🌆 COMBATE Evening Roundup | September 29, 2026

• Trump denies offering Iran concessions as nuclear rumors swirl — He rejected as a "hoax" Axios reporting that he offered Tehran sanctions relief and access to frozen funds, after reports said Washington might ease sanctions for nuclear progress and that Iran would suspend enrichment in exchange.

• Iran weighs NPT exit and expects escalation after US midterms — Parliament is reviewing withdrawal from the Non-Proliferation Treaty, deputy speaker Ali Nikzad said; officials cited by Western media expect no deal before the November 3 vote and see a high risk the conflict escalates afterward.

• Blast heard near Qeshm; Iran says only warning shots — State TV denied any attack on the island, with local sources attributing the sounds to warning fire at violating vessels in the Strait of Hormuz.

• Yemen targets Najran, Jazan and Yanbu as coalition strikes pass 1,123 — Explosions shook the Saudi cities after missile fire from Yemen; Ansar Allah's spokesman put Saudi-led air and missile attacks since the escalation began at 1,123, and Al-Masirah aired an Ansar Allah-run airbase near Bab al-Mandab.

• Najaf flight ban draws protests and militia ultimatum — Iraq's envoy said the airport reopens within 24 hours and Iraqi Airways claimed a resumption, denied by Iran's civil aviation; Kata'ib Hezbollah threatened to close border crossings if Iranian flights don't resume by October 1.

• All US troops out of Iraq by Wednesday — Pentagon planning has the withdrawal completed by September 30, ending a military presence that began with the 2003 invasion.

• Qatar extends LNG force majeure another month — Deliveries to Asia and Europe stay suspended over the Hormuz disruption, as the European Commission urged member states to cut gas and electricity use with reserves at historic lows.

• Putin orders Russia's biggest-ever manpower increase — A decree lifts the armed forces to 2.44 million, including 1.55 million troops; Russian strikes hit a Kiev data center and two cargo ships carrying military equipment toward Odesa.

• Smotrich urges "what we did to Gaza" in the West Bank — The finance minister called for dismantling the Palestinian Authority, and Yedioth reported every Israeli party contesting the election rejects a Palestinian state.

• Netanyahu's Abu Dhabi talks drew Haftar, Moroccan and Qatari aircraft — OSINT tracking showed the planes landing around a visit that reportedly centered on Iran, with senior Gulf officials attending.

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