆 COMBATE Evening Roundup | September 22, 2026

• US moves to ground all Iranian airlines worldwide on Sept 23 — Treasury Secretary Bessent said anyone serving Iranian carriers faces cutoffs: no fuel, no landing services, no ticket sales, "or you will be knocked out of the dollar system." Iranian media dismissed the threat and said flights to Najaf continue on schedule.

• Second tanker struck in Hormuz within a day — UKMTO said a gas carrier exiting the strait was hit by an unidentified projectile and its crew was safe, after an earlier attack on an inbound tanker wounded two crewmen. Bloomberg reported another Qatari LNG cargo crossed to Pakistan with Tehran's permission.

• Ansar Allah leader: Saudi Arabia serves America, Britain and Israel — Marking 12 years of Yemen's September 21 revolution, he said Riyadh lent airports to Israeli reconnaissance jets and warned Turkey and Pakistan against joining the war. Spokesman Saree put Saudi strikes at 917 since the escalation and vowed they will not go unanswered.

• Washington blocks Iranian media from UN assembly — The US denied visas to President Pezeshkian's press team; Foreign Ministry spokesman Baghaei said a nation that once tore down the Iron Curtain "now stands behind one of its own." Araghchi stopped in Doha for talks en route to New York, urging Washington to break free of the Israel lobby's shackles.

• Trump took Yemen's appeal but gave no pledge — Reuters, relayed by Israeli media, said Yemen's al-Alimi asked him for help against Ansar Allah and Trump did not commit, as the US restricted staff travel to the Saudi cities of Dhahran and Jubail over security.

• US-China talks fail to extend trade truce — The Financial Times said the New York round stalled over duration: Washington wants six months, Beijing wants the pact to run through Trump's term, days before Xi's state visit.

• ICC won't drop Netanyahu and Gallant arrest warrants — The prosecutor rejected US pressure to withdraw them, and Washington reportedly warned the Netherlands of "devastating" sanctions while urging states to quit the court.

• Trump approval falls to 32 percent — A Reuters/Ipsos poll put it at a career low, with Republican support down nine points in a week and only 17 percent backing his handling of living costs.

• Kabul summons Pakistan's envoy after new strikes — Afghanistan called air raids on Kunar and Paktika provinces a blatant violation of its sovereignty and threatened a response.

• European intelligence warns of Russian action against NATO — Poland's prime minister cited assessments that Moscow could launch a drone or missile attack within months; Macron called the warnings solid and well documented.

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