🌅 COMBATE Morning Roundup | September 27, 2026

• IRGC seizes second US underwater drone, declares Hormuz closed — The naval force said a REMUS 600 spy drone was captured through electronic warfare and specialists are extracting its data, warning of forceful response to unauthorized transits. Iranian forces hit non-compliant ships on consecutive nights and laid mines at dawn "using a new method."

• Tehran awaits Washington's final answer on Hormuz — FM Araghchi said nothing official has arrived through mediators since Trump's public rejection and Iran will not retreat from its seven conditions for reopening the strait. Retired US General Jack Keane said a military operation against Iran is "inevitable."

• Oil chief warns enemy plans strike on Iran's energy facilities — NIOC head Hamid Bord said intelligence shows plans to hit oil installations via bombing, sanctions or naval blockade. A senior cleric also revealed Mojtaba Khamenei was pulled wounded from the rubble of the third hospital struck in Tehran.

• Lebanon flare-up: Hezbollah drone aims at IDF troops — Israel said it struck drone-launch sites after an explosive UAV targeted soldiers in the "Security Zone," with airstrikes on Nabatieh al-Fawqa and Kafr Tebnit and a demolition operation in Khiam.

• Smotrich urges Gaza-style "war" in West Bank as crossings sealed — Israel closed West Bank crossings until October 3 and established a new outpost while settlers stormed a Ramallah neighborhood; 10,000 Israelis protested Netanyahu in Haifa and Tel Aviv.

• "Major incident" at RAF Fairford, base used for US strikes on Iran — British police arrested several men under the Explosives Act, evacuated nearby homes and handed the investigation to counter-terrorism officers.

• Ukraine: Russia hits Kiev data center and weapons ship — The Defense Ministry said drone strikes hit a Vodafone facility serving the military and a dry-cargo ferrying Western arms toward Odessa; forces took Khripuny in the Kharkov region and downed 505 drones in a day.

• Kremlin floats Putin, Trump and Xi meeting at China's APEC summit — Spokesman Peskov said a sidelines meeting was possible, while no decision has been made on Putin attending the US-hosted G20.

• Sudan's Burhan defies US visa snub; Libya pipeline restarts — Burhan said Khartoum asks no country for a visa after Washington blocked his UN trip; Libya reopened the Sharara–Zawiya line after losing 940,000 barrels.

• Swiss reject stricter neutrality as UK urges war stockpiles — Voters defeated the neutrality initiative, while Defence Secretary Streeting told Britons to keep cash, bottled water and canned food at home.

• Trump hails meeting Venezuela's Delcy Rodríguez — He said they discussed elections and called her "very kind," as Venezuela's country risk rating fell 6,000 points.

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