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Two hurt by Houthi projectile on Saudi Arabia’s southern border
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Saudi authorities say a Houthi projectile wounded two people in an area along the country’s southern border with Yemen, hours after the government issued alerts warning of the risk of possible attacks.
The civil defense directorate says its “teams in Al-Tuwal Governorate, Jazan Region, responded to an incident involving a projectile launched by the terrorist Houthi militia, resulting in two injuries and material damage to a mosque, several buildings, and vehicles.”
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Yemen’s Houthis announce drone and missile attack on base in southern Saudi Arabia
Houthi fighters in Yemen say they used drones and missiles to attack a military base in southern Saudi Arabia.
The attack at the Sharurah base targeted “weapons depots and command and control centers that are managing the aggression against our nation and people,” Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree writes on X.
The date of the operation isn’t specified. Clashes have increased this week between the Iran-allied Houthis and Yemeni government forces, which are backed by Riyadh.
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Palestinian said brutally beaten by settlers in central West Bank; no arrests made
A 23-year-old Palestinian man was brutally beaten during a settler raid on the central West Bank village of Beitillu on Saturday evening, according to Arabic media reports.
The victim was photographed bruised and bloodied in an ambulance as he was evacuated to a nearby hospital.
Additional footage showed settlers armed with clubs walking away from the area after apparently carrying out the attack.
לינצ׳ אכזרי,
בחור פלסטיני תושב הכפר ביתילו נפת רמאללה אל-בירה, מחמוד אבו רדוואן, הוכה באלימות קשה באלות ע״י חבורה של מתנחלים מקן הטרור המקומי. כתוצאה מהתקיפה הוא פונה לבית החולים האשראקטי ברמאללה כשהוא סובל מחבלות קשות ופצעים עמוקים באזורי הראש, החזה והבטן.
התוקפים – מיטב הנוער… pic.twitter.com/F3gboUv9St— מסתכלים לכיבוש בעיניים (@Mistaclim) September 12, 2026
There are no reports of arrests, which are highly rare in cases of settler violence, even though attacks take place on a daily basis.
Iran’s president says country ‘won’t surrender’ to US
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian attends the BRICS Summit in New Delhi, India, September 12, 2026. (Alexander Kazakov, Sputnik, Kremlin/Pool Photo via AP)
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian says his country “won’t surrender,” amid the ongoing conflict with the United States.
“If Americans are warriors, let them face our valiant military forces,” Pezeshkian writes on X. “Why wage war on civilian infrastructure, food supplies, and livelihoods? If they’re human, why deny people access to water, food, and medicine? Our people can’t be bullied into submission. Iran won’t surrender.”
Ship hit by projectile while transiting Hormuz strait — UK maritime agency
A vessel has been struck by an unknown projectile while transiting the Strait of Hormuz, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations says.
It says the crew’s status, damage assessment and environmental impact are unknown.
Bodies of 3 people found inside burning car near Baqa al-Gharbiya, in suspected murder
Police open a murder investigation after the bodies of three people are found in a burning vehicle outside the town of Baqa al-Gharbiya.
The identifies of the three aren’t immediately clear.
Indonesia launches search after losing contact with passenger ship carrying at least 240 people
Indonesian rescuers have launched a search operation after a passenger ship carrying at least 240 people lost contact in the Java Sea while traveling from East Java to South Kalimantan on Borneo island, officials say.
The Search and Rescue Office in Banjarmasin, the capital of South Kalimantan province, says it received a report the Virgo Transport 8 experienced a communication failure while en route to the city from Surabaya, Indonesia’s second largest city in East Java province.
Initial information indicates the vessel’s last known position was in the Java Sea, about 148 kilometers (92 miles) from a pier in Banjarmasin. The ship’s manifest says it’s carrying 241 passengers.
There are no immediate reports of casualties.
Arianto Ardi, operations chief at Banjarmasin’s rescue agency, confirms the loss of contact with the vessel and says rescue personnel have been dispatched to the area.
“We have established an operations post at Trisakti,” Arianto says.
Authorities says the ship’s operator reported the incident after receiving information that the vessel encountered bad weather.
1 killed as Iranian commercial vessel struck off southern Iran coast, state media says
An Iranian commercial vessel was struck off southern Iran, killing one person and wounding three others, Iranian state media reports, citing the governor of Qeshm County.
German Jewish leader receives death threat after call to ban far-right AfD
President of the Munich and Upper Bavaria’s Jewish Community Charlotte Knobloch gestures as she arrives for the 61st Munich Security Conference (MSC) in Munich, southern Germany on February 14, 2025. (Michaela STACHE/AFP)
German authorities say that Charlotte Knobloch, a prominent leader of the Jewish community in Munich has received death threats over her call to ban the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD.)
The prosecutor’s office tells DPA an investigation has been opened into suspected incitement to hatred, threats and criminal damage.
German media reports say that the message “the AfD has won, now we will hang Knobloch” was carved on a park bench in the city.
Knobloch, a 93-year-old Holocaust survivor, is the head of the Jewish community in Munich and Upper Bavaria.
The incident that took place Thursday comes after she called to ban the far right party after it won an election in the eastern region of Saxony-Anhalt, and is now seeking to form the first extreme-right state government in Germany since World War II.
Yesterday, About 150,000 demonstrators took to the streets in around 20 cities nationwide, including Berlin, Hamburg and Munich, in protests that were called by Pruef, which advocates for a ban on the AfD, organisers say.
The rise of the AfD has unnerved many who feel Germany has a special responsibility to atone for its Nazi past, and calls have grown for mainstream parties to seek to ban the group.
But hurdles for a formal ban are high in Germany, and Chancellor Friedrich Merz, of the centre-right CDU party, remains sceptical about taking such an approach.
In Berlin, police said several thousand protesters took part in several demonstrations.
The AfD held a counter-demonstration in the capital, attended by Kristin Brinker, its lead candidate in next weekend’s regional elections in Berlin.
Voting opens in Sweden’s general election that could see far-right enter government for first time
Swedish political parties’ tents are set up for an election event, in Lund, Sweden, September 7, 2022. (AP Photo/James Brooks)
Polling stations opened in Sweden in what is expected to be a close general election that will see either the far-right enter government for the first time or the left-wing opposition reclaim power.
Opinion polls have long credited the four parties in the left-wing bloc with a comfortable lead over conservative Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson’s four-party alliance, which includes the far-right Sweden Democrats.
But the gap narrowed to a dead heat in the final days of the campaign.
The leader of the opposition, Magdalena Andersson of the Social Democrats, which governed the Scandinavian country for the better part of the 20th century, has pledged to bolster the welfare state and help struggling households cope with rising costs if the four parties on the left win a majority.
Outgoing conservative Prime Minister Kristersson has meanwhile vowed to focus on improving Swedes’ everyday lives now that his government’s clampdown on organised crime and immigration has achieved its intended results.
Kristersson has governed with the support of the far-right Sweden Democrats for the past four years, and has promised the anti-immigration party cabinet posts for the first time if the four parties on the right win the election.
Voting stations will close at 8:00 pm (1800 GMT) when exit polls will be published, with the first reliable results expected several hours later.
Crew of vessel attacked in Hormuz strait evacuated, UKMTO says
A vessel has been struck by an unknown projectile while transiting the Strait of Hormuz, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations says.
The crew were evacuated by local authorities after a fire broke out following the attack, the British navy-affiliated firm says.
Two said killed in Israeli strike on vehicle in Gaza; IDF says it targeted Hamas members
An Israeli airstrike killed at least two Palestinians in a vehicle and wounded 13 others in the Gaza Strip, medical staff say.
The strike in the Tel Al-Hawa neighbourhood in western Gaza City, left the vehicle mangled, according to footage circulated on social media. Local medical staff tell Reuters that they urged people to provide information that could help identify the two people who were killed and whose bodies were dismembered by the explosion.
The Israeli military says the strike targeted two Hamas operatives, with further details to be provided later.
Israeli airstrikes on a vehicle killed at least two Palestinians in Tal al-Hawa, southwest of Gaza City.
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— Palestine Highlights (@PalHighlight) September 13, 2026
Turkish police carry out widespread raids on LGBTQ bars, activists’ homes
Illustrative: Demonstrators with hands restrained by zip-ties get in a police van as they are detained by police, after the LGBT Pride March in the Kadikoy district to celebrate the Pride Month in Istanbul, on June 30, 2024. (KEMAL ASLAN/AFP)
Turkish police make a slew of arrests in raids on gay bars and the homes of LGBTQ activists, authorities and one organisation targeted says.
“As part of the ‘My Family is Safe’ operations… carried out in collaboration with our police and gendarmerie forces, legal proceedings have been initiated against 162 suspects, 9 organisations and 13 companies in … a total of 15 provinces,” including Istanbul and Ankara, justice minister Akin Gurlek posts on X.
Gurlek does not specify how many people had been taken into custody, but said the raids came in the context of “Decade of the Family” proclaimed by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, aimed at “protecting our children, the institution of the family and social order.”
In Istanbul, police carried out raids on several gay bars and a nightclub regarded as a haven for the LGBTQ community, according to video footage from pro-government media.
Also targeted was a men’s hammam reputed to be a venue for prostitution.
LGBTQ rights organisation Kaos GL says in a statement that “more than ten” of its members were arrested after police searched their homes.
While same-sex relations are not a criminal offence in Turkey, homophobia is widespread, with Erdogan regularly describing LGBTQ people as “perverts” responsible for the falling birth rate.
“Existence cannot be banned or restricted. LGBTI+ rights are human rights!” Ozgul Saki, an MP from the pro-Kurdish left-wing DEM party in Istanbul, says on X on Sunday.
Israel said to carry out airstrikes in southern Lebanon
Israel carried out a series of air strikes in southern Lebanon, state media says.
According to the state-run National News Agency, Israeli jets struck targets near Nabatieh al-Fawqa and Tel al-Dabsha. There are no immediate reports of casualties.
There is no comment from the IDF.
Some 250 Jews said to visit Temple Mount under police protection
Illustrative: Israeli Jews are seen on the Temple Mount compound in Jerusalem during Tisha B’Av on July 23, 2026. (Ilia YEFIMOVICH/AFP)
Some 250 Jews visit the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem on the second day of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, Palestinian media reports.
The Palestinian Authority news agency Wafa, says some of the visitors “performed Talmudic rituals” under heavy police protection.
Non-Muslim prayer has until recently been forbidden atop the Temple Mount — known by Muslims as the Al-Aqsa Compound — due to a string of agreements known as the status quo between Israel and Jordan, which administers the site through the Jerusalem Islamic Waqf.
However, in recent months, the Israel Police, under the control of far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, has been allowing Jews to pray.
The hotly disputed site, the holiest site in Judaism and third-holiest in Islam, was the location of both ancient Jewish temples and, since the 7th century, has housed the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock shrine. Conflicts around the site have sparked several rounds of violence in the region.
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Lithuania closes Vilnius airport, NATO summons jets in response to possible drone
Patriot long-range air defence systems of the German Bundeswehr armed forces are deployed at Vilnius Airport ahead of the upcoming NATO Summit in Vilnius, Lithuania on July 7, 2023. (PETRAS MALUKAS/AFP)
Lithuania closes Vilnius airport and NATO summons at least one fighter jet in response to a possible sighting of a drone in Lithuanian airspace, the National Crisis Management Centre says.
A jet was summoned from Siauliai in northern Lithuania, the centre says, where the Italian air force is currently based as part of the NATO Baltic Air Defence mission.
The Vilnius marathon, which was taking place in the capital, was not interrupted, the organizers tells Reuters.
Countries along NATO’s eastern edge have reported a series of drones straying into their airspace linked to the conflict stemming from Russia’s 2022 full scale invasion of Ukraine.
Iran hardliners said to have launched attacks in defiance of leaders, sabotaging peace deal
Hossein Taeb, former head of the intelligence apparatus of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), looks on during a meeting in Tehran on June 24, 2018. (Hamed Malekpour/Tasnim News/AFP)
A group of Iranian hardliners launched attacks on ships in Hormuz without the knowledge of Iranian leaders or even the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in early July, effectively bringing an end to peace efforts between Iran and the US, the New York Times reports.
The report, citing Iranian officials, details how Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian was surprised by the attack and angrily called IRGC chief Gen. Ahmad Vahidi, who told him that he neither authorized nor had prior knowledge of the strikes.
The report says that the Supreme National Security Council also had no knowledge of the strikes, which provoked a US response and ultimately derailed a Memorandum of Understanding between Tehran and Washington aimed at ending the war.
The report says that the ability of the fringe hardline group to influence policy was because of the vacuum in leadership left due to the fact that Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei has not been seen in public since taking power after his father Ali Khamenei was killed in the opening strikes of the war.
The sources say the incident lead to some of the most volatile disagreements among Iran’s leaders in recent years, with several threatening to resign.
The report identifies the head of the hardline faction as cleric Hossein Taeb, the recently appointed head of the Basij militia and a former IRGC spymaster.
He had led the intelligence arm of the IRGC for almost one-and-a-half decades up until June 2022, when he was suddenly replaced.
Why he was forced out was never made clear, although his departure coincided with the leaking of details over an alleged plot to target Israelis in Turkey.
Long seen as close to Mojtaba Khamenei, Taeb’s appointment is seen as a sign of the authorities’ readiness to suppress any repeat of the mass protests that erupted in January this year.
Saudi pipeline outage threatens loss of 4% of global oil supply
This handout satellite image taken by Planet Labs PBC on September 11, 2026 shows a general view of an infrastructure site after it was damaged by fire southeast of Medina along the general route of Saudi Arabia’s East-West pipeline (Petroline). (Handout/Planet Labs/AFP)
Saudi Arabia will run out of oil stocks for exports if it doesn’t restart its major pipeline to the Red Sea within days, leading to a loss of up to 4% of global supply, Saudi oil buyers and traders say.
A further decline in Saudi flows will worsen the global supply crunch, which has already pushed global fuel prices to record highs, spurred inflation around the world and sent US bond yields to the highest levels since the 2008 financial crisis.
Since drone attacks forced Saudi Arabia to shut its huge east-west oil pipeline on Friday, Riyadh has not given full details about the extent of the damage or how long the route will stay offline.
Sources that spoke to Reuters gave varying estimates, with one saying the damage could take as long as five to six weeks to repair, while another said it could be fixed sooner and could resume pumping partially while repairs are ongoing.
Saudi Arabia’s government media office and energy ministry did not immediately respond to requests for comment. For the past six months, the pipeline running through the desert across the Arabian Peninsula has spared Saudi Arabia from the brunt of the impact of the wartime shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz that has crippled exports from its neighbors.
IDF says it killed two Hamas engineers in Gaza strike
Two Hamas engineers were killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City today, the military announces.
The IDF names the pair as Hassan Ali Abu Nada and Abd al-Rahim Ahmad Khalil Khawa, operatives in Hamas’s engineering unit.
Recently, the two terror operatives were involved in the development and production of weapons, advancing attacks on troops and civilians, and also attempted to restore Hamas’s capabilities, “in systematic violation of the ceasefire,” the military says.
“The terrorists were eliminated to remove a threat,” the army says, adding that it took steps to minimize harm to civilians in the strike.
Iran president says Tehran and UAE want to ‘turn the page’ on war
In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian attends the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi on September 12, 2026. (Alexander KAZAKOV/POOL/AFP)
Iran and the United Arab Emirates, whose relations have deteriorated since the start of the Middle East war, want to “turn the page,” the Iranian president says.
“We had a constructive exchange with the crown prince of Abu Dhabi,” Massoud Pezeshkian said a day after a meeting with Sheikh Khaled Bin Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan in India, on the sidelines of the BRICS summit. “It was agreed that we would turn the page, look to the future and build it together.”
Tehran says boat hit in Hormuz was Iranian commercial vessel
A ship struck in the Strait of Hormuz, killing one person and injuring three, was an Iranian commercial vessel, local Iranian authorities say.
“A merchant vessel was struck around 5:00 am (0130 GMT) this morning off the coasts of Hengam and Qeshm islands. One person was killed and three others were injured,” Qeshm city governor Amir Teymouri says, according to state TV, without specifying the origin of the strike.
Several explosions were reported overnight around Qeshm, the largest island in the Hormuz Strait.
The UK Maritime Trade Operations monitor later says it had received reports of a vessel being struck by an unknown projectile while transiting the Strait of Hormuz.
“A fire has broken out onboard the vessel following the reported attack. Local authorities are on the scene and assisting in evacuating crew members,” it adds without elaborating further on the attack.
Settlers from West Bank said trying to set up outpost near Galilee Arab town
Israeli youths, said to be settlers from the West Bank, are filmed trying to set up an encampment near the Arab town of Majd al-Krum in the Galilee.
The youths can be seen setting up tents, cookers and stringing electric cables at the site.
Police were preventing local residents and left-wing political activists from reaching the scene.
“The settlers here on the lands of Majd al-Krum are hilltop youth from the West Bank who arrived here to set up a new settlement,” local council head Raouf Hamoud says in a video posted to social media.
Far-left MK Ofer Cassif from the Arab majority Hadash party, accuses the settlers of trying to replicate the tactics used to drive Arabs off their land in the West Bank, in northern Israel.
???? מתנחלים מקימים אוהלים גדולים על אדמות מג'ד אל-כרום בגליל. pic.twitter.com/fKMU3t9njw
— Asslan Khalil (@KhalilAsslan) September 13, 2026
“What I saw with my own eyes on the lands of Majd al-Krum is the creeping transfer, copied from the the West Bank into the State of Israel,” Cassif says in a post on X.
“A group of extremist minors led by an adult Kahanist bully are taking over Arab lands under the protection of the police and seemingly in accordance with the (apartheid) laws,” he writes.
The Haaretz daily reports that the land, while in the municipal borders of the town, belongs to the Jewish National Fund which leased it to the settler for grazing purposes. However, no sheep or goats are to be seen in the vicinity.
The incident comes after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said last month his government is working to expand Jewish settlement in the Negev and Galilee, including by offering reservists preferential access to land.
That came three days after Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich unveiled a pre-election plan to expand what he calls his settlement “revolution” from the West Bank to the Negev and Galilee, explicitly describing the initiative as a program to “Judaize” the regions.
Trump says he doesn’t care if Gulf states meet with Iran, again predicts war will end around midterms
US President Donald Trump speaks as he arrives at the first tee during the Irish Open at the Trump International Golf Links course in Doonbeg, Ireland, September 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)
US President Donald Trump says he doesn’t “care” about a proposed meeting between Iran and the Gulf states to discuss the Strait of Hormuz amid the ongoing American conflict with Tehran.
“I don’t care. That’s up to them,” the US leader tells reporters during a visit to Ireland when asked about Monday’s planned meeting in Oman.
He also reiterates that he expects the Iran war to end this year, possibly just after midterm elections in the United States in November, resulting in a drop in oil prices.
“Iran will end right after — maybe before — but it’ll end right after the midterms. Gasoline’s going to drop like a rock,” Trump says.
“I will tell you this: Iran wants to make a deal so bad. They are calling constantly. They want to make a deal. They’ve got to make the right deal. I’m not going to make a deal that’s no good,” he adds.
Trump also warns Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to “stop knocking out diesel fuel in Russia” because it was causing shortages.
“Let him go after targets, but not diesel fuel, because he’s causing a shortage of diesel,” Trump says, adding “this isn’t done by the Middle East, this is done by what’s happening with Russia and Ukraine.”
Off-duty soldier suspended for firing at Palestinians who allegedly threw stones at him
An off-duty soldier has been suspended for opening fire on Palestinians after he allegedly came under stone-throwing in the West Bank yesterday, the military says.
The IDF says troops had been dispatched several times to the village of al-Mughayyir on Saturday, following reports of clashes between Israeli settlers who invaded the village and Palestinian residents.
The clashes had included stone throwing and stone barriers placed on roads, according to the IDF, which did not specify which side was to blame.
The troops “acted to disperse the confrontation and remove the roadblocks,” the army says, adding that they also came under stone-throwing amid the incident.
Later, the army says it received a report of an off-duty soldier who said Palestinians hurled stones at him on the outskirts of al-Mughayyir.
The off-duty soldier returned fire at the Palestinians while no other troops were in the area, the army says, adding that it is unaware of any injuries caused by the gunfire.
The soldier was then detained by police officers and taken for questioning over the shooting. The army adds that the soldier was suspended until the incident has been investigated.
Kushner: After Doha strike, we used Israel’s ‘global isolation’ against it to push through Gaza deal
US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner speaks during a joint press conference with Ukrainian president following their talks in Kyiv on September 6, 2026, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Genya SAVILOV/AFP)
In a remote address to a security conference in Ukraine, US President Donald Trump’s senior adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner says the administration used Israel’s “global isolation” against it following the strike last year targeting Hamas leaders in Doha in order to broker a hostage-ceasefire deal with the Gaza-ruling terror group.
“Israel did the strike in Doha, which was a terrible thing. It was unsuccessful as a military operation and that led to Israel being globally isolated and we used that dynamic in order to push them into a deal that now, today, they are quite happy with,” Kushner says. “But ultimately it turned out to be great for them and great for the people of Gaza.”
Jared Kushner on Gaza:
Israel did the strike in Doha, which was a terrible thing. It was unsuccessful as a military operation, and that led to Israel being globally isolated.
And we used that dynamic in order to push them into a deal that now, today, they’re quite happy with.… pic.twitter.com/B6xLZsyzr6
— Clash Report (@clashreport) September 13, 2026
Houthis report Saudi strikes on rebel stronghold in northern Yemen
Houthi media reports that Saudi Arabia has carried out two strikes on Saada, in the north of Yemen, a stronghold for the pro-Iran group.
The Almasirah TV channel also reports artillery fire in the border district of Monabbih, in the same province. The Houthis have been engaged in renewed fighting with pro-government forces since Yemen’s civil war reignited in July.
Leaders of Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales reportedly to sign deal aimed at UK’s breakup
The leaders of Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales are due to meet tomorrow in the latter’s capital of Cardiff to sign an agreement aimed at dissolving the United Kingdom, according to Britain’s Telegraph newspaper.
US President Donald Trump reiterates his support for Northern Ireland breaking from the United Kingdom to unify with the Republic of Ireland, but says he won’t talk about Scotland becoming independent “yet.”
“You have Northern Ireland and you have Ireland and it would seem to me that one of the naturals of all time is to put them together,” Trump tells reporters during a visit to the Irish Open golf tournament, doubling down on comments made in Dublin yesterday.
“You asked about Scotland. That one I won’t talk about yet. I’ll save that for another day,” he adds.
Turkish and Syrian FMs rail at Israel over recent strikes on airbase
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, left, and his Syrian counterpart Asaad al-Shibani address the media during a joint news conference in Damascus, Syria, September 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan accuses Israel of trying to destabilize Syria through its repeated strikes on the country.
He speaks while on a visit to Damascus, where his Syrian counterpart Asaad al-Shaibani says his country remains committed to diplomacy as it knows the consequences of war.
Last month, Israel bombed the disused Abu Duhur airbase in Syria’s northwest, claiming it wanted to avert Turkish troops deploying to the facility. Ankara denied any visit to the site.
“Just as Syria offers so much hope to the region and the world, there is suddenly an actor striving to destabilize the country,” Fidan says at a joint news conference.
“You know the name of that actor: Israel,” he adds.
Fidan says “the policies Israel pursues constitute the most serious obstacle to this positive trajectory. The attack carried out against the Abu Duhur military airbase is one of the latest examples.”
Shaibani says the attack “conveyed a destructive message aimed at undermining the path of building the Syrian state.”
The attack “has no legitimate or legal justification,” Shaibani adds, emphasizing that it “does not affect Syrian-Turkish relations.”
Shaibani says Damascus’s position on Israel’s escalation is “firm and unwavering” and insists on the need for Israel to withdraw from areas it invaded after the Assad regime’s fall.
Fidan says that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is expected to visit Syria soon, without specifying a date.
Poland says Russian drone struck Ukrainian fuel station close to Polish border
A Russian drone struck a fuel station 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) from the Polish border during Moscow’s attack on Ukraine, a spokeswoman for the Polish interior ministry tells AFP.
“The unmanned aircraft hit a fuel station in the town of Yahodyn, 2 km from the Polish border,” spokeswoman Karolina Galecka says, adding that “as a result of the strike, two trucks… caught fire.”
Ukraine says Boris Johnson, David Petraeus were at station before Russian train strike
Ukraine’s state railway operator says top Western figures — including former prime minister Boris Johnson and ex-CIA director David Petraeus — were at a west Ukrainian train station shortly before Russia struck a Warsaw-bound train there.
“Shortly before the locomotive was hit at the Ukrainian-Polish border, a diplomatic train was at Yagodyn station,” Ukraine’s rail operator Ukrzaliznytsia says in a statement.
“There were, among others, security advisers from several EU member states and former European leaders on board, including former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson. In another train that was at Yagodyn station at the very moment of the attack was former CIA Director David Petraeus.”
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Health Ministry says Ebola test results negative for man who recently visited DRC
The Health Ministry announces that test results for a man who recently visited the Democratic Republic of Congo have came back negative for Ebola, after he was hospitalized over suspicions he contracted the disease.
The ministry notes that there have yet to be any confirmed Ebola cases in Israel.
CENTCOM chief says ‘not concerned at all’ about a shortage of US missile interceptors
Admiral Brad Cooper, USN, Commander, US Central Command, appears before a House Committee on Armed Services business meeting on the US Military Posture and National Security Challenges in the Greater Middle East and Africa, on Capitol Hill, May 19, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
Adm. Brad Cooper, who heads US Central Command, tells CBS News that he’s “not concerned at all” about a shortage of anti-missile interceptors amid the ongoing conflict with Iran.
“We’re well armed and ready for any contingency,” he says in a clip from an interview to be aired tonight on “60 Minutes.”
As the U.S. and Iran continue to exchange fire, concerns are growing over America’s rapidly declining stockpile of missiles and other precision munitions. Adm. Brad Cooper, the commander overseeing the war in Iran, tells CBS News’ @NorahODonnell he is “not concerned at all” about… pic.twitter.com/WC6d0LjTUb
— Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) September 13, 2026
Yehuda Widawski, the oldest Holocaust survivor in Israel, dies at 107
Yehuda Widawski, the oldest Holocaust survivor living in Israel, has died. He was 107 years old.
In an interview with Yad Vashem, Widawski described conditions in the ghetto and being sent with his family to Auschwitz, as well as his work to help restore Jewish graves in the Polish city of Lodz.
Culture minister calls to revoke Israeli citizenship of ‘NAZA’ directors for ‘betraying the country’
Directors Yuval Abraham (right) and Rachel Szor (left), winners of the Special Jury Prize for “Naza,” attend a photocall on the red carpet following the closing ceremony of the 83rd Venice Film Festival at Venice Lido, Italy, on September 12, 2026. (Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)
Culture Minister Miki Zohar accuses filmmakers Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor of treason after their documentary “NAZA,” which is about Israel’s alleged AI-assisted killing of civilians, won a special jury prize at the Venice Film Festival.
“The searing self-hatred of the producers, who are willing to hurt their homeland for applause from the antisemites of the world, is inconceivable and is a betrayal of the country,” Zohar says in a statement.
He also says that “as culture minister, I will immediately act to revoke the Israeli citizenship of these despicable directors for betraying the country.”
‘Anyone who approaches Ali Taher Ridge will be destroyed,’ warns Defense Minister Katz
Footage shows the demolition of Hezbollah's tunnels beneath the Ali Taher Ridge in southern Lebanon by the IDF, September 10, 2026. (Israeli Defense Forces)
Defense Minister Israel Katz vows that “anyone who approaches the Ali Taher Ridge will be destroyed,” after the military demolished Hezbollah’s tunnels beneath the hill last week.
The IDF withdrew troops from the hill to blow up the underground Hezbollah facility there on Thursday. Following the demolition, the military said it would “reorganize” its deployment in the area, but would remain in control of the ridge with surveillance and firepower.
“The IDF is operationally preparing to control the ridge and prevent any attempt by Hezbollah or any other party to return and establish itself there,” Katz says in a statement.
He says that the ridge remains part of Israel’s southern Lebanon buffer zone, and that the IDF “will not withdraw or redeploy until Hezbollah is disarmed throughout Lebanon.”
Oman says Hormuz talks between Iran and Gulf states have been postponed from Monday
A meeting in Oman between Gulf countries and Iran to discuss possible agreements on the Strait of Hormuz, which had been scheduled for Monday, has been postponed “in the interests of consensus,” Omani Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi writes on X.
“We remain committed to fostering dialogue that supports stability and lasting cooperation in our region,” he adds.
Two Palestinians reportedly attacked by settlers in West Bank
Palestinian media reports say that two Palestinians from the Salfit area in the West Bank were injured after being beaten during an attack by settlers while the Palestinians were on their land in nearby Wadi al-Sha’er. In footage published online, one of them can be seen with injuries to his leg and head.
There are no reports of arrests.
Separately, Palestinian reports say settlers attacked the village of Deir Jarir, near Ramallah, and smashed a Palestinian vehicle. There are no reports of injuries in the incident.
???? تضرر مركبة فلسطينية إثر اعتداء مستوطنين عليها قرب مدخل قرية دير جرير، شرق رام الله. pic.twitter.com/g6srl5Rmvs
— شبكة يافا الإخبارية (@yaffa_ps) September 13, 2026
اصابة المواطنان محمد درويش اشتيه، ونشأت اشتيه من #سلفيت، بجروح ورضوض، جراء اعتداء مستوطنين عليهما بالضرب المبرح، أثناء تواجدهما في أراضيهما بمنطقة واد الشاعر في سلفيت. pic.twitter.com/ipz9I8kOOq
— شبكة فلسطين للحوار (@paldf) September 13, 2026
Firing back at Kushner, Netanyahu’s Likud insists Doha strike was successful in helping free hostages
Left to right: White House adviser Jared Kushner, Board of Peace envoy Nickolay Mladenov, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP, Chaim Goldberg/FLASH90)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party rejects remarks by US President Donald Trump’s senior adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner that Washington used Israel’s “global isolation” after its strike that failed to kill Hamas leaders in Doha as leverage to broker a hostage-ceasefire deal with the Palestinian terror group, insisting that Israel’s military actions together with pressure from Trump led to the deal.
“The prime minister’s decision to send the IDF into Gaza City and to strike the Hamas leadership in Qatar, together with the intense pressure exerted by President Trump, are what led Hamas to drop its demands and agree to release all the hostages remaining in Gaza,” the party says in a Hebrew-language statement.
Netanyahu has repeatedly credited the combination of Israeli military pressure and US diplomatic pressure with securing the October 2025 hostage-ceasefire deal.
Kushner stated at a security conference earlier this evening that the “errant” strike allowed the Trump administration to pressure Israel into the deal, which he said, “today, [the Israelis] are quite happy with.”
Protests erupt in Syria over fuel price increases
Protesters burn tires and other debris to block a highway as demonstrations over fuel price increases spread across Syria, in Maarat al-Numan, Idlib province, September 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahmed Albam)
Protests have broken out in different parts of Syria over increased fuel prices, with demonstrators blocking a main highway in Idlib province for several hours.
The government announced what it said were temporary price increases for gasoline, diesel and other petroleum products earlier today, citing rising global fuel prices as a result of the US-Iran war. The price of gasoline increased by about 30% and diesel by 40%.
Syrian Energy Minister Mohammed al-Bashir said yesterday that Syria is producing about 102,000 barrels of oil per day, while it needs about 325,000 barrels per day for domestic consumption and is relying on imports to make up the difference.
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