August 2026

Saudi shipping company Bahri said two Filipino seafarers were killed when its tanker Sidr was struck in the Strait of Hormuz while leaving the Gulf, and Reuters reported that Saudi Arabia blamed Iran. ^[1] Rights groups Hengaw, HRANA and Dadban said courts in Isfahan had sentenced two women to death over the January protests. ^[1] Iran's army said it attacked locations at the UAE's Al Minhad air base with drones in retaliation for the Larak Island strike, a claim the UAE disputed, saying only that its air force responded to a drone approaching from Iran. ^[1] The IRGC said a supertanker hit two naval mines while crossing the strait without permission, which US Central Command called false, and Iranian media said a Saudi oil tanker was stopped in the strait's southern corridor, which Saudi Arabia had not confirmed. ^[1][2] Trump said the US would hit Iran hard in response to the missile attack on US forces in Jordan, while Pezeshkian told Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi that Tehran remained open to a negotiated settlement with the US.

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A US official said US forces struck two Iranian rocket launchers on Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz, and the IRGC said the attack killed and wounded several Iranian fighters and civilians, without giving a toll. ^[1] The IRGC said it then fired ballistic missiles at US forces at the King Hussein and Al Azraq bases in Jordan, Jordan's army said its air defences intercepted eight missiles, and no casualties were reported. ^[1] The Hezbollah-affiliated newspaper Al Akhbar reported an Israeli strike on the outskirts of Yohmor in southern Lebanon. ^[1] Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, in a written message for the Prophet's birthday, urged Gulf rulers to identify and confront their real enemy.

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Lebanon's health ministry said two people were killed and eight injured in the two days to 28 August, TRT World reported, and Lebanese media reported an Israeli drone strike in Nabatieh al-Fawqa. ^[1] UKMTO said an inbound tanker was struck by an unknown projectile north of Khasab, Oman, with no casualties, the third tanker reported hit near Khasab or Ash Shishah in a week. ^[1] Pezeshkian said on state TV that US sanctions were hurting Iran's economy and that its exports and imports had fallen 25 to 35 percent in recent months under the naval blockade.

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IMO Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez said up to 400 ships carrying about 6,000 seafarers had been unable to leave the Gulf safely, and the IMO counted 19 confirmed seafarer deaths as of 26 August. ^[1] Lebanon's health ministry put the toll from Israeli attacks since 2 March at 4,352 killed and 12,318 injured, TRT World reported, citing Anadolu. ^[1][2] US Central Command chief Admiral Brad Cooper said US forces had cleared Iranian sea mines from the strait's traffic separation scheme, a claim disputed by people familiar with the matter who told Bloomberg not all of the mines had been cleared. ^[1] The US Treasury moved to cut Banque Misr's UAE branches off from dollar transactions over dealings with Iran and sanctioned a Hong Kong entity and a person linked to Iran's Bank Melli. ^[1][2] Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem said the group wants the June Israel-Lebanon framework agreement brought down and will not surrender.

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Lebanon's National News Agency said Israeli air strikes across the south killed a woman in Arab Salim and wounded others, after the IDF said Hezbollah launched two explosive drones at troops near the Ali al-Taher ridge without hurting any soldiers. ^[1] UNIFIL said it recorded 1,030 projectile trajectories in southern Lebanon from 21 to 27 August, TRT World reported. ^[1] Preliminary Kpler data showed seven commodity vessels crossing the Strait of Hormuz, down from a revised 17 the day before, and Iran's Deputy Oil Minister Ahmed Zeraatkar said about 40% of the war-damaged capacity at the South Pars gas field was back in production, according to Fars. ^[1] Qatar's prime minister visited Tehran to discuss the proposed Iran-Oman corridor framework, while the White House said no talks with Iran were going on or scheduled. ^[1]

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Iran's armed forces spokesman Abolfazl Shekarchi said on state television that BBC Persian, Iran International and Radio Farda were in Iran's military target bank. Kpler data reported by Reuters showed 10 commodity ships crossing the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, still below average, and four sources told Reuters that at least three Indian refiners and a major global energy firm plan to stop using vessels on Iran's new blacklist. ^[1][2] An IRGC spokesman said Iran and Oman had reached agreements on their shares of the strait and its revenues, according to Tasnim, without giving terms. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he had presented Trump with three options on Iran and doubted a deal was possible with Iran's leaders, and Trump told radio host Glenn Beck he believed Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei was alive but very seriously wounded.

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The International Maritime Organization said it had confirmed 68 incidents in the Gulf and nearby waters in six months of war, with at least 20 seafarers or port workers killed and 35 wounded. UKMTO said the tanker Al Salam II was struck by a projectile near Khasab, Oman, causing a fire the crew put out, and no attacker was named. ^[1] Oman and Iran said after their foreign ministers met in Tehran that they had discussed a phased framework including a temporary joint navigation corridor through the strait and a joint mine-clearing project. ^[1] Secretary of State Marco Rubio told foreign counterparts the US did not currently expect new offensive strikes on Iran and was shifting to economic pressure, according to Axios and Channel 12, and Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Lin Jian said China would take all necessary measures to safeguard its rights and interests.

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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the UN would register and verify ships carrying fertilizer through the Strait of Hormuz, a mechanism he said works only if all countries involved in the conflict agree. ^[1] The Saudi-flagged supertanker Amzan was hit by a projectile west of Yanbu and caught fire with all crew safe, and Houthi spokesman Yahya Saree claimed the attack, while UKMTO said a second tanker was disabled by a projectile off Ash Shishah, Oman, with no attacker named. ^[1][2] Kpler data showed only two commodity ships crossing the Strait of Hormuz, and Iran's Persian Gulf Strait Authority said it had blacklisted tankers that broke its transit rules, warning they could face seizure. ^[1][2] The US Treasury launched what it called a sustained campaign to cut Iran off from the global economy, sanctioning nearly 60 entities, individuals and vessels, and AP reported that the rial fell to a record 2.02 million to the dollar on the informal market. ^[1] Pakistan's military said army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir held talks in Tehran on preventing escalation and reopening the strait. ^[1]

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Israeli security officials told Channel 12 that Hezbollah had stepped up attempts to smuggle weapons from Syria into Lebanon during the ceasefire. Initial Kpler data reported by Reuters showed 13 commodity vessels crossing the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday and four on Sunday. ^[1] Pezeshkian said the expired memorandum with the US was the best way out of a situation of neither war nor peace and that no provision in it amounted to capitulation.

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US Energy Secretary Chris Wright said US military help had moved a seven-day average of more than 8 million barrels a day through the Strait of Hormuz, figures TankerTrackers.com questioned and that the administration has not backed with vessel-level data. ^[1] Iran's state news agency IRNA said Iran had allowed a number of Iraqi oil tankers through the strait after repeated requests from Baghdad. ^[1] The head of the Iranian armed forces' missing persons committee told Tasnim that Qatar was holding Iranian air force pilots in poor physical condition, a claim Qatar disputes, having denied that it was holding Iranian pilots. ^[1] Mohsen Rezaei, described by AFP as head of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, said any country taking part in the US economic restrictions on Iran would be considered an enemy.

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The IDF said it struck a building in Baraashit in southern Lebanon after soldiers saw several suspects cross the ceasefire line into its buffer zone, and no casualties were reported. ^[1] US Central Command said its blockade of Iranian ports had redirected 68 commercial vessels, disabled three and boarded two, figures that have not been independently verified. ^[1] Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said it was better to end the war now, while Trump said Iran was not ready to make the right deal and that the US had total control of the region around the Strait of Hormuz. Iran's armed forces chief of staff Ali Abdollahi said Iran's reaction to new US threats would be broad and decisive, and Hezbollah said new US sanctions and its redesignation would not deter it.

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Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said the group carried out drone attacks on Najran airport and an Aramco facility in Saudi Arabia's Najran region, and no Saudi response was reported. ^[1] UKMTO said six armed people boarded a tanker in the Gulf of Aden and diverted it toward Somalia, and Lloyd's List identified it as the Sibu 1, which the US Treasury had sanctioned for carrying Iranian petroleum products. ^[1] Kpler data reported by Reuters showed seven commodity ships crossing the Strait of Hormuz, half the previous day's count, against more than 130 a day before the war. ^[1] The US Treasury sanctioned 10 people it said run a cash courier network for Hezbollah and amended the group's designation to say it operates under the command of the IRGC Quds Force. ^[1] Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the US would impose the toughest sanctions in history on Iran, and Iran's foreign ministry called the measures economic terrorism.

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US Central Command said the aircraft carrier USS George Washington arrived in the Middle East to relieve the USS Abraham Lincoln. ^[1] Bloomberg reported that tracking data showed several China-linked supertankers turning back in or near the Strait of Hormuz, for reasons it said were unclear. ^[1] NATO's military headquarters hosted allied defence chiefs on possible contributions to freedom of navigation in the strait, saying it was not a NATO mission. ^[1] The Financial Times, citing Iranian insiders, reported that Tehran had considered targeting US military sites in Europe if the US escalates, and Iran's armed forces chief of staff Ali Abdollahi warned Gulf states that helping the US military amounts to taking part in its operations. ^[1] Trump declared an economic D-Day on Truth Social, warning that any country giving Iran a lifeline would face tremendous economic consequences, and said he might renew negotiations at some point.

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The shipowners' association INTERCARGO said the chief engineer of the Liberia-flagged bulk carrier Minoan Dignity died when a projectile hit the ship as it left the Strait of Hormuz; no party has been named as the attacker. ^[1] The UAE defence ministry said it detected two ballistic missiles launched from Iran and aimed at maritime traffic, but Iran denied firing at the UAE and spoke of a false flag operation. ^[1] The Houthis' Saba agency said the group targeted Aramco's Jazan refinery with drones, and no Saudi confirmation was reported. ^[1] The UAE then suspended all trade, exchanges and financial transactions with Iran until further notice, and Iraq's government said its cabinet had approved three-month contracts from 1 September to export crude through multiple outlets. ^[1][2] Iran's parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said the strait would stay closed until the US lifted the naval blockade and sanctions and released frozen Iranian assets, and French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said France would expel two Iranian diplomats. ^[2]

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UN human rights chief Volker Turk warned of a rising civilian toll from escalating hostilities in Yemen and called on all parties to halt any action that risks a return to full-scale war. A Kurdistan Regional Government security agency said two drones launched from Iranian territory hit the office of the KRG prime minister, with no casualties reported; the attribution is disputed, as Iran's foreign ministry called the attack highly suspicious and Iranian outlets hinted at a false flag. ^[1] UNIFIL said Israeli flags planted along the Naqoura-Tyre coastal road violate UN Security Council Resolution 1701, and the Israeli military said its forces were not acting against the Lebanese state. ^[1] UKMTO said an unmanned cargo vessel southeast of Mokha was struck by multiple projectiles and declared a complete constructive loss, after the Houthis said they had attacked what they called a Saudi military ship off Mokha. ^[1] The 60-day US-Iran memorandum of understanding expired with no deal, Iran's foreign ministry spokesman said Iran and Oman had agreed the map of a transit route through the strait, and Trump said in a Fox News interview that the US would bomb Oman if it got in the way. ^[1]

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Iran's judiciary said a man convicted of driving his car into police officers in Karaj during the January protests had been executed. ^[1] Iran's army chief Amir Hatami announced a reward of 5 billion tomans for anyone who kills or captures and hands over a US service member, according to IRNA. Kpler ship-tracking data reported by Reuters showed commodity traffic through the Strait of Hormuz falling to near zero over the weekend, with a revised count of three vessels on Saturday and two on Sunday. ^[1] Iran's parliament approved a bill banning interviews with media it deems hostile, including US and Israeli outlets, which still needs Guardian Council review. ^[1]

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Lebanon's National News Agency said a pre-dawn Israeli strike in Ansar killed seven people and wounded three, and Lebanese media said three children and two women were among the dead; the IDF said it killed a Radwan Force battalion commander there and that his family were not the target. ^[1] Lebanese media said an Israeli strike on Deir al-Zahrani killed four more people, bringing the number killed in Israeli strikes in south Lebanon that day to 11. ^[1] In Yemen, the director of Mokha port said operations were suspended after more than 25 missiles struck it in recent days, killing seven people. ^[1] Israel's Prime Minister's Office said a Hezbollah attack near the Ali Taher ridge had seriously wounded three soldiers overnight. ^[1] Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said an entire family was killed and called the strikes a clear message on the negotiation process. ^[1]

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Yemen's government said the Houthis fired six ballistic missiles at Mocha, killing at least four civilians, while the armed forces said one port security guard was killed, two sailors were missing and eight civilians were wounded. ^[1] Fars reported that Iranian air defences brought down a US MQ-9 drone over Hormozgan province, a claim that was not independently confirmed. ^[1] The UAE's state agency WAM said an ADNOC tanker was attacked in the Strait of Hormuz with no injuries, the third attack on ADNOC-operated vessels there in a week, and UKMTO reported a bulk carrier struck by an unknown projectile. ^[1]

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Oman's Environment Authority said oil from the grounded tanker Caroline Bezengi had reached mainland beaches at Ras Madrakah, and Al Jazeera reported its estimate of up to 40 km of affected coastline. ^[1] The Houthis said they attacked Aramco's Jazan refinery with two drones, and there was no immediate Saudi comment. ^[1] ADNOC said two of its vessels were attacked in the Strait of Hormuz with no injuries, and UKMTO said a tanker on an outbound transit was hit by a drone and sustained minor damage. ^[1] Iran's joint military command said no vessel could transit the Strait of Hormuz without Iran's permission, while US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said the US Navy could maintain its blockade of Iran indefinitely.

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The International Energy Agency forecast global oil supply to fall by 4.3 million barrels a day in 2026 and said Gulf output in July was still 8.3 million barrels a day below pre-war levels. ^[1] Three sources told Reuters that Britain, Italy, Switzerland and Indonesia were on the shortlist of potential contributors to a mechanism to verify Hezbollah's disarmament. ^[1] Trump wrote on Truth Social that the United States had total control over the Strait of Hormuz and that Iran could do nothing about the naval blockade.

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Yemen's transport ministry said a Houthi attack on the cargo ship Tihamah at anchor in the Bab el-Mandeb strait killed four crew, and the coast guard said a second strike after rescuers arrived killed two more, with ten people injured, Reuters reported. ^[1] Lebanon's National News Agency said drone strikes near Nabatieh hit a vehicle and an ambulance team moving a wounded person, and Lebanese media said two people were hurt, but the IDF disputed the report, saying no IDF strike in the area was known. ^[1] US Central Command said a Navy helicopter fired two missiles into the engine room of the container ship Vela Nova in the Gulf of Oman to enforce the blockade of Iran, and UKMTO said the crew were unhurt. ^[1] The US Energy Information Administration raised its third-quarter Brent forecast to $85 a barrel, assuming Hormuz disruption lasts through August, and Freightos said Asia to US East Coast container rates reached a new high of $9,400 per 40ft box. ^[1][2]

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Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei named six senior military commanders, including Ali Abdollahi as chief of staff of the armed forces and Ahmad Vahidi as commander-in-chief of the IRGC, state broadcaster IRIB reported. ^[1] Kpler data cited by Reuters showed six ships crossing the Strait of Hormuz on 10 August, against 130 to 140 a day before the war. ^[1] US Energy Department data showed the Strategic Petroleum Reserve at 298.7 million barrels, below 300 million for the first time since January 1983, as releases continued under a coordinated International Energy Agency effort. ^[1]

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A medical source told AFP that Houthi attacks on Yemen's Mokha port killed 11 people, three of them civilians, and wounded 32, while Yemen's military gave a toll of seven killed and 30 wounded. ^[1] Lebanon's health ministry put the number killed in Lebanon at 4,335 and the number injured at 12,277, figures that do not distinguish combatants from civilians. ^[1][2] Saudi Arabia's energy ministry said a fire at a facility of Aramco's Jazan refinery was put out with no injuries, and Houthi spokesman Yahya Saree said the group had hit the refinery with a drone. ^[1]

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Satellite images reviewed by the Associated Press showed the leaking sanctioned tanker Caroline Bezengi, carrying nearly 1 million barrels of crude, sinking deeper off Oman's Qibliyah Island, and a PAX researcher put the oil sheen at nearly 800 sq km. ^[1] Lebanon's National News Agency said Israeli forces entered Zawtar al-Gharbiya, a village held by the Lebanese army, and built an earthen barrier that an AFP correspondent saw; the account is disputed, as the Israeli military told AFP it was not aware of such an event. ^[1] The UAE foreign ministry said an Iranian missile hit an ADNOC tanker in the Strait of Hormuz with no casualties, an account that was not independently confirmed. ^[1] Iran's Supreme National Security Council said the strait would not open until the US corrected its behaviour, listing conditions including a permanent end to the war, the lifting of the naval blockade and all sanctions, and compensation, while IRGC spokesman Hossein Mohebbi said reopening was unrelated to the Iran-Oman talks.

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Yemen's army said 17 soldiers and an officer were killed and several others injured in a Houthi assault with ballistic missiles and drones. ^[1] ADNOC said 15 of its vessels had been targeted by missiles and drones in the Strait of Hormuz since the war began, three of them that week, and that the attacks had killed one crew member and injured 20. ^[1] The US Treasury sanctioned seven entities and five individuals in networks it said move money for Iran's oil exports and sanctions evasion. ^[1] Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan signed the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement, under which an attack on one is treated as an attack on all three. ^[1] Lebanese and Israeli officials meeting in Rome agreed a shortlist of countries that could send troops to verify Hezbollah's disarmament, but reached no agreement on the next area of Israeli withdrawal. ^[1]

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Two explosions were heard on Qeshm Island and Tasnim said Iranian naval forces had acted against hostile targets at the entrance to the Strait of Hormuz, while a Hormozgan official told Mehr that no impacts were registered. ^[1]

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The UN humanitarian office OCHA said 821,077 people displaced in Lebanon had begun returning home as of 30 July, while more than 360,000 remained displaced. ^[1] Israel issued an evacuation warning for Mansouri and resumed strikes in south Lebanon, and Lebanon's health ministry said a strike on Tebnine killed one person and wounded 12. ^[1] The IDF said two reservists were killed and four seriously wounded by an explosive device in a building in Majdal Zoun. ^[1] UKMTO reported that a vessel north of the Bab al-Mandeb Strait sank after being hit by an uncrewed surface vessel, with its crew rescued, and Houthi spokesman Yahya Saree claimed missile strikes on two Saudi tankers, claims that could not be independently verified. ^[1][2] Iran's foreign ministry spokesman said Iran and Oman had agreed the coordinates of a shipping route through the Strait of Hormuz, while Trump said the US was part of the negotiations. ^[1]

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Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree claimed an attack on Najran airport in southern Saudi Arabia, which Saudi Arabia did not confirm. ^[1] Saudi Aramco chief executive Amin Nasser said the world had lost more than 2.6 billion barrels of oil since the war began in February, an estimate that is Aramco's own. ^[1] A senior Middle East diplomat told MS NOW that a draft Iran-Oman arrangement would give Iran temporary control of both Hormuz shipping lanes, and US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the US was in talks with Iran, which a senior Iranian official called false. ^[1]

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Iran's judiciary outlet Mizan said two men convicted of passing the coordinates of sensitive military and security sites to Israeli intelligence had been hanged. ^[1] Brent crude fell 4.8% to $83.74 a barrel after Trump said he had held off a new attack on Iran in hope of a deal, Reuters reported. ^[1] Trump said talks were going on and that the Strait of Hormuz would open to traffic on Tuesday as phase one, with the nuclear programme as phase two, calling it Iran's last chance. Iran's foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said Iran was not holding talks with the United States and was discussing a temporary safe route through the strait with Oman.

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The IDF said its 401st Brigade had finished an eight-month mission in southern Lebanon in which it destroyed 1,200 Hezbollah structures and killed more than 60 Hezbollah operatives. Seven OPEC+ producers agreed to raise output quotas by about 188,000 barrels a day for September, the Qatar News Agency reported, though much Gulf output remains shut in by the Hormuz closure. ^[1] Fars reported that Iran plans to keep control of the Strait of Hormuz as long as US hostilities continue, and Iranian military sources quoted by Mehr called Trump's claim that Tehran had asked for a halt to strikes a new lie.

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Kuwait's armed forces said they destroyed drones in Kuwaiti airspace that the defence ministry attributed to Iran, and that falling debris damaged a government facility in northern Kuwait and a private company's civilian vehicles on Bubiyan Island, with no casualties. ^[1] The Israeli military said an officer was moderately wounded during operational activity in southern Lebanon overnight. ^[1] UKMTO said a tanker off Lima, Oman, near the Strait of Hormuz was struck by an unknown projectile that damaged its engine room, with no casualties, while the Houthi-run maritime coordination body denied it planned to charge fees on ships passing Bab el-Mandeb. ^[1] US President Donald Trump said he had cancelled a planned strike on Iran after Tehran and several Middle Eastern countries asked for a delay and that the outlines of a deal had been agreed, but Iranian military sources quoted by Mehr denied that Iran had asked for a halt. ^[1] A senior Iranian security official quoted by Tasnim said Iran would answer any strike on its energy facilities by hitting critical infrastructure in Israel and US energy facilities in the region.

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