https://mefiles.news/story/2026-09-05-nobody-can-say-how-many-ships-cross-hormuz-and-the-oil-market.html MEFILES en 2026-09-05T05:00:00+03:00 Nobody can say how many ships cross Hormuz, and the oil market has stopped waiting to find out https://mefiles.news/story/2026-09-05-washington-says-thirty-ships-a-day-cross-hormuz-ship-trackers.html MEFILES en 2026-09-05T05:00:00+03:00 Washington says thirty ships a day cross Hormuz. Ship trackers can count eight. https://mefiles.news/story/2026-09-05-retaliation-doctrine-arrives-in-the-gulf-and-a-wedding-party.html MEFILES en 2026-09-05T05:00:00+03:00 A retaliation doctrine arrives in the Gulf, and a wedding party becomes its test case https://mefiles.news/story/2026-09-05-opec-meets-on-sunday-with-the-strait-shut-and-brent-still.html MEFILES en 2026-09-05T05:00:00+03:00 OPEC+ meets on Sunday with the strait shut and Brent still below its own war peak https://mefiles.news/story/2026-09-05-niamey-blames-france-for-the-august-base-revolt-and-pointedly.html MEFILES en 2026-09-05T05:00:00+03:00 Niamey blames France for the August base revolt, and pointedly leaves Chad out https://mefiles.news/story/2026-09-05-fuel-returns-to-bamako-while-the-rest-of-mali-stays-on.html MEFILES en 2026-09-05T05:00:00+03:00 Fuel returns to Bamako while the rest of Mali stays on rationed supply https://mefiles.news/story/2026-09-05-un-mission-maps-a-transnational-supply-chain-to-sudans-rsf.html MEFILES en 2026-09-05T05:00:00+03:00 UN mission maps a transnational supply chain to Sudan’s RSF, with facilitators operating from the UAE https://mefiles.news/story/2026-09-05-sudans-two-confirmed-famines-fell-out-of-the-comparable-data.html MEFILES en 2026-09-05T05:00:00+03:00 Sudan’s two confirmed famines fell out of the comparable data, for want of access rather than hunger https://mefiles.news/story/2026-09-05-syria-starts-destroying-chemical-materials-found-in-a-cache.html MEFILES en 2026-09-05T05:00:00+03:00 Syria starts destroying chemical materials found in a cache nobody had declared https://mefiles.news/story/2026-09-05-washington-has-dismantled-the-syria-sanctions-architecture-but.html MEFILES en 2026-09-05T05:00:00+03:00 Washington has dismantled the Syria sanctions architecture but nobody can date the first certification https://mefiles.news/story/2026-09-05-red-sea-traffic-holds-a-second-week-at-levels-unseen-since-the.html MEFILES en 2026-09-05T05:00:00+03:00 Red Sea traffic holds a second week at levels unseen since the 2024 exodus began https://mefiles.news/story/2026-09-05-xi-leaves-cairo-with-a-communiqu-and-a-trade-balance-running-9.html MEFILES en 2026-09-05T05:00:00+03:00 Xi leaves Cairo with a communiqué, and a trade balance running $9.5bn against Egypt in six months https://mefiles.news/story/2026-09-05-baghdad-has-set-30-september-as-both-a-disarmament-date-and-a.html MEFILES en 2026-09-05T05:00:00+03:00 Baghdad has set 30 September as both a disarmament date and a withdrawal date, and neither is documented https://mefiles.news/story/2026-09-05-ceyhan-flows-continue-past-the-reported-expiry-of-the-1973.html MEFILES en 2026-09-05T05:00:00+03:00 Ceyhan flows continue past the reported expiry of the 1973 Iraq–Turkey pipeline agreement https://mefiles.news/story/2026-09-05-washington-has-designated-four-brotherhood-chapters-under-an.html MEFILES en 2026-09-05T05:00:00+03:00 Washington has designated four Brotherhood chapters under an order that named only three https://mefiles.news/story/2026-09-05-jordan-referred-seven-brotherhood-officials-to-prosecutors-a.html MEFILES en 2026-09-05T05:00:00+03:00 Jordan referred seven Brotherhood officials to prosecutors a day before Washington’s designation https://mefiles.news/story/2026-09-05-one-lebanese-prisoner-handover-six-outlets-six-incompatible.html MEFILES en 2026-09-05T05:00:00+03:00 One Lebanese prisoner handover, six outlets, six incompatible explanations of why it happened https://mefiles.news/story/2026-09-05-netanyahu-tells-his-generals-that-toppling-tehran-is-now-the.html MEFILES en 2026-09-05T05:00:00+03:00 Netanyahu tells his generals that toppling Tehran is now the central mission https://mefiles.news/story/2026-09-05-israel-called-the-four-freed-detainees-lebanese-afp-reported.html MEFILES en 2026-09-05T05:00:00+03:00 Israel called the four freed detainees Lebanese; AFP reported two were Syrian https://mefiles.news/story/2026-09-05-four-anonymous-sources-no-agency-confirmation-the-iranian.html MEFILES en 2026-09-05T05:00:00+03:00 Four anonymous sources, no agency confirmation: the Iranian infrastructure story that nobody will sign https://mefiles.news/story/2026-09-05-how-attempted-and-unsuccessful-became-launched-in-two-days-of.html MEFILES en 2026-09-05T05:00:00+03:00 How ‘attempted and unsuccessful' became ‘launched' in two days of aggregation https://mefiles.news/story/2026-09-04-four-arab-host-states-have-absorbed-three-iranian-strike-waves.html MEFILES en 2026-09-04T05:00:00+03:00 Four Arab host states have absorbed three Iranian strike waves in four days and changed no policy at all https://mefiles.news/story/2026-09-04-iran-names-four-dead-in-a-wedding-strike-vance-says-he-is.html MEFILES en 2026-09-04T05:00:00+03:00 Iran names four dead in a wedding strike; Vance says he is “extremely skeptical” https://mefiles.news/story/2026-09-04-iran-hits-us-bases-in-kuwait-and-the-uae-as-four-host-states.html MEFILES en 2026-09-04T05:00:00+03:00 Iran hits US bases in Kuwait and the UAE as four host states answer only with interception statements https://mefiles.news/story/2026-09-04-ship-trackers-count-single-digit-hormuz-transits-while.html MEFILES en 2026-09-04T05:00:00+03:00 Ship trackers count single-digit Hormuz transits while Washington claims record volumes moving https://mefiles.news/story/2026-09-04-arrests-widen-in-niamey-a-week-after-the-mutiny-and-a.html MEFILES en 2026-09-04T05:00:00+03:00 Arrests widen in Niamey a week after the mutiny, and a journalist cannot be found https://mefiles.news/story/2026-09-04-algeria-is-reported-to-have-flown-warplanes-into-niger-and-has.html MEFILES en 2026-09-04T05:00:00+03:00 Algeria is reported to have flown warplanes into Niger, and has said nothing about why https://mefiles.news/story/2026-09-04-un-mission-names-foreign-supply-networks-as-sudans-sanctions.html MEFILES en 2026-09-04T05:00:00+03:00 UN mission names foreign supply networks as Sudan’s sanctions regime nears expiry https://mefiles.news/story/2026-09-04-burhan-inspects-blue-nile-as-rsf-alliance-claims-bases-along.html MEFILES en 2026-09-04T05:00:00+03:00 Burhan inspects Blue Nile as RSF alliance claims bases along the Ethiopian frontier https://mefiles.news/story/2026-09-04-opcw-verifies-first-destruction-of-syrian-chemical-munitions.html MEFILES en 2026-09-04T05:00:00+03:00 OPCW verifies first destruction of Syrian chemical munitions since 2014, with the hard part undone https://mefiles.news/story/2026-09-04-israeli-shells-hit-the-same-hill-near-beit-jinn-again-and.html MEFILES en 2026-09-04T05:00:00+03:00 Israeli shells hit the same hill near Beit Jinn again, and Damascus says nothing at all https://mefiles.news/story/2026-09-04-xi-signs-a-third-suez-industrial-phase-in-cairo-and-puts.html MEFILES en 2026-09-04T05:00:00+03:00 Xi signs a third Suez industrial phase in Cairo, and puts Beijing near the Nile file https://mefiles.news/story/2026-09-04-record-reserves-an-imf-programme-expiring-in-december-and-a.html MEFILES en 2026-09-04T05:00:00+03:00 Record reserves, an IMF programme expiring in December, and a canal forecast made before the war https://mefiles.news/story/2026-09-04-austria-said-to-be-drafting-a-constitutional-ban-on-political.html MEFILES en 2026-09-04T05:00:00+03:00 Austria said to be drafting a constitutional ban on ‘political Islam' — but only two partisan outlets carry it https://mefiles.news/story/2026-09-04-nine-months-of-brotherhood-designations-have-produced-four-us.html MEFILES en 2026-09-04T05:00:00+03:00 Nine months of Brotherhood designations have produced four US listings and a long column of unfinished business https://mefiles.news/story/2026-09-04-five-outlets-one-lebanese-detainee-and-three-different-numbers.html MEFILES en 2026-09-04T05:00:00+03:00 Five outlets, one Lebanese detainee, and three different numbers in the headlines https://mefiles.news/story/2026-09-04-day-187-of-the-iran-war-the-search-results-return.html MEFILES en 2026-09-04T05:00:00+03:00 On day 187 of the Iran war, the search results return encyclopedias and a think tank’s tally https://mefiles.news/story/2026-09-04-netanyahu-tells-the-general-staff-that-toppling-irans.html MEFILES en 2026-09-04T05:00:00+03:00 Netanyahu tells the General Staff that toppling Iran’s government is now the objective https://mefiles.news/story/2026-09-04-israel-hands-back-a-lebanese-detainee-and-washington-claims.html MEFILES en 2026-09-04T05:00:00+03:00 Israel hands back a Lebanese detainee and Washington claims the credit for it https://mefiles.news/story/2026-09-04-telegram-channel-promises-blackouts-while-the-intrusions-it.html MEFILES en 2026-09-04T05:00:00+03:00 A Telegram channel promises blackouts, while the intrusions it claims remain unsophisticated and unsuccessful https://mefiles.news/story/2026-09-04-three-separate-us-actions-against-iranian-hackers-are.html MEFILES en 2026-09-04T05:00:00+03:00 Three separate US actions against Iranian hackers are circulating this week as one new announcement