Places in this day's records
5 places · 3 events not on the map
Baghdad · Jerusalem · Kuwait · Qantara · Strait of Hormuz
9 April 2026
8 events recorded (2 confirmed), and 2 statements counted apart.
9 April 2026 in brief
Saudi Arabia's energy ministry said attacks had killed one Saudi citizen and wounded seven and cut East-West Pipeline throughput by about 700,000 barrels a day, AP reported. [1] WHO chief Tedros said an Israeli evacuation order covered Beirut's Rafik Hariri hospital and about 450 patients, as rockets fired from Lebanon at northern Israel caused no injuries, Magen David Adom said. [1] Kuwait said drones hit a National Guard site and blamed Iran and its proxies, which the IRGC denied, and the US embassy said an Iran-aligned Iraqi militia carried out drone attacks near its diplomatic support centre in Baghdad. [1][2] Kpler data showed four tankers and three bulk carriers crossed the Strait of Hormuz, against well over 100 a day in peacetime, and Trump said Iran was doing a very poor job of letting oil through. [1] Netanyahu approved direct negotiations with Lebanon but said there was no ceasefire there and strikes on Hezbollah would continue, AP reported. [1]
Said
ADNOC chief executive Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber said on social media that the Strait of Hormuz was not open, adding that this was not freedom of navigation but coercion.
Government of the United Arab Emirates
9 Apr · to a mixed audience
Reported by Al Jazeera
Supported
Market
$119.03
Brent crude, per barrel
+68% on the average of the 30 days before the war ($70.95).
9 Apr · US Energy Information Administration
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Said: 2 statements, not counted as events
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Government of the United States: Trump posted that Iran was doing a very poor job of letting oil through the Strait of Hormuz, that this was not the agreement, and that if Iran was charging ships fees it had better stop now.
Said
Government of the United Arab Emirates: ADNOC chief executive Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber said on social media that the Strait of Hormuz was not open, adding that this was not freedom of navigation but coercion.