News blog about the war in the Middle East
Rare message from Khamenei announced
Updated April 9, 2026 – 10:26 p.mReading time: 52 minutes
The Supreme Leader of Iran has issued a message. The NATO chief criticizes individual member countries. All developments in the news blog.
The Gulf state of Kuwait reported “hostile drone attacks” on the second day of the ceasefire agreement in the Iran war. The drones entered the country’s airspace and targeted “several important facilities,” the army said on Thursday in the online service X, citing information from the Ministry of Defense. The defense systems were activated.
The USA and Iran should negotiate a peace solution in Pakistan. However, the signs point to very difficult conversations. An overview.
According to AFP information, Israel and Lebanon want to hold negotiations at the US State Department in Washington next week. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had initiated direct talks, sources said on Thursday. Israel and the USA deny that the ceasefire in the Iran war also applies to Lebanon. Israel continued its attacks on the pro-Iranian Hezbollah militia in the country despite the ceasefire.
First non-Iranian tanker since ceasefire appears to pass Strait of Hormuz
For the first time since the ceasefire agreement in the Iran war, a non-Iranian tanker apparently passed through the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday. According to data from the Marine Traffic platform, it was the Gabonese-flagged oil tanker “MSG”. According to the information, the ship was traveling to India with around 7,000 tons of heating oil from the United Arab Emirates.
Since the ceasefire was announced on Wednesday night, only a few ships had sailed through the strait between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, including two Iranian-flagged tankers, according to shipping analysis firm Kpler. A dozen more ships apparently headed for the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday.
While Israel has announced direct negotiations with Lebanon, the Lebanese Hezbollah militia fired rockets again into northern Israel in the evening. When asked, the Israeli army said that since the morning the Iranian-backed militia had fired around 50 rockets from the neighboring country into northern Israel. In the city of Nahariya, warning sirens reportedly sounded four times within an hour that evening. There were also rocket alarms in other places in northern Israel.
