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🌆 COMBATE Evening Roundup | September 23, 2026

• Iran hands Witkoff its terms for reopening Hormuz — FM Araghchi told the US envoy in New York that Tehran will reopen the strait only if Washington lifts its naval blockade, releases frozen assets and ends the war on all fronts. Witkoff said mediators shuttled between the sides "throughout the day."

• Trump at UN: Iran deal or "annihilation" — Trump said he faces a "big decision" between letting Iran rebuild or quickly annihilating it, predicting a deal just after November's midterms. He threatened to strike Pickaxe Mountain and urged all states to quit the ICC; Iran's delegation walked out.

• Tehran denies talks despite Trump's claims — Ambassador Jalali said Iran holds no negotiations with Washington and that Trump "lies every day," after Trump claimed a "very productive" three-hour meeting via mediators with envoys Witkoff and Kushner.

• US weighs diesel export ban — Treasury Secretary Bessent said Washington may fully or partially ban diesel exports to tame record prices, depending on refinery capacity for domestic demand.

• Russia strikes military cargo ship in Odessa port — The Defense Ministry said a vessel delivering military supplies to Ukraine's forces was hit in Odessa; Rubio separately flagged Ukrainian attacks on oil tankers tied to US firms near the CPC terminal.

• Xi Jinping departs for first US state visit in 11 years — Beijing called the exchange of leaders' visits within half a year "a historic milestone" amid trade and geopolitical friction.

• Another Saudi F-15 reported downed in Yemen — Unofficial reports say Yemeni forces downed an F-15 over Hodeidah and captured two Saudi pilots; Sanaa's armed forces have not confirmed.

• Trump berates Mexico and Cuba from UN podium — He branded Mexico the "epicenter" of cartel violence and vowed Cuba's government will fall; Havana's delegation walked out and Mexico insisted on law over force.

• Lithuania opens door to stationing nuclear weapons — Parliament passed a first-reading constitutional amendment lifting the ban on weapons of mass destruction, as Vilnius signed a 10-year US LNG supply deal.

• UN expert: US drug-boat strikes may be crimes against humanity — An expert documented 68 attacks and 223 deaths in a year, rejecting Washington's self-defense justification.

• Guterres warns of Gaza "ethnic cleansing" in farewell — The outgoing UN chief said unprecedented destruction in Gaza and Israeli measures in the West Bank verge on ethnic cleansing, urging reform of the postwar order.

• Qatar proposes Gulf-Iran security architecture — Doha called for a new regional framework built on dialogue, mutual guarantees and economic interdependence with Tehran.

📖 Full report: https://telegra.ph/COMBATE-Digest---combate-20260923-0000Z-09-23

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🇮🇷 Former IRGC chief Yahya Safavi: "The Americans not only failed to secure Hormuz but also found a new problem called the Bab al-Mandeb Strait"

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🇺🇦 Lvov maternity hospitals are something else

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Woman, Life, Freedom

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The UN is WWE with worse speeches and no fan base

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the UN circus is on

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Meanwhile in Yemen:

"Riyadh's rabble -- this is their end... the mercenaries of America, Israel and Saudi Arabia"

"Brand-new [vehicles] -- from the Jewish Saudi kingdom"

"We will liberate Jerusalem"

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🇧🇷 Lula: "Trump acts like an emperor." Eduardo Bolsonaro is "a traitor to the homeland... whispering the U.S. against Brazil." He sees "signs of U.S. electoral interference with artificial intelligence" and is "worried about Marco Rubio... who has ties to the Bolsonaristas"

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Maybe the best Hitler bunker scene yet!
(And make sure you wait for the end)

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🌅 COMBATE Morning Roundup | September 22, 2026

• IRGC says new missile struck US aircraft carrier — Spokesman General Mohebbi said the missile hit a US carrier about 500 km away, damaging it and, in the IRGC's assessment, causing casualties Washington never announced. Iran will also reverse-engineer a US unmanned underwater drone seized in Hormuz.

• Tehran denies seven-day Hormuz reopening reports — Kyodo and Reuters said Iran would reopen the strait within a week if Washington eased military pressure and lifted its port blockade; Iranian sources called the reports unreliable. Brent rebounded above $101.

• Pezeshkian flies to New York amid Trump meeting talk — Iran's president left for the UN assembly to air his people's wartime grievances; Araghchi told Guterres trust in the UN "has been destroyed." Rubio said Trump is open to meeting Pezeshkian, though a senior Iranian official ruled out any meeting there.

• China rejects US sanctions on Iranian airlines — Beijing called the threatened global grounding of Iranian carriers illegal, while Iran Air said flights to Istanbul, Baku and Najaf continue, with no suspension orders received.

• Britain formally joins Saudi war in Yemen — An RAF Voyager tanker based in Cyprus will refuel Saudi fighters on a mission expected to last weeks, Politico and the BBC reported. Saudi jets killed six civilians, including two infants, in a Mokha house strike.

• Sanaa bomb plot foiled; Abha airport halts — Yemeni security arrested a cell linked to Saudi intelligence over planned bombings of Sanaa markets and mosques. Abha airport suspended flights after Yemeni strikes; the IOM counted nearly 130,000 displaced in weeks.

• Russia pounds Ukrainian industry; Kyiv floats truce — Overnight strikes hit steel, chemical and defense plants across four regions, with 297 drones downed. Zelensky said Ukraine is ready for an unconditional ceasefire along the current line of contact.

• US to sign Greenland security pact — Denmark, Greenland and Washington sign an Arctic deal in New York that Trump says gives the US permanent control over Greenland's security needs; a Cold War-era base will reopen there.

• China expels two senior commanders — Xi Jinping ousted Zhang Yuxia and Liu Zhenli for serious violations; the Daily Telegraph said Zhang is accused of passing nuclear weapons secrets to the US.

• Republicans break with Trump over Iran war — Senate candidates Mike Rogers and Ashley Hinson urged a quick end to the conflict as diesel prices set records, while Trump insisted ammunition stockpiles are rising to unprecedented levels.

📖 Full report: https://telegra.ph/COMBATE-Digest---combate-20260922-1200Z-09-22

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Las Fuerzas Armadas de la Federación Rusa golpearon una fábrica de misiles y un centro de datos de las Fuerzas Armadas de Ucrania en Kiev.

Según el Ministerio de Defensa de la Federación Rusa, el objetivo del ataque fue la empresa "Radioniks", que fabricaba sistemas de control para los misiles "Flamingo", "Neptun", FP-7 y FP-9. También fue destruido el centro de datos "Bi-mobile", a través del cual se procesaban y transmitían datos de inteligencia del ejército ucraniano.

En la región de Kiev, fue alcanzado un almacén de componentes para drones de largo alcance. En Odesa, el ataque se dirigió a un buque de carga con carga militar, y en la región, a un centro logístico de "Nova Poshta", que, según afirma el departamento ruso, se utilizaba para el suministro de las Fuerzas Armadas de Ucrania.


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🚨BREAKING: Satellite Images Reveal Yemeni Ballistic Missile Damage In Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

At least 7 oil storage tankers at an ARAMCO facility near King Khalid Airport were left damaged or destroyed.

🌆 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.

📖 Full report: https://telegra.ph/COMBATE-Digest---combate-20260922-0000Z-09-22

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Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, in today's Sept 21 anniversary speech, on the Saudi claim to Mecca:

"We do not consider Mecca a Saudi emirate. We consider it a sacred site for all Muslims equally."

Then the history the royal title buries: the Saudis did not inherit Mecca, they conquered it. In 1924 Ibn Saud's Ikhwan stormed Taif and massacred its residents -- women and children included -- then took Mecca, ending Hashemite custodianship of the holy sites.

Al-Houthi's charge is that the genocide runs from that day to this:

"Since his emergence and his occupation of Mecca, he has committed in Mecca the most horrific crimes, and these are historical facts. ... Three thousand unarmed pilgrims, whom he completely exterminated -- from Yemen, from the Yemeni people -- and this Saudi still bears responsibility for it."

"And despite that, he is the one who handed the kiswa of the Kaaba to the criminal Jewish infidel Jeffrey Epstein, to make part of the kiswa a carpet trodden under his shoes, and part of it an object of desecration in his satanic rituals."

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Max Blumenthal: "Michael Parenti said that the concept of 'reality' or 'objectivity' in the media is a ruse, a device corporate media uses to enforce its own ideology."

Tucker Carlson: "Of course."

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Max Blumenthal on Tucker Carlson on Evangelical Zionism: an AIPAC-funded philosemitic minstrel show across the heartland.

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Max Blumenthal on Tucker Carlson:

"Zionism needs antisemitism. Antisemitism is the fuel for Zionism... It used to be anyone who hates the Jews, now it's anyone who the Jews hate."

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Russian State Duma elections, the first exit polls indicate that the ruling party, United Russia, is leading with 49.4% of the vote according to a VCIOM poll and 52.8% according to an INSOMAR poll.
The Communist Party came in second place with 14.2% -14.8%, followed by LDPR with 10.7% - 9,9%, New People with 9.7% - 8,6% and A Just Russia with 6,6% - 5,5%.
Final participation rate was reported above 56%.

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The situation near the NATO headquarters in Brussels.

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