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15 September 2026
5 events recorded (2 confirmed), and 4 statements counted apart.
15 September 2026 in brief
UNHCR said more than 100,000 people had been displaced by fighting on Yemen's western coast, and the UN said about 340,000 people remained displaced in Lebanon. [1][2] Oman towed the damaged tanker El Gaia toward port with two crew still missing, as Iran and the US gave conflicting accounts of the attack. [1] The Houthis claimed a large attack on King Khalid Air Base, the Saudi-led coalition vowed a firm response, and two military sources said a Houthi strike killed eight government soldiers in western Yemen. [1] The Congressional Budget Office estimated the war had cost the US $38 billion through 1 August, rising by $3 billion a month. [1] Supreme National Security Council secretary Mohsen Rezaei said there would be no talks until Iran's conditions were met, and a Qatari official warned that closing Bab el-Mandeb on top of the Hormuz blockade would be catastrophic.
New count
about
340,000
civilians displaced, Lebanon (internal)
UN Lebanon · independent count
as of 15 Sep
Said
Energy Secretary Chris Wright told CNBC at a G20 energy meeting in Houston that crude should resume flowing through Saudi Arabia's East-West pipeline within days, while sources told Reuters repairs could take up to five to six weeks.
Government of the United States
15 Sep · to a foreign audience
Reported by The Times of Israel
Market
$130.80
Brent crude, per barrel
+84% on the average of the 30 days before the war ($70.95).
15 Sep · US Energy Information Administration
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Reported
Reported
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Reported
Said: 4 statements, not counted as events
Said
Government of the United States: Energy Secretary Chris Wright told CNBC at a G20 energy meeting in Houston that crude should resume flowing through Saudi Arabia's East-West pipeline within days, while sources told Reuters repairs could take up to five to six weeks.
Said
Government of Qatar: Qatari foreign ministry official Ibrahim Al Hashmi said closure of Bab el-Mandeb on top of the Hormuz blockade would be catastrophic for the entire world and that Qatar was pushing for diplomacy.
Said
United States Armed Forces: CENTCOM confirmed to Axios that it hosted senior military leaders from eight nations at a scheduled conference to discuss Middle East security cooperation; Israeli officials told Axios the chiefs of Israel, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Jordan and Egypt met in Germany the previous week and that Adm. Brad Cooper said US forces would not leave the region.
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Government of Iran: Supreme National Security Council secretary Mohsen Rezaei wrote on X, after Trump said he was open to talks, that there would be 'no talks until Iran's conditions are met'; Iran has named war reparations and the lifting of sanctions as conditions.