[Rudaw] Saudi Arabia on Tuesday condemned the attacks by Yemen’s Ansarullah Movement, better known as the Houthis, on at least three of the Kingdom's provinces that “left 73 civilians injured.” This comes after the Iran-backed group said it struck vital Saudi facilities with “dozens of ballistic missiles and drones,” allegedly in response to more than 120 strikes carried out by the Saudi-led coalition on Yemeni provinces over the past few days.
Riyadh's foreign ministry condemned, "in the strongest possible terms, the terrorist Houthi militia’s targeting of civilian and economic assets in Abha and Khamis Mushait [in the southwestern Asir province], and in Jizan and Najran [in the southwestern Jizan and Najran provinces as well].”
The attacks “resulted in the injury of seventy-three civilians, including women and children,” the ministry said, also denouncing the Houthis' “continued targeting of commercial vessels in the Red Sea and the threat it poses to the freedom of international maritime navigation.”
The Kingdom "reiterated its absolute rejection" of the Houthis’ “hostile approach and criminal conduct” that threatens the security and stability of Yemen and the wider region, "as well as its continuous rejection of all peace efforts,” the ministry added.
Moreover, Riyadh affirmed “its legitimate right to take all necessary measures to defend its sovereignty and safeguard its national assets,” warning against the consequences of continued Houthi attacks on “civilians and civilian infrastructure” and calling for "an immediate cessation of all forms of escalation.”
#Yemen / #SaudiArabia 🇾🇪🇸🇦: Saudi-backed PLC Forces have took control of the Al-Yatma in Al-Jawf Governorate.
One of the PLC members is armed with a #Bulgaria-made 🇧🇬 Arsenal 5.56 AR-M5F / M95F assault rifle fitted with Thermal scope. It was very likely obtained from KSA. pic.twitter.com/8ITOVHIkA0
This is the battle to watch, @BashaReport Commentary:
Based on our assessment, the most important ground battle at this stage of the Yemen war is unfolding along the Al-Barah-Kadha-Al Wazi'yah, Yemen front.
This is the battle to watch, @BashaReport Commentary:
Based on our assessment, the most important ground battle at this stage of the Yemen war is unfolding along the Al-Barah-Kadha-Al Wazi'yah, Yemen front.
Both sides are fighting hard for control of this sector. On one side, the National Resistance Forces @nrfyemen, Southern Giants Brigades @alamalikah, National Shield Forces @diralwatan, and @AxisTaiz Popular Resistance fighters are pushing to recapture territory lost in Kadha and al-Barah.
On the other, Houthi Al Sammad, Reserves, and 4th Military Region Command (MRC) brigades, special forces, and loyalists tribes are holding the surrounding high ground, reinforcing their positions with waves of fighters while using missile and drone attacks to support their defenses and push back against the offensive.
Operations at some energy facilities in Saudi Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula, largely made up of sand and oil rigs. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual haj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. Formerly dictatorial and steeped in Olde Tyme Religion, deferring to Salafist holy men on all issues, it has now done a 180 and is making a serious effort to modernize, so as not to be left in the sand by its Gulf Arab neighbors. The holy men have been shoved to the background and the nation is now still dictatorial but somewhat rational. That doesn't make them trustworthy, but it's a start... , the world’s top oil exporter, were halted on Tuesday following attacks by Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of... ’s Iran-aligned Iran's Houthi sock puppets ...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The legitimate Yemeni government has accused the them of having ties to the Iranian government. Honest they did. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews They like shooting off... ummm... missiles that they would have us believe they make at home in their basements. On the plus side, they did murder Ali Abdullah Saleh, which was the only way the country was ever going to be rid of him... s that maimed more than 70 people, Saudi authorities said.
Fires erupted at the sites, and several people were maimed as firefighting and other emergency teams rushed to the scenes to contain the blazes and assess the damage, the Saudi energy ministry said.
"The concerned authorities are dealing with the repercussions of the attacks," the ministry added.
"The needed measures will be taken to ensure the safety of the facilities and workers and the continuation of work according to the approved operational plans."
The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen said in an earlier statement that at least 73 people were maimed in Houthi attacks on the southern cities of Abha, Khamis Mushait, Jazan and Najran a city in southwestern Saudi Arabia near the border with Yemen. It is the capital of the province of the same name, a favored target of Houthi rocket forces because they can see it, so there's no math involved.... The coalition vowed to respond firmly to the latest outbreak of hostilities, saying the latest escalation on the de facto OPEC leader was "dangerous."
"The coalition will take all necessary operational measures to deter this terrorist militia and resolutely confronts its hostile approach," Royal Saudi Air Force Colonel Turki al-Malki said in a statement on X.
The Houthis did not comment on the attacks, but said a statement about "a large-scale military operation" deep inside Saudi Arabia would be released.
Nasruddin Amer, deputy head of the Houthi media office overseeing the Saba news agency run by the rebels, took to social media to laud the attacks.
"The Saudi enemy has to understand that the time for committing crimes and massacres against the Yemeni people without response, deterrence or paying a price has ended," he said.
The attacks came hours after the rebels blamed Saudi Arabia for an Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... that hit a prison in Yemen’s northern province of Jawf. At least seven people, including a child, were killed and seven were maimed in the strike in the city of Hazem, the Houthis said
The Houthis, who control the most populous parts of Yemen and much of the north, have been launching attacks on Saudi Arabia since they declared a naval blockade against Riyadh in July, with strikes targeting its vessels in the Red Sea. On Monday, the Financial Times newspaper said Aramco’s Jazan oil facilities were hit in new strikes, and the damage was being assessed. Rooters was not immediately able to verify the report, and Aramco has not commented.
Yemen’s civil war began in 2014 when the Houthis seized the capital, Sanaa, and much of northern Yemen and forced the government into exile. A Saudi-led coalition, including the United Arab Emirates, intervened the following year to try to restore the government to power.
Tensions rose earlier this year between US allies Saudi Arabia and the UAE as their partnership in the war in Yemen broke down, leading to the UAE pulling out of Yemen.
The civil war in Yemen has killed at least 150,000 people, according to UN estimates, and at times pushed the country to the brink of famine.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Two RNLI lifeboats carrying 140 Channel migrants were denied entry to two larger ports before docking near Portsmouth, where they were met by hundreds of masked protesters.
Police officers were injured and vehicles damaged during a stand-off with more than 500 balaclava-clad men after the asylum seekers were brought ashore at Eastney Landing on Sunday.
The leader of Portsmouth City Council has heavily criticised the decision, claiming it had 'put lives at risk' and caused 'needless disruption'.
It has now emerged that two RNLI crews were barred from docking at Southampton Port and Portsmouth Harbour, with governing bodies threatening legal action if they did so.
A broadcast on an open marine VHF radio revealed that Southampton Vessel Traffic Service and King's Harbour Master Portsmouth denied the RNLI permission to enter either port or their approaches and failure to comply could result in criminal prosecution.
The crews of the Bembridge and Yarmouth lifeboats therefore decided to sail several miles further along the coast and dock instead at Eastney, where the confrontation later unfolded.
Large crowds blocked traffic along the road leading away from the port in an attempt to stop the migrants reaching a processing centre in Kent. Police were seen carrying riot shields as they confronted the black-clad mob.
Hampshire Police Federation claimed two officers were pushed off motorbikes, while others had bricks thrown at them.
The chaos came a day after masked anti-migrant protesters blocked traffic at the Port of Dover.
Hard-Right organisation Patriot Platform – run by convicted attempted kidnapper Daniel Thomas – claimed responsibility for the demonstrations in Portsmouth and Dover.
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has called for a ban on face coverings worn by extremists on both the Left and Right, describing them as a 'menace' designed to bully and intimidate. He insisted the ban should include all full-face coverings, including burkas.
Associated British Ports (ABP) confirmed that the RNLI lifeboats carrying the migrants were told not to come to Southampton on Sunday night.
'ABP did receive an enquiry about landing recovered migrants at the Port of Southampton,' a spokesman said. 'We had to decline the enquiry as the port did not have suitable reception facilities available.
'If there had been a safety-of-life-at-sea issue where Southampton was the closest port, or if we had received a formal direction from the authorities, then we would have played a role. Neither was the case in this situation.'
The King's Harbour Master Portsmouth has been approached for comment.
The migrant 'mega-dinghy' had travelled about 70 miles from the Normandy coast, becoming the first migrant boat known to have completed such a lengthy crossing. Its route was far removed from the usual transit point between Calais and Dover.
The decision to land the migrants in Portsmouth has sparked a major row, with Portsmouth City Council leader Steve Pitt accusing the Home Office of 'poor judgment'.
He said: 'The Government needs to take more action to prevent small boat crossings. Clearly people are not happy with the situation and we respect everyone's right to protest, but it should be done peacefully and within the law.
'We are pleased the coaches were eventually able to leave Portsmouth early this morning to take people outside Hampshire for processing in the normal way.
'The council wasn't asked about the decision to land the lifeboats in Portsmouth. This was entirely a decision taken by UK Border Force, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency and the Home Office.
'It was a completely unsuitable location to bring the boats ashore. This entire situation was avoidable and has brought needless disruption to our city. I would like to thank the emergency services for their professionalism under very challenging circumstances.
'However, the Home Office has some serious questions to answer about its lack of planning, inconsistent decision-making and, ultimately, poor judgment. It put people at risk. This cannot happen again.'
[BB] A days-long manhunt concluded on Tuesday with the arrest at a police checkpoint near a power station of 48-year-old ‘Daniel V’ — his full name not having been published in accordance with German privacy laws for criminal suspects — over a series of what have been called “climate terrorism” attacks against the national power network.
The man was arrested after trying to avoid a police checkpoint near the Weisweiler coal power station. He offered no resistance to officers but was wearing a backpack containing explosives. A concealed tent was subsequently discovered nearby which was “rigged” with explosives.
Attacks took place at at least half a dozen high voltage power sites across three German states, and police are seeking to discover other hitherto undetected attempts to sabotage the power grid.
German broadcaster NTV states the remarkable means of attack allegedly devised by the suspect is to use home-made rockets to carry a lightweight wire from the ground and over high-voltage power lines. Once the rocket falls to the ground, this wire would be slung over the power lines, grounding the equipment and potentially causing a catastrophic failure. Bright flashes of blue-white light were observed at the sites of some attacks as the high voltage electricity arced to the ground.
The locations chosen for these assaults — directly next to brown coal (lignite)-fired power stations — appears to have been chosen to cause the power stations themselves to ‘trip’ and shut down. In one such attack, more than 20 rockets are said to have been fired at a substation Turnow-Preilack substation near the Jänschwalde power plant in Brandenburg, causing two short circuits, but no local grid failure.
Dutch broadcaster NOS reports there was a “brief interruption” in power supply after a large-scale outage at another unspecified coal-fired power plant over the past week linked to these attacks, and part of the Bergheim power plant west of Cologne was knocked out “for several days” after another high voltage shorting attack with rockets.
#عاجل‼️خلال عملية لوائية في السامرة: قوات جيش الدفاع قضت في قرية عقربا على مخرب حاول تنفيذ عملية إرهابية ضد قواتنا*
⭕️ خلال الليلة الماضية (الاثنين)، عملت قوات جيش الدفاع ومقاتلو حرس الحدود في يهودا والسامرة، بتوجيه من جهاز الشاباك، لإحباط الإرهاب في مناطق قرى قبلان وأوصرين… pic.twitter.com/UIdRkW7CcF
— Lieutenant Colonel Ella Waweya | إيلا واوية (@CaptainElla1) September 8, 2026
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#BREAKING‼️ During an operational activity in the Samaria Brigade: Israel Defense Forces forces eliminated in the village of Aqraba a terrorist who attempted to carry out a terrorist attack against our forces*
⭕️ During the past night (Monday), Israel Defense Forces forces and Border Guard fighters operated in Judea and Samaria, under the direction of the Shin Bet, to thwart terrorism in the areas of the villages of Qabalan, Asira, Aqraba, and Yatma, which are under the Samaria Brigade.
⭕️ In the village of Aqraba, Israel Defense Forces forces arrived with the aim of interrogating a terrorist affiliated with a terrorist organization. Upon their arrival, the terrorist threw a Molotov cocktail and a rudimentary improvised explosive device in their direction, with no injuries reported. The forces activated the "pressure cooker" procedure, surrounding the building where the terrorist was hiding from all sides, after which the forces raided the building. Fighters from the Nahal Reconnaissance Unit eliminated the terrorist while he was holding a knife he intended to use to harm our forces.
⭕️ Additionally, the forces arrested four wanted individuals, including three terrorists who traded in combat means, and a terrorist who planned to carry out a terrorist attack in the near term. The forces interrogated approximately 60 wanted individuals during combing operations at 70 sites in the village area, and found ammunition, a launcher, and additional military equipment.
[IsraelTimes] Over 30 Palestinian suspects detained; 5 Jerusalemites charged with slew of security offenses; IDF says troops killed Palestinian who attacked them during attempt to question him
More than 30 Paleostinians were recently detained over their membership in a "significant and extensive" terror network based in the West Bank and Jerusalem area, the Shin Bet security service announced on Tuesday.
The network had been planning "attacks against Jews and security forces," the Shin Bet said in a joint statement with the military and police.
Five Jerusalem residents who were members of the network were charged with "serious" security offenses, including "managing a terror organization, active membership in a terror organization, conspiracy and preparation to commit an act of terror involving murder under aggravated circumstances, weapons and property offenses for terror purposes, recruiting and attempting to recruit members to a terror organization," and other offenses, the statement read.
Indictments against some of the West Bank Paleostinians involved in the network were expected to be filed by army prosecutors in the coming days, while the investigation of others was still ongoing.
Two of the Jerusalemites, Sabih Abu Sabih and Rashid Rishk, were members of the Shabaab al-Aqsa group, which is affiliated with Hamas ..a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",... , according to the security agency. Abu Sabih is the son of Mesbah Abu Sabih, who carried out a deadly shooting spree that killed two Israelis in Jerusalem in October 2016, and Rishk was released in January 2025 as part of a hostage deal with Hamas.
The other three Jerusalemites charged in the case were named as Muhammad Abu Sabih, Muhammad Azmi Bakri and Ahmad Azmi Bakri.
The Shin Bet said Rishk and Sabih Abu Sabih established the terror network, "under which they recruited military terror cells under their command throughout the West Bank," intending to carry out attacks.
Security forces captured several weapons that, the agency said, the network intended to use in the attacks.
According to the Shin Bet’s investigation, Ahmad Azmi Bakri and Rishk planned a terror attack at a restaurant in the central city of Modiin, where Ahmad worked.
Additionally, Muhammad Azmi Bakri instructed Rishk and Muhammad Abu Sabih on how to build bombs after they told him of their intention to carry out attacks, including a shooting attack against Israeli security forces in the West Bank town of al-Eizariya, according to the security agency.
"The Shin Bet, Israel Police and law enforcement authorities will continue to act to thwart any attempt by Hamas and terror organizations to advance terror activity against residents and citizens of the State of Israel and will work to impose the full severity of the law on all those involved in these offenses," the joint statement added.
IDF SAYS TROOPS KILLED WANTED PALEOSTINIAN WHO ATTACKED THEM DURING ATTEMPT TO QUESTION HIM
Separately on Tuesday, the Israel Defense Forces said troops rubbed out a wanted Paleostinian who attacked the forces during an attempt to question him in the northern West Bank overnight.
Troops raided the town of Aqraba, south of Nablus, in an attempt to question Abd al-Karim Muhammad Salem Khader, who the army said was "a terrorist affiliated with a terror organization."
As the troops arrived at a building where Khader was residing, he threw a Molotov cocktail and an improvised bomb at them, without causing injuries, the military said.
The soldiers then surrounded the building and carried out a tactic known as "pressure cooker," which involves escalating the volume of fire against a building to flush suspects out. Paleostinian media reported that the IDF fired shoulder-launched missiles at the building and used a bulldozer to demolish part of it.
Eventually, the soldiers breached the building, and troops of Nahal Brigade’s Reconnaissance Unit opened fire and killed the wanted man after spotting him brandishing a knife "with which he intended to attack our forces," the IDF said.
The official Paleostinian WAFA news agency reports that Khader’s body was seized by the Israeli forces.
Also overnight, troops operated in the villages of Qabalan, Awarta and Yatma, during which the army said they detained three Paleostinians involved in terror activity and questioned some 60 other wanted suspects.
Violence in the West Bank has escalated sharply in recent months, mostly involving settler attacks on Paleostinians, though there have also been several attacks by Paleostinian assailants on Israelis, including a stabbing on Monday.
Israeli fighter jets carried out multiple strikes across Gaza today, targeting a terrorist in Gaza City and Hamas infrastructure in the south.
Strikes were reported in Sheikh Radwan, al-Shati, Sheikh Ajlin and Khan Younis, with several people reportedly wounded.
In central Gaza, the IDF struck a home belonging to the Abu Gharqoud family in al-Bureij following an evacuation warning. Israel also issued an evacuation warning near the maternity building of Shifa Hospital.
The IDF said further details would be provided later.
[FirstPost] Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Wednesday that it carried out what it described as "devastating" missile strikes against a US military base in Jordan, marking another escalation in the confrontation between Tehran and Washington. See: "Flailing"
Iranian state media reported that ballistic missiles were fired at the Al-Azraq base in Jordan as part of what the IRGC called a "punitive operation". The attack was presented as a response to recent US strikes on Iranian vessels.
Jordan’s military said it detected 20 ballistic missiles launched from Iran towards Jordanian territory and intercepted 18 of them. The remaining two missiles landed in unpopulated areas.
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[Regnum] The United States launched a missile strike on an Iranian oil tanker near Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf. This was reported on September 8 by the Iranian Tasnim news agency.
"A small Iranian tanker four miles off Kharg Island was the target of a missile attack by the US military," the agency's Telegram channel clarified.
According to local sources, no one was killed as a result of the missile strike, and the tanker's crew was evacuated.
On February 28, the US and Israel began launching large-scale strikes against Iran, to which Tehran responded with attacks on its adversaries' targets in the Middle East. The escalation occurred three weeks after the parties signed a memorandum ending the conflict.
Russia condemned the US and Israeli aggression against Iran. The Russian Foreign Ministry called the attack on Iran a pre-planned and unprovoked act of armed aggression. Moscow demanded an immediate end to the attack and a return to diplomacy. The Kremlin noted that Russia considers it essential for the states involved in the Middle East conflict to return to compliance with previously reached agreements.
[Rudaw] Iran on Tuesday said its forces captured an American unmanned submarine vehicle at the entrance to the strategic Strait of Hormuz, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' (IRGC) Navy said in a statement, describing the operation as the result of a "complex intelligence-led" mission. A senior Central Command (CENTCOM) official, however, downplayed the capture, saying the vehicle had "malfunctioned" and was not carrying "sensitive data."
"The fighters of the IRGC Navy trapped one of the most modern smart unmanned submarines" belonging to the US, "at the entrance of the Strait of Hormuz during a complex intelligence-led and operational action at dawn today [Tuesday]," the Corps said in a statement carried by state-run Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB).
The statement identified the vessel as the Dive-LD, a "smart submersible that features the latest global underwater technology," which was delivered to the US military in 2025 but has "now been seized" by IRGC Navy forces, who said images of the vessel would be released "in the coming hours."
The autonomous underwater vehicle measures “around 5.8 meters in length, weighs nearly three tons, and is designed to independently conduct long-duration missions in deep waters," the statement detailed, noting that it "can operate underwater for up to 10 days" and reach depths of up to 6,000 meters.
In remarks he gave to News Nation, US navy captain and CENTCOM Spokesperson Tim Hawkins stated that the “underwater drone operated by U.S. forces malfunctioned more than a day ago” as “it was surveying regional waters in support of ongoing operations.”
“The defective drone was an older model that neither collected sensitive data nor carried any classified sonar or radar equipment. U.S. operations in area waters continue,” he emphasized.
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"The fighters of the IRGC Navy trapped one of the most modern smart unmanned submarines" belonging to the US, "at the entrance of the Strait of Hormuz during a complex intelligence-led and operational action at dawn today [Tuesday]," the Corps said in a statement carried by state-run Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB).
TRANSLATION: "Reza ran into it with his Boston Whaler."
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just to annoy Iran we could put some dummy subs in their waters
when tampered with they play "YMCA" at 90 decibels on an endless loop
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I don't give a frack's if this was an "older model". Question, if this really happened who was the Tim Walz retard that didn't put a self destruct in it? Or a homing thingy so it could be located and bombed? Why hasn't it been bombed???
I had a classmate who worked on the F15 computer assembly line here. That darn thing would blow itself up. How many years ago was that?
Flashbacks of the Magic Mulago Muslim traitor to be hung Obama. A stealth drone was captured? the the POS commie refused to have it destroyed to China could get their hands on it.
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...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula, largely made up of sand and oil rigs. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual haj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. Formerly dictatorial and steeped in Olde Tyme Religion, deferring to Salafist holy men on all issues, it has now done a 180 and is making a serious effort to modernize, so as not to be left in the sand by its Gulf Arab neighbors. The holy men have been shoved to the background and the nation is now still dictatorial but somewhat rational. That doesn't make them trustworthy, but it's a start...
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Two RNLI lifeboats carrying 140 Channel migrants were denied entry to two larger ports before docking near 
..a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",...
