TWO SAUDI SUPERTANKERS HIT IN HORMUZ

The Saudi-flagged Sidr and the Liberian-flagged Senegal Prosperity were struck within minutes of each other, roughly 17 nautical miles off Khasab, Oman, on Monday evening. 1JPM Supertankers carrying Saudi oil attacked by unknown projectiles while crossing Strait of Hormuz Both had loaded Saudi crude at Juaymah terminal the prior week, part of Aramco's resumed strait operations that only restarted in August. 1JPM Supertankers carrying Saudi oil attacked by unknown projectiles while crossing Strait of Hormuz Nobody has claimed responsibility, and the attack method is still being described as "unknown projectiles" because nobody has confirmed what actually hit them. 1JPM Supertankers carrying Saudi oil attacked by unknown projectiles while crossing Strait of Hormuz The attackers do not need to sink ships to make their point: hitting two supertankers in the corridor Trump called normalised is the message.

Iran fired ballistic missiles at two Jordanian air bases; Jordan says it intercepted eight of them. 3FOX Trump says Iran is ‘DEAD’, experts point to the real sign Tehran is nearing the brink Iran also claims it sent dozens of suicide drones at Al-Minhad Air Base in the UAE; the UAE says it intercepted one drone over territorial waters. 6SKY Iran fires drone strike at UAE in new wave of retaliation The gap between those two accounts is large enough to drive a supertanker through, and both sides have obvious reasons to fudge the number. Trump has promised to "hit them hard" in response 11GDN Trump threatens further action as US and Iran exchange fire in new flare-up, which is exactly what you want to say publicly when your Vice President just admitted on Fox News that you have an ammunition problem.

JD Vance said on Fox that ammunition shortages "concern us," then pivoted to blaming Biden. 12YNT Vance acknowledges US ammunition shortage as Iran campaign strains military That pivot does not change what he confirmed: the Washington Post had already reported that senior US commanders warned Pete Hegseth that large-scale Iran operations are not sustainable over time and are degrading US capacity elsewhere. 12YNT Vance acknowledges US ammunition shortage as Iran campaign strains military This is no longer a leak from anonymous officials. The Vice President put it on camera, unprompted. Watch how that tension between the public "hit them hard" posture and the private interceptor math resolves in the next 48 hours.

The Institute for Science and International Security has identified an intact underground bunker at Natanz built between 2010 and 2017, assessed as likely intended for large-scale uranium hexafluoride storage, that was not struck in either Operation Midnight Hammer or Operation Epic Fury. 7SKY New report exposes intact Iranian bunker that may hide regime's ongoing nuclear work No vehicle activity has been observed there since June 2025, which could mean it was emptied in advance or was never activated. 7SKY New report exposes intact Iranian bunker that may hide regime's ongoing nuclear work No US or Israeli official has explained why it was not targeted. Iran is not permitting IAEA inspections of bombed sites, so piecing together the actual state of the nuclear programme is guesswork layered on satellite imagery. This is a single-source report, but ISIS is a credible technical institute.

Iraq's prime minister has formally rejected the US proposal to extend coalition basing past September 30, and Baghdad also rejected the resistance factions' offer to store weapons independently for two years rather than hand them over. 15CRD Baghdad rejects US plan to keep troops in Iraq past 30 Sept deadline With no deal and no disarmament, the US is facing a hard basing deadline in under a month. Separately, a senior UAE diplomatic adviser said the current situation "cannot be a sustainable solution," and Qatar warned that continued attacks complicate containment efforts. 6SKY Iran fires drone strike at UAE in new wave of retaliation Gulf states that have spent this entire conflict avoiding public positions are now saying out loud that the Islamabad framework is not working, which is a meaningful shift from countries that have the most to lose from getting this wrong.