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1627 figures · 23 Jul 2026 to 19 Oct 2026 · ten desks

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6
vessels attacked in or near Hormuz on 11 October, the most in a single day since the war began (Vanguard, IMO, UKMTO)
$108.82
Brent crude on Sunday 18 October, down $1.04, after touching $110 on Friday — the highest since 20 May
21
months between the AES withdrawal taking effect and the Dakar ministerial
13
days since the recapture of Kidal with no independent reporting from the town
72
civilian miners killed, Emergency Lawyers' preliminary count
2
eastern states targeted by RSF drones on 18 October, per unnamed military sources
1,760
deaths in the Sweida violence documented by a Syrian government committee (Asharq Al-Awsat, 16 Oct 2026)
1,400+
Alawites killed in the March 2025 coastal violence, per AFP’s 15 October summary
$5.434bn
Saudi deposit at Egypt’s central bank falling due this month, per The New Arab
753k TEU
Weekly Suez container capacity, first two weeks of October, against 1,457k in 2023
1
PMF member killed, per anonymous sources — the group’s own first statement reported none
1,520
dinars to the dollar after the 7 October devaluation, from about 1,320 set in 2023
381
MEPs for; 167 against, 15 abstaining, 8 October 2026
4
Brotherhood chapters designated under EO 14362 — Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, Sudan
2
of the three largest wires ran headlines that did not say “Israeli”
5
Palestinians injured — four women and a child — absent from every Western headline retrieved
52–51
Kan poll seat split, opposition bloc over Netanyahu’s, published 18 October
45
Al Jazeera devices targeted in 2024–25, per Citizen Lab
88 days
Iran’s Feb–May 2026 blackout, per NetBlocks via VOA
12
ships attacked in the week to 16 October, by UKMTO’s own undercount
$109.86
Brent settlement on Friday 16 October, the highest since 19 May
5,300
Tanker trucks reported into Bamako since September, on one unopened headline with no published baseline
1
Outlets carrying the Algerian air intervention claim, with the speaker unnamed and no government confirmation
30
killed at Nyala’s livestock market, per a medical source cited by AFP
20 of 40
seats the civilian bloc wants reserved for non-aligned forces
31
civilians killed while prospecting for gold in Blue Nile, 9 October
3 or 4
Detainees reported from the same Quneitra incursions
27 Oct
Israeli election date, twelve days after the disclosure
~250
Civilians killed at Baniyas in 2013, per The New Arab
$2.2bn
divestment proceeds by end-FY2023/24, against an $8.7bn programme target (IMF)
53.18
pounds to the dollar at the 14 October close — weakest since 19 May (CBE)
11
Cabinet posts approved in a single session on 15 October
5
Injured in the PMF’s revised account, after an initial statement reporting none
4
ISIS attacks al-Sudani counted for 2025, against 42 the year before
381
votes for the resolution; 167 against, 15 abstentions
0
documents, membership records or named witnesses produced across the outlets reviewed
2
men publishing as acting General Guide in October 2026
12
outlet headlines compared on one West Bank attack
4
different delegation line-ups reported for one visit
100+
injured in olive-harvest violence since early October, per the Palestinian Health Ministry — a party to the conflict, unverified
9
days between Lapid’s Channel 12 interview and the 27 October election
10M
ads a day, worldwide, on Confiant’s estimate of Discover-Tech’s reach
3
claims this window whose only source is a party to the conflict
$110
Brent session high on 16 October, the first since May (CNBC)
5
killed in the 15 October missile strike on Aden’s al-Maashiq palace, per Yemen’s health minister
90
Days in the US-proposed humanitarian truce the SAF has opposed
<50%
Share of the UN’s Sudan humanitarian appeal funded as of 8 October, per UN News
42
Syrian aerial bombs whose destruction the OPCW has verified — the first such verification
6
months in the UNDOF mandate renewed unanimously on 25 June, putting the next vote around late December
2030
Year Sisi’s current term ends under the 2019 amendments
$57.35bn
Egypt’s net international reserves, end-September 2026 (CBE)
261
lawmakers present for the vote that completed the cabinet
17
lawmakers who boycotted the cabinet session
5 Nov
Date Florida’s designations take the force of state law absent an injunction
381–167
European Parliament vote on the non-binding Brotherhood resolution, 8 October 2026
3 Nov
US elections determining control of Congress
19h
Between AP’s first filing and the timestamped revision that removed Israel from the headline
340+
Children UNICEF reports killed in Gaza since the ceasefire announced in October 2025
NIS 3m
Damages sought by Ronen Bar from Netanyahu, filed 14 Oct 2026
18 vs 26
Likud seats, Maariv (16 Oct) against Direct Polls/i24 (8 Oct)
10 days
Between Netanyahu’s Army Radio interview and the 27 October vote
45
Al Jazeera devices Citizen Lab says were targeted, 2024–2025
88
days of Iran’s second nationwide shutdown of 2026, from 28 February
100+
Azerbaijani state domains Baku says were targeted from 22:00 on 13 October
124
Hormuz transits in the week to 12 October, against 122 the week before
18
dead in the recent wave of attacks on Saudi cities and airports, per World Oil
34
civilians Amnesty documents as deliberately killed across seven incidents, 2023–2025
200+
JNIM fighters ISSP claims to have killed at Kacham — a belligerent’s claim, unverified
6,500+
Detainees the Sudan Doctors Network says are held in El Geneina
11 Dec
New expiry date for the Darfur arms embargo after the Council’s eight-week roll-over
2,000+
killed in the July 2025 Sweida violence, including 789 Druze civilians (SOHR count)
42
aerial bombs destroyed — the only OPCW-verified destruction so far, against 100,000+ documents submitted
2
pipelines reported damaged by the state oil company on 15 October
$8bn
Egypt’s IMF programme, whose final review is now at least three months behind the Fund’s published schedule
753,000
TEU of weekly container capacity through Suez in early October, against 1,457,000 in 2023 and a 141,000 trough average
11
ministerial portfolios approved in a single sitting
16 days
between the last US troops leaving and a defence minister being confirmed
381–167
European Parliament vote on the Brotherhood resolution, with 15 abstentions
1980
Year of the Syrian statute making Brotherhood membership a capital offence
0
commercial trucks entering Gaza over two days to 15 October, per COGAT and the Gaza transport union
21
crew evacuated from the GFS Pride without injury, per Singapore’s port authority
₪3m
Damages sought by Ronen Bar from Netanyahu
18
Seat spread between the week’s highest and lowest bloc polls
120,000+
websites reached by the malicious ad campaign, per Citizen Lab
88 days
internet shutdown at the start of the war, per Al Jazeera
477
cargo transits of Hormuz in September, the most since the war began (Lloyd’s List Intelligence)
$220
per barrel, record wholesale diesel in Europe and the US (IEA)
13
killed in last week’s strike on Riyadh’s King Khalid airport, shut since
6 weeks
since Niger’s thwarted coup with no plotters publicly named
38%
GAM among children 6–59 months, Eastern Jebel Marra IDP camp, South Darfur, Aug–Sep 2026
8 months
since a US adviser said the Quad had reached a peace deal for Sudan; status undetermined
3
irreconcilable crowd counts published for the same Hasakah protest wave
8
killed in the Masyaf Bridge bus attack of 30 September, per WSWS citing SANA and AFP
$23.2bn
Net capital and financial account inflows, FY2025/26, against a $22.5bn current account deficit
$4.4bn
Suez transit receipts, FY2025/26, against a 2023 peak of $10.25bn
11 days
Interval between Abbas Kamel’s arrival in Israel and the 7 October 2023 attack, per Netanyahu’s own account
154
Days from al-Zaidi’s investiture on 14 May to Thursday’s cabinet completion vote
3
ISIS-attributed or ISIS-adjacent incidents reported along the Kirkuk–Hamrin–north-Baghdad belt, 5–14 October
381–167
European Parliament vote, 8 October, on a text that lists no one
6 days
from the Strasbourg vote to Gulf, American and European analysis all landing on the same side
2h 21m
between Bloomberg’s “all crew evacuated safely” and “as attacks ramp up”
11,000
residents at the Dhahran complex, absent from every Western headline retrieved
100%
of both US strike accounts, including the crew-safety claims, sourced to CENTCOM alone
20
pre-attack warnings Bar says he delivered
1M+
Lebanese Shias Katz threatened would be displaced — his projection, not an agency estimate
0
suspects identified by the IDF at the Mukhmas mosque arson
1%
Share of global internet traffic carried by cables through the Strait of Hormuz, per Steptoe
3.7M
Accounts, Pages and Groups removed by Meta, with 28 arrests confirmed by police
3
floors of an Aramco office tower reported damaged — single company source
6
days between “no strikes before the midterms” and “it has no impact”
−2.1%
Brent’s month-on-month move through an 18-attack fortnight (CFD tracker)
$150M
US–Burkina health deal reported by Coda Story, unconfirmed by primary documents
82%
rise in political violence deaths in Niger across matched three-year windows (ACLED)
38%
Child acute malnutrition, one Jebel Marra displacement camp (IPC)
1,100+
People killed by drones in Sudan, January–May 2026 (UN figures via AFP)
42
Syrian aerial bombs whose destruction the OPCW has verified
Dec 2024
Since when Israeli forces have held expanded territory in southern Syria
$22.5bn
Current account deficit, FY2025/26, against a $2.8bn overall surplus (Central Bank of Egypt)
166
Container ships over 130,000 tons through Suez in July–September 2026, against 16 a year earlier (Suez Canal Authority)
8.6%
Gap between Baghdad’s street rate and the new official dollar peg on 13 October — our calculation from 964 Network’s figures
30 Sept
The single cabinet session that referred the PMF bill and assigned sanctions coordination with the US Treasury
381–167
Strasbourg vote on resolution B10-0424/2026, with 15 abstentions
3
Brotherhood chapters designated by the US State Department on 13 January 2026
9
headlines retrieved for a single 13 October exchange
5 days
from “will not attack before the midterms” to “a decision very soon”
100+
organisations signing the Amnesty-published ceasefire statement
3 Nov
Date before which Trump committed in writing not to strike Iran
52–52
Jewish Chronicle tracker’s seat estimate for the two blocs, early October
$7.65M
paid for Pegasus by the previous Polish government, per the parliamentary inquiry
80%
of Starlink packets in Iran claimed disrupted by Aghamiri — unverified by any independent measurement
~100
articles from fake bylines placed in syndicated and small outlets between July 2025 and October 2026
124
Hormuz transits logged by Lloyd’s List in the week to 8 October, against straits.live’s “near zero”
12
killed at King Khalid International on 10 October, per Saudi civil aviation authorities
2
Iranians sanctioned by Britain over the September Fairford incident
13
months since JNIM began blockading fuel into southern Mali, 3 September 2025
5
months Kidal was outside Bamako’s control before the 6 October column entered
<50%
Share of Sudan’s humanitarian appeal funded as of 8 October
2
Months of extension granted to the Darfur arms embargo under Resolution 2830
31
Civilians reported killed at Abu Shandi by the Sudan Doctors Network, a figure the UN cited but did not independently verify
5.5M
Syrians still displaced, per UN humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher, 17 September briefing
185,000
students registered for Kurdish-language study, per ANHA — an administration figure, not an independent count
$1.74bn
Rise in the foreign-currency leg of Egypt’s reserves in September, against a $134m headline gain
$4.67bn
Suez Canal revenue in the fiscal year to June 2026, up 23% but still below half the pre-disruption peak
14 of 23
Iraqi ministers approved by parliament since May
70+
Factions counted inside the PMF by the Washington Institute
381
MEPs in favour on 8 October; 167 against, 15 abstentions
$2m
raised by a France-based network via sham charities and crypto, per the State Department
9 of 13
Riyadh airport dead who were neither American nor Saudi (NBC breakdown, 10–11 Oct)
1,400
killed by Israeli forces in Gaza in the year since the ceasefire, per a 100+ NGO coalition statement
3
state bodies asked to identify and prosecute the film’s sources
33,000+
Palestinians displaced from Jenin, Tulkarm and Nur al-Shams
24
students and teachers wounded on the Ramim Ridge hike
Oct 11
Publication date; actor, intrusion date and document count all unestablished
7 days
Age of the Unit 42 research now circulating as breaking news
309
wounded at King Khalid International on Saturday, per CBS/AP
4
vessels transiting Hormuz on 4 October, per IMF PortWatch via straits.live
$6.23
US retail diesel per gallon, 9 October (Fortune)
402
Battles involving Russian fighters in Mali in 2025, down from 537 in 2024 (ACLED, via ADF)
+82%
Rise in political-violence deaths in Niger, Jul 2023–Jul 2026 against the prior three years (ACLED)
13–200
Range of published death tolls for the same strikes
11 Dec
New expiry of the Darfur-only arms embargo
56
Localities in the current IPC analysis, down from 195
11
IDF positions held on the Syrian side of the 1974 line, per UN reporting to 12 August 2026
3.5 yrs
Remaining transition period cited by the UN deputy envoy in September 2026
$133.7m
September increase in net reserves, against a $655m average monthly build this year
10.7%
Share of the global container fleet by TEU directly affected by the Hormuz closure
48 hours
Deadline each government gave the other’s diplomat on 1 October
14 of 23
cabinet nominees approved when parliament granted al-Zaidi confidence, 14 May 2026
2019
year US sanctions were imposed on PMF figures over the Tishreen protest crackdown, per Alhurra
0
binding EU-level Brotherhood designations to date
6
journalists arrested, the whole Matsaddash newsroom
4 of 9
retrieved headlines naming no perpetrator in the main clause
124
Saudi airstrikes in 24 hours — Houthi claim, confirmed by no party
2
Houthi strikes on Riyadh’s main airport in 48 hours
52–52
The two blocs in the Jerusalem Post’s polling average, 11 October
0
actors claiming responsibility for the leak as of Monday
~100
articles on 12+ websites traced to fabricated bylines, July 2025–October 2026
800,000
daily attacks the UAE reported in May 2026, recirculated on 10 October as current
309
wounded at King Khalid International Airport, per Saudi GACA
9
ships struck in Hormuz, 1–6 October (IMO, via USNI News)
3 hrs
Araghchi before Iran’s parliament, 7 October (The National)
643
tankers escorted into Bamako on 3 October, against 980 on 6 September
28–29 Oct
Russia–Africa summit dates in Moscow, attendance announced only from Russia
20–40
range of reported deaths at Wad al-Mahi, 9 October
9 Nov
Panel of Experts mandate expires a month before the sanctions regime
1974
The disengagement agreement Damascus says the works violate
3
Pipeline sabotage attacks in the north-east in about ten days, per the Syrian Petroleum Company
1 yr
since the Gaza ceasefire took effect, 10 October 2025
4.3%
World Bank forecast for Egypt’s FY2026/27 real GDP growth, down from a 5.1% estimate for the year just closed
14 of 23
Ministerial portfolios filled when al-Zaidi’s government formed, May 2026
3.1 GW
Iraqi grid capacity lost when Iranian gas imports fell to zero (Enerdata, March 2026)
381-167
Strasbourg vote on B10-0424/2026, 8 October 2026
3
civil-society organisations named in the text: FEMYSO, ENAR, CCIE
0
Houthi claims of responsibility for the 10 October attack
136
targets the coalition says it destroyed; independently verified: none
55
pages in the account Netanyahu gave the state comptroller, which Gil calls incomplete
11
seat gap between the highest and lowest estimate of Netanyahu’s bloc in a single week of polling
5
Breakout Scale category OpenAI assigned itself to the Russia-origin network — its first
6 weeks
Age of the Meta takedown resurfacing alongside this week’s OpenAI report
100+
targets the coalition says it destroyed — no independent damage assessment retrieved
8
Hormuz transits on 8 October, down from 18 the day before (Windward)
300,000t
diesel Trump says Russia will supply immediately — not in the Kremlin readout
900
tankers claimed under escort, no primary source located
2,500 vs 200
insurgents claimed killed since 25 April: Africa Corps vs the Malian army
~35
reported mine deaths in Babanusa, per Radio Dabanga
2004
year the Darfur arms embargo was imposed under Chapter VII
6 Oct
date the RSF delegation reached the Nuba Mountains
453
Israeli ground incursions into Syria documented by SNHR, 8 Dec 2024 – 6 Oct 2026
14,073
people killed in Syria since 8 December 2024, by SOHR’s count
2
anonymous officials, one US and one Syrian, underpinning the Reuters report
95%
share of Egypt’s water resources drawn from the Nile, per Madbouly
$57.35bn
net international reserves at end-September, a ninth consecutive monthly record
1,400+
additional deaths reported by AP in the year since the ceasefire was announced
1,520
dinars to the dollar, from 1,320 held since February 2023
12 years
of coalition presence, ended in the week to 8 October per The New Arab
~400
detainees Baghdad says are not ISIS members, of some 4,000 transferred
0
Entities added to the EU terrorist list by the 8 October vote
6
Journalists detained — the whole Matsaddash newsroom, operating since 2018
13
headlines on one attack, compared
1,400
Palestinians killed since the ceasefire, per the NGO coalition
17
days until the 27 October Knesset election
3
arrests at the 8 October anti-draft protests, one over a riot targeting a soldier
4 months
Between infrastructure staging (Nov 2025) and live delivery (Mar 2026)
347
Days since the freshest dated Predatory Sparrow result surfaced in this scan
Nov 3
Date until which Trump pledged no US strikes on Iran
222
Days since the Hormuz closure began, per straits.live
$104.28
Brent settle on 8 October, up 4 per cent (NBC News)
600bn
FCFA gap in Burkina Faso’s 2027 draft budget
57.99m
litres of fuel delivered to Bamako in the week of 14–20 September, per Africa24
2 months
Sanctions rollover, against a standard 12-month renewal
3.5 years
Duration of the war Burhan declined to negotiate over
300
Defectors claimed in al-Fanjari’s own video statement, uncounted independently
515+
displaced families sent to Ras al-Ayn on 5 October, framed as part of integration
11
Israeli positions maintained and reinforced on the Syrian side, UNDOF, 12 August
4
years of presidential certifications to Congress required under NDAA section 8369
$57.35bn
Egypt’s net international reserves, end-September 2026 — 30.4% of it gold
$567.1m
Suez transit revenue in August 2026, up 56.7% year on year
1,500
US and coalition personnel at Erbil Air Base, the last hub to close
14 of 23
cabinet nominees approved when parliament seated al-Zaidi’s government in May; nine ministries left vacant
381
votes for, from 563 MEPs voting; 156 did not vote
90+
federal FTOs imported onto Florida’s state list alongside three new domestic designations
0
headlines in the set that name a perpetrator
2
words of on-the-record Trump language behind both framings
11
minutes a PMO call was allegedly backdated, per Gil
61
Knesset seats neither bloc reaches in any current poll
CL-STA-1178
Unit 42’s cluster ID — not a named APT
1.5M
files claimed stolen from a Saudi contractor — unconfirmed
13
vessels transiting Hormuz on 4 October, per Windward
3
US carrier strike groups committed to the region, per CNBC
83
civilians killed since the offensive began, per the Houthi-run health ministry (unverified)
2
government captures of Kidal in 35 months, both alongside Russian forces
500
Nigerien trainees bound for Algeria, first cohort departed 1 October
1,100
civilians killed in drone attacks in Sudan, January–June 2026 (UN figure stated 24 August, reported by Anadolu)
90
days of humanitarian ceasefire in the US proposal the army wants amended
0
Investment figures in the Saudi readout
8 Dec 2024
The line Damascus demands Israel withdraw to
$133.7m
September gain in net reserves, the smallest of the nine-month record run
68.3m t
August net tonnage through Suez, up 51.1% while transits rose 27%
80%
Share of water reaching Egypt carried by the Blue Nile, where the GERD sits
23
years of US military presence in Iraq, ended 30 September 2026
30 Jun 2027
Baghdad’s deadline for completing militia disarmament
5 Nov
Date Florida’s designation of CAIR takes effect absent an injunction
26
Journalists held in Egypt on security and political charges, per EIPR
9
attacks on tankers in the Strait of Hormuz this month, per UKMTO via Al Jazeera
3
verbs carrying the anniversary in one NPR headline: mourn, grapple, sparked
50,000
Times of Israel’s attendance estimate for the civilian ceremony at Yarkon Park, which cabinet ministers did not attend
14
Arab-party seats in Channel 13’s 1 October poll — excluded by both Zionist blocs, and decisive to the coalition count
1
likely victim in the Iraq campaign — targeted, not mass
3
national registries compromised — .gh, .sl, .as
7
days — the duration of the Hormuz security proposal Tehran is reported to have passed to Washington through intermediaries
$114
Brent’s September average, per the EIA — against about $101 spot on 6 October
3
AES states sharing the new channel
~2,000
Africa Corps personnel in Mali, per ADF (June 2026); other counts say ~1,000
9 Oct
Date the 1591 sanctions regime lapses absent a Council vote
1
Town underwriting the ‘SAF momentum' framing
53%
Global acute malnutrition in Um Baru, IPC data released February 2026
830
Israeli air raids documented by Enab Baladi in the year after Assad’s fall
3
Kurdish-language classes per week under the reported Education Ministry decision
10
envoys expelled by Ethiopia, 1 October
$3.3bn
Suez revenue at the trough, against a $10.25bn record in 2023
5
militias Baghdad says have agreed to state control — the prime minister’s claim, unverified
50tn
dinar deficit in the draft 2027 budget, per one Finance Committee member — 23% of total spending
90+
foreign terrorist organisations added to Florida’s state list in the same 29 September vote
6
journalists detained — the entire newsroom of a platform operating since 2018
2
headline-versus-URL mismatches in a single story cluster
100
Saudi-led coalition jets the coalition says joined the offensive
6,000
Attackers Katz says crossed the border on 7 October 2023; the figure in common reference use is about 3,500
75%
Israelis backing a state commission of inquiry into 7 October, including 52% of coalition voters (INSS, reported 20 September)
3
outlets that named a state the vendor’s title did not
0
independent measurements of Iranian connectivity in the past 72 hours
7
tankers hit in a week, per TradeWinds — tied fourth-highest since the war began
7
Iranian conditions Qalibaf says must be met before Hormuz reopens
1 vs 85
transits on 27 September against the pre-crisis daily baseline, per IMF PortWatch
34%
of Burkina Faso’s population with electricity access (Ecofin Agency, base year unstated)
130+
tankers destroyed since September 2025, counted by Bellingcat via ACLED
9 Oct
Date the 1591 arms embargo and targeted sanctions expire
47
Wounded in the El Obeid dormitory strike, per a Sudanese medical network
29M
People facing acute food insecurity, per the Sudan FSL Cluster
11
IDF positions maintained and reinforced on the Syrian side of the area of separation, per UNDOF as at 12 August 2026
4
Heads of state at the Alamein table; Ethiopia, landlocked, was the absence the text was written around
28%
Gap between annualised August Suez revenue and the FY2022/23 record — the Files' own arithmetic, not a published figure
12
years of the US anti-ISIS mission in Iraq, declared complete on 30 September
82%
of Iraqi federal spending went to salaries and welfare in H1 2026 (Finance Ministry via Shafaq News)
1 July
Date HB 1471 took effect in Florida
4 March
Date Judge Walker enjoined Florida’s first CAIR designation
6 days
Between the Florida vote and the Gulf editorial wave
4
different verbs Western headlines used for one televised speech
324
“high-value” Houthi targets destroyed — per the Saudi-led coalition’s own count
90 sec
from the incident starting to Israeli airspace being closed, per CBS’s Israeli sources
5 of 6
petitions against Netanyahu’s campaign posts upheld by Justice Noam Solberg, 4 October
21
days from Zini’s cabinet request to the 27 October election
$3.4B
damage estimate attached to the extradition, provenance unestablished
182 vs 76
days old: the same advisory, as dated by IC3 and by CISA
22.4M
barrels/day of crude, products and chemicals leaving the Middle East, week to 30 September (Kpler, provisional)
150km
of Red Sea coast, including Bab al-Mandeb, taken by the Houthis in September (Reuters)
24 days
since the last confirmed Iranian ballistic strike on a Gulf host state (GlobalSecurity OPREP, 3 October)
397
days since the blockade began on 3 September 2025 (our count)
60
months in the “adjustable” transition set by Niger’s Refoundation Charter, per Anadolu
4
times Bara has changed hands since March 2026, on belligerent claims alone
400+
children reportedly killed or injured in Sudan, January–September 2026 (UNICEF)
185,000
students ANHA says are registered for Kurdish-language study — preliminary, partisan, uncorroborated
11
Israeli positions maintained and reinforced inside the area of separation as at 12 August 2026
16 Apr 2026
date the US announced its military withdrawal from Syria was complete
4
Heads of state and government in the El Alamein declaration — none of them Ethiopian
$2.3bn
Available to Egypt on completion of the final EFF and RSF reviews, per the IMF
9 months
Slippage in Iraq’s disarmament deadline, from 30 September 2026 to 30 June 2027
40
Daily Iranian flights into Najaf under the exemption Baghdad says Washington granted
3
New Florida state designations: Antifa, the Muslim Brotherhood, CAIR
2018
Date of the Vidino report Drop Site says Alp Services commissioned for the UAE
6 hrs
between CNN’s two headlines on the same URL
0
independent confirmations of the Aramco strike claim in retrieved reporting
174
people aboard the Dubai–Tel Aviv flight, per Netanyahu
38
parties contesting 120 Knesset seats on 27 October
226
Pegasus deployments alleged against El Faro devices, June 2020–Nov 2021, per plaintiffs' counsel
0
Middle East, Gulf or Sahel items in the 2 October commercial threat-intel weekly
100,000
Yemeni troops Reuters says could be mobilised, per unnamed officials
54%
Gap between the official and open-market rial rate, 1-3 October
1,000
Africa Corps personnel estimated in Mali (The Sentry, December 2025)
15 months
Algeria–Mali airspace closure, reopened July 2026
90 km
Distance from al-Mazroub to Bara, per Anadolu and Eastleigh Voice
9 Oct
Date the 1591 sanctions regime lapses absent a new resolution
4M
Returnees to Syria, per UN Deputy Special Envoy Claudio Cordone
6
Anonymous sources behind the Reuters account, against two on-the-record government denials
$2.3bn
Financing tied to Egypt’s final EFF and RSF reviews, per the IMF
10 / 215
Transits broadcasting AIS among previously Houthi-threatened owners since March
19–24 Oct
Dates of Egypt Forum 2026 at the New Administrative Capital
18
articles in the PMF draft now before parliament, per Shafaqna
40
daily Iranian flights to Najaf, per Baghdad’s announcement
427
pages in the FDLE designation packet approved without discussion
16 / 17
Brotherhood names added to and removed from Egypt’s terrorists list, Decision No. 5 of 2026
78,000
Alp Services documents behind the 2023 Mediapart/EIC investigation into the UAE campaign
4
different troop figures published for one deployment in 36 hours
1
original source behind four reports of the Camp David meeting
180
Israelis aboard — Eisenkot’s campaign figure, not independently confirmed
2,000
bereaved families the October Council says it represents
15 pts
gap between Channel 14 and Maariv on preferred prime minister
0
Primary Amnesty documents located for the claim
74
Days since the last Iranian-themed CISA advisory
3
US carrier strike groups in or heading to the region
997
vessel transits of the Strait of Hormuz logged by JMIC, 18 June–30 September
4 Sept
Tiani’s first public appearance after the late-August Niamey mutiny
537→402
Battles involving Russian fighters in Mali, 2024 to 2025 — a 25% fall, published as “more than 33%”
1,100+
killed by army and RSF drones, January–May 2026 (UN figures, via AFP)
9 Oct
expiry of the Darfur arms embargo and targeted sanctions under S/RES/2828
3
official denials issued within hours of publication
11
Israeli positions on the Syrian side of the area of separation, 12 August 2026
16 yrs
Syria on the FATF grey list without an on-site inspection
48h
Deadline each capital gave the other’s diplomat
$56.3bn
CBE net international reserves, end-July 2026
9
cabinet posts still unfilled, five months after Zaidi took office
217
days of the Iran war as logged on 2 October
90+
organisations designated in one Florida Cabinet vote
6
journalists detained — the platform’s entire newsroom
11
Western headlines surveyed on a single cockpit incident
9,000
US troops reported heading to the region; no Pentagon release traced
14,000 ft
altitude the flydubai 737 MAX lost before the crew regained control
7
West Bank villages reporting settler attacks on harvesters in a single day, per Arab News
18–31
range of Likud seat projections across 14 Israeli polling houses
31TB
figure from the original Mabna indictment, re-reported this week as new
0
officials named on the record in the only account of the tanker intrusion
10
ongoing internet shutdowns worldwide, Internet Society Pulse, 1 October 2026
$24bn
Frozen Iranian assets in the June memorandum draft published by Mehr
3
Jurisdictions holding the case: Israel, the UAE and Oman
25
Weekly Red Sea vessel transits after July, per the Africa Center
90
days of ceasefire in the Boulos proposal, before talks begin
47
wounded in the El Obeid dormitory strike, per one medical group’s preliminary count
6
sources briefed on the reported Syria–Hezbollah meeting, all anonymous
13+1
Latakia town councils plus Qardaha city council handed appointed interim offices
18
Days between the announcement and the forum’s opening
$28.4bn
Banking-sector net foreign assets, July 2026 (CBE, via Daily News Egypt)
30 Jun 2027
New deadline for weapons outside state control, moved from 30 September 2026
238,075
PMF personnel, per the schedules of the Iraqi budget law (Rudaw Arabic)
5 Nov
Date Florida’s designations take effect
€5.7m
Reported Emirati payment to Alp Services, 2017–2020
174
people aboard FZ1073, mostly Israelis
3
headlines run off one ABC News article ID
54–52
Netanyahu bloc against his opponents in a poll reported by Haaretz on 1 October
2
Egyptian warnings ABC News reports went unheeded before 7 October 2023
3
Gulf states inside one incident: a UAE carrier, an Omani co-pilot, a Saudi diversion
17
defendants named in the August 2026 superseding indictment
40%
of normal Iranian internet traffic when the blackout lifted, 26 May 2026
7 days
length of the confidence-building period reportedly set out in the unpublished US counterproposal
41%
of Hormuz transits on 29 September ran dark, per Windward’s one-day count of 17 vessels
5
suspects released on bail in the RAF Fairford investigation
9
days between this edition and the nearest dated original reporting the desk could surface on Mali
266
days since Burkina Faso announced the foiled plot, with no charges or trial retrieved
20
wounded in the 25 September drone attack on El Obeid, per North Kordofan state authorities
90
days of ceasefire sought in the Boulos proposal Burhan has refused to sign
4.2m
acute malnutrition cases projected in Sudan in 2026, over 800,000 of them severe (IPC, February 2026 alert)
3
men detained, on a single state statement
50
Years of subsidies Sisi asked be set against the debt stock
$28.418bn
Banking-sector net foreign assets, July 2026 (CBE, via headline)
2,500
US troops in Iraq before the drawdown
June 2027
Al-Zaidi’s revised militia disarmament deadline
3
organisations designated by Florida that carry no federal designation
2
organisations listed under Australia’s new hate-group framework; the Brotherhood is not one
7500
Unlawful-interference squawk code logged by Flightradar24 before FZ1073 reverted to a general emergency
17,400 ft
descent in under two minutes, per flight-tracking data cited by CNN
9
minutes Likud’s own statement implies the classified briefing lasted
150
settlers the IDF counted at Jalud; wires reported more than 100
177
days since the Iran PLC advisory still topping this week’s searches was published
1
sources behind the Asyad breach claim, and it is an aggregator relaying a leak-site post
7
days in the ceasefire and Hormuz reopening plan Tehran tabled
25
pages in the IRGC’s open letter to the American public
98%
of pre-war Middle East crude exports, 10-day average, per analysts cited by Trading Economics
$430m
Barrick’s November 2025 settlement payment to Mali — not this week’s labour deal
5th
AES ministerial summit now in preparation in Bamako
3
circulating Sahel claims this desk is withholding for want of an originating outlet
1947
Headquarters Agreement Sudan says was breached
23 Sep
Date of the UN Fact-Finding Mission report
500,000
People UN said were trapped in El Obeid (July 2026)
9
months since the Caesar Act repeal was signed into law
7
named members of Syria’s UNGA delegation on 22 September
$20bn
Suez revenue Sisi says Egypt has lost — a presidential claim with no published base year
4,500
Americans killed in more than two decades of war in Iraq, per Reuters
9 months
slip in the deadline to bring all weapons under Iraqi state control, from 30 Sept 2026 to 30 June 2027
0
EU-level Brotherhood designations, against four US chapter designations since January
21 Sep
Date of the Brussels event whose funding remains unaccounted for
6
headlines on one video, three levels of certainty
18
violations counted by one party to the ceasefire, Sept 15–29
28
days between the Tel Nof video and the 27 October vote
NIS 2.6m
claim value, against ten journalists and outlets
48h
from Ynet’s Gulf summit report to its correction
3
dates on which Citizen Lab says Kouloglou’s phone was infected, in 2022 and 2023
75
Unitronics devices CISA confirms were compromised by CyberAv3ngers since November 2023
7
days in Tehran’s offer to reopen Hormuz, rejected by Trump on 26 September
+59%
Brent crude, 12-month change to 28 September (Trading Economics CFD series)
3
episodes of unrest at Niamey’s airport in 2026, per AP
95%
of Mali’s fuel imported by road, per OpsCon
90
Days in the unconditional ceasefire proposed by US adviser Massad Boulos
56t
Gap between Sudanese state production and recorded export figures, last year
6 weeks
Between the 17 August strike on the KSrelief convoy and Riyadh’s Security Council filing
298
pro-government perpetrators identified by Syria’s fact-finding commission; three have been sentenced
90%
of a security deal agreed, per Sharaa — against a “99 percent” claim briefed in Washington a year earlier
33.3%
Gold as a share of Egypt’s net international reserves, end-August 2026
13 months
Since the GERD’s inauguration on 9 September 2025, with no binding agreement
250–350
US advisers who stayed at Ain al-Asad past the original 2025 target date
+664 kb/d
Iraq’s output increase from July to August, the largest in OPEC-12
0
Brotherhood entities designated by the EU itself
4
national Brotherhood chapters designated by the US in 2026
3
different sourcing labels attached to one unconfirmed claim
9 days
between the court’s compliance deadline and the enforcement attempt
4
foreign aircraft Kan says landed in Abu Dhabi during the visit
88
age of Yocheved Lifshitz, the former hostage addressed in the post
9 days
since the High Court’s 20 September deadline for the families' return lapsed
15 months
Age of the top-ranked result on a September 2026 Iran cyber query
$105.76
Brent crude, 28 September 2026, up 16.9% in a month
346
Non-Iranian-linked ships transiting Hormuz in August, per Lloyd’s List Intelligence
5
Exiled Nigeriens stripped of nationality by decree signed 17 September
900+
Fuel tankers escorted into Bamako on 14 September, per the Malian government
20km
From the depot to Wad Madani, deep inside SAF-held territory
40 days
Between the 17 August strike and the reported Saudi filing
18%
Syrian refugees wanting to return within 12 months (UNHCR survey, September 2025)
3
Kurdish-language lessons per week at issue in the Qamishlo protests
23.2bn
cubic metres of water Egypt reuses annually, per Minister Sewilam
40.8
average daily Suez transits, Jan–Aug 2026, against 73.7 in 2023
250–350
US advisers still at Ain al-Asad when it was handed over in January 2026 (Military Times)
9
ministries still unfilled 137 days after the May confidence vote
4
Brotherhood chapters designated by the US since January 2026
7
former Jordanian Brotherhood officials referred to the Attorney General on 12 January
1 of 11
headlines in the set that gave Iran the grammatical subject
74,000
Palestinian deaths reported by Gaza’s Health Ministry, per AP, 27 September
48h
Egyptian warnings continued until 48 hours before the attack, per the WSJ’s Arab officials
12
Knesset seats for the Arab parties — without them, no recent poll gives the non-Arab opposition a government
2
items inside the 25–28 September window, both aggregation
35% / 50%
the two circulating figures from one H1 2026 dataset
$12bn
in frozen Iranian assets Tehran asked to have released as part of the seven-day package
2
states Pezeshkian named as carrying Iran’s messages to Washington: Qatar and Pakistan
346
non-Iranian-linked vessel transits through the Strait of Hormuz in August, per Lloyd’s List Intelligence
3
attacks on Niamey’s airport in 2026, per the Egmont Institute
32
JNIM IED attacks recorded by ACLED since 25 April, against one in the year’s first four months
90
Days in the unconditional truce Burhan’s government rejected, per Reuters
500,000
Residents of El Obeid, per Al Jazeera, July 2026
9 Oct
Date the 1591 Darfur sanctions regime expires under the expected one-month rollover
1,200
Israeli land incursions claimed by the Syrian presidency at the UNGA, 23 Sept 2026 — unverified
563
People referred for prosecution over the March 2025 coastal violence; three convicted so far
5.2–5.4%
Cairo’s FY2026/27 growth target; the IMF projects 4.4%
36%
How far August 2026 canal revenue sits below August 2023’s $888.6m
3
Further Nile dams Ethiopia plans, a year after GERD’s inauguration
Sept 23
date Iraq barred Iranian carriers from Baghdad airport, per CFR
June 2027
new militia disarmament target, moved from 30 September 2026
4
Brotherhood national chapters designated by the US between 13 January and 16 March 2026
0
binding European bans enacted so far: one non-binding resolution, one motion, one undrafted text
9 of 11
Western headlines making a waterway, not a war, the object of Trump’s refusal
4
grammatical positions given to Netanyahu in headlines on one speech
11
days before 7 October that Abbas Kamel is reported to have landed in Israel
61
Knesset seats for a majority — neither bloc reaches it in either network poll
6
hours Netanyahu spent in the US for the UNGA address, per the Jerusalem Post
2018
Publication year of the Pegasus report returned with a July 2026 date stamp
0
Incidents on this beat the desk could verify between 24 and 27 September
7
Days Tehran says it needs to reopen Hormuz once Washington accepts
11.1m
Barrels of crude out of the Gulf in Windward’s three-day sample, 20–22 Sept
93
Soldiers JNIM says it captured — army figure unverified
5
Exiles stripped of Nigerien nationality by decree, 17 September
1,000+
Civilians killed by drone strikes in Sudan, Jan–May 2026, per the UN fact-finding mission via Sudan Tribune
9
Members of the Quad and Quintet now formally aligned behind a truce demand that neither belligerent has accepted
90%
share of an Israel deal al-Sharaa says was agreed before Israel withdrew
14
of 563 referred perpetrators currently on trial
4
incompatible timelines for the same Egyptian warning
$5.43bn
Saudi deposit at the Central Bank of Egypt maturing in October
5
US-occupied sites in Iraq in the last documented accounting, end-March 2026
4 of 4
Iraqi airports now closed to Iranian carriers
3
groups on Florida’s pending designation list: CAIR, the Muslim Brotherhood, antifa
2018
year of the clip driving a 2026 Senate-race story
77
delegations, per the only outlet that published a number at all
7 days
the duration in Tehran’s Hormuz proposal, per AP and Al Jazeera
3
separate pre-7 October warning claims surfacing within 24 hours, with one on-the-record Israeli denial
~70
countries counted by Anadolu as walking out or not attending — two behaviours merged in one figure
22M
barrels of crude out of Hormuz on 23 September, per one anonymous US official Reuters could not verify
10
internet shutdowns running concurrently, 24 September 2026, per Internet Society Pulse
14
people reported targeted with Pegasus in Serbia around early-2026 local elections
$106.39
Brent per barrel, 24 Sept (Trading Economics CFD)
209
Days of war, per GlobalSecurity’s 24 Sept OPREP
130+
fuel tankers destroyed in Mali, September–early December 2025 (Bellingcat/ACLED)
€250M
market value of the Somaïr uranium whose sale ICSID opposed in September 2025
1st
joint Quad–Quintet meeting of the war
1,000+
civilians killed by drone strikes, both sides, Jan–Jun 2026 (UN)
500+
Israeli strikes on Syria since December 2024, per Damascus’s own count
14
of 563 referred suspects brought to trial over the March 2025 coastal killings
40.8
Average daily Suez transits, Jan–Aug 2026, against 73.7 a day in 2023
472 m³
Egyptian per capita annual water availability, against a 500 m³ absolute scarcity threshold
5
days until the 30 September coalition withdrawal date
134
days in office with defence and interior unfilled
2/3
Nationalrat majority a constitutional ban requires; Stocker says he does not know where it comes from
31
seats the Islamic Action Front won in September 2024, before it agreed to change its name
4
counts of one walkout, none with a published method
2
consecutive years Abbas has addressed the UN by video after a US visa denial
1
anonymous official behind 48 hours of global “seven-day” coverage
0
US officials Netanyahu was scheduled to meet in New York, per NBC News
8
Seats each bloc was short of a 61-seat majority in the Zman Yisrael poll
96%
Share of Positive Technologies' recorded H1 2026 Gulf incidents that fell in Q1
110
Countries where Apple sent mercenary-spyware notifications in August 2026
3 hrs
Length of the Witkoff–Kushner meeting with Iranian officials, per Trump
79%
Share of the 9.76m barrels leaving the Gulf on 21 Sept loaded by ship-to-ship transfer off Fujairah
3
Attacks on US warships in a week, per one embedded correspondent; unconfirmed by the Navy
93
soldiers JNIM claims captured at Dioura; AP’s verification reaches only “dozens”
900+
fuel tankers that entered Bamako on 14 September under military escort, per the Malian government
90
Days in the Boulos ceasefire proposal Burhan has not accepted
9 Oct
Date the 1591 sanctions regime expires after a one-month rollover
90%
Of an Israel deal Sharaa says was reached before Israel withdrew — his account, unconfirmed
~30
Syrian military personnel killed in four ammunition incidents, 1–21 September 2026
34
Egyptian-approved projects in Nile basin states, per Sewilam
28.1%
Year-on-year remittance growth, down from 33.2% and 31.2%
$567.1m
Suez Canal revenue in August 2026, up from $326m
35,000
posts in Iraq’s armed forces and police offered to fighters who surrender weapons — House of Commons Library, CBP-10829, Sept 2026
0
dates or deadlines in the State Department readout of the Rubio–al-Zaidi meeting
2025
Year Jordan banned the Brotherhood but left the Islamic Action Front legal
76
Dutch MPs reported to have backed a March 2026 motion for a ban
2 v 4
Gaza deaths reported for 23 September by Reuters and by IMEMC
7 or 60
Days to reopen Hormuz, depending on which anonymous source you read
18–5
Committee vote barring each majority-Arab list, one abstention, after the AG’s Office said the evidence fell short
2027
Year by whose first half Israel Hayom says an intelligence estimate expects Iran’s government to fall — one outlet, unnamed sourcing
96%
of Positive Technologies' recorded H1 2026 Gulf incidents fell in Q1 alone
22 Jul
publication date of the oldest Iran-cyber advisory still ranking in 72-hour searches
8
Hormuz transits logged on 13 September, against a pre-crisis baseline near 85 a day
3
banks Bessent said have been sanctioned, including Banque Misr’s Dubai branch
12
Houthi attacks or attempted attacks on commercial vessels in the southern Red Sea since July 2026
25
Nigeriens provisionally stripped of nationality under the 2024 terrorism-database order, per the state press agency
2
Africa Corps interventions against attacks on Sahel power centres in 2026 — Mali in May, Niger in August
66
Years since Malian independence, marked on 22 September 2026
12 Oct
Date the one-month UN sanctions rollover lapses
$206M
WFP Sudan funding received in 2026, against $645M in 2025
150+
heads of state and government at UNGA 81, per The New Arab
3 hrs
weekly Kurdish-language instruction in north-east schools, per Drop Site News and ANHA
$5.434bn
Saudi deposit at the Central Bank of Egypt due in October, per The New Arab
1,358
Vessel transits in August 2026, against 1,070 a year earlier
5,700 MW
Reported combined potential of three planned Blue Nile dams, still at planning stage
23 Sep
Date US aviation sanctions took effect
35,000
Posts in the armed forces and police offered to fighters who surrender weapons
16
Republican cosponsors on the Roy bill to designate CAIR an SDGT, per The Center Square
31 of 138
Islamic Action Front seats in Jordan’s 10 September 2024 parliamentary election
2
captured headlines that named the war as Trump’s
0
carriers confirmed grounded as of filing
$5bn
proposed US contribution to the Gulf energy reconstruction fund
61
Seats for a majority — no poll retrieved since 8 September gives either bloc one without the Arab parties
3
Iranian conditions for reopening Hormuz, per state media: blockade lifted, assets released, war ended on all fronts
7
US states with water-sector cyber incidents reported to the FBI over a few days in July 2026, per Pew
4 months
and eighteen days: the length of Iran’s 8 January to 26 May 2026 blackout, ended four months before this week’s search results
12
days between the IAEA Board resolution and the NPT withdrawal bill
5,400 km²
area the Houthis took across Taiz and Hodeidah by 11 September
$100.06
Brent on 21 September, per TradingEconomics — down 3.67% on the day
120–150
Range of reported and claimed Malian dead at Dioura, none official
55km
Distance from the encircled Konna camp to Sevare airport
500,000
people reported trapped in El Obeid (Al Jazeera, July 2026)
375
days since the Quad first proposed a three-month humanitarian truce
3
separate US steps since 24 August each presented as the last of Syria’s sanctions
3 hrs
weekly Kurdish-language instruction under the transitional curriculum
98%
Share of Egypt’s renewable water originating outside its borders, per the water ministry
$449m
Canal revenue since the start of 2026, per the SCA chairman in February; reporting period undefined
14 of 23
ministers confirmed on 14 May; defence and interior not among them
7
Former Jordanian Brotherhood officials referred to the attorney general, 12 January 2026
8 months
Since the Egyptian Brotherhood pledged a legal challenge; no filing located
2 of 9
headlines in THE FILES' sample that named the Palestinian killed as Palestinian
1
clause devoted to a ballistic missile fired at Riyadh in the AP roundup THE FILES retrieved
2032
Year Azaria’s record would have cleared automatically; Herzog moved it to now
30
Age AP gave the man Arutz Sheva describes as a father of six
3
Conditions Tehran says it passed to Washington through Qatar
0
confirmed in-window desk developments, 19–22 September
13 April
Date the US imposed the naval blockade Tehran is demanding be lifted
13 vs 30
Daily Hormuz transits: Kpler 10-day average against Trump’s claim
250
Tanker trucks a day Bamako reportedly needs (RFI, Nov 2025)
6
Coups in Niger since independence in 1960
11
areas the SAF says it retook — none of them named
841,000
people the IPC says it cannot classify
25
Syrian soldiers killed in three army ammunition-site explosions, 9–21 September 2026 (Defence Ministry figures via SANA; al-Eis toll not included)
298 → 14
Suspects identified by Syria’s national commission of inquiry, against defendants in the Aleppo trial
0
US readouts of the Cairo meeting
+42%
Suez revenue, July 2026 vs July 2025 (CAPMAS)
9
days between the 19 September embassy alert and Baghdad’s stated final date for the coalition
14/23
ministers approved when parliament backed Ali al-Zaidi’s cabinet on 14 May 2026
2bn
Muslims the Brotherhood’s 17 September statement says were provoked
$560,000
crypto seizure cited by Gatestone to DOJ; release not retrieved by this desk
7
conditions reported; none of the outlets reviewed published all of them
570
settlers reported at Al-Aqsa by 10:00, sourced to the Palestinian Jerusalem governorate’s Facebook page
2016
Year of the Hebron killing for which Azaria was convicted
2
West Bank deaths reported on Sunday 20 September, one Israeli and one Palestinian
5
separate water-sector items, 2023–2026, none in this window, circulating as one campaign
10/10
reported severity of CVE-2026-76460 in Cisco Identity Services Engine, said to be actively exploited
9
days of the Iranian fire pause as of GlobalSecurity’s 18 September cutoff
$4.37
US regular gasoline a gallon on 18 September, against $3.19 a year earlier
3 weeks
since the last sourced arrest figure out of Niamey
2
irreconcilable 2026 accounts of the same blockade
11
areas SAF claims to have taken in North Kordofan, none independently verified
0
RSF-side interlocutors named in any published account of the Quintet’s Khartoum mission
3
governorates with reported fuel protests: Damascus, Deir ez-Zor, Hasakah
6
conditions Washington must certify to keep Syria’s sanctions relief in place
27%
Asia–Europe container capacity routed via the Red Sea, September 2026 (Sea-Intelligence)
$28.418bn
Egyptian banking-sector net foreign assets, July 2026 (CBE, via Daily News Egypt)
14 of 23
ministries approved at Zaidi’s May confidence vote; defence and interior still unfilled
42%
share of its budget the KRG says Baghdad has transferred over seven years; Baghdad has published no counter-figure
0
Independent outlets that reported the Mecca statement; it is a Brotherhood self-publication
<2 min
Time the Florida Cabinet took to approve the designation process, per the Florida Phoenix
5.0
FlightRadar24 disruption index at King Khalid International, its maximum rating
0
Retrieved versions that state what Iran’s conditions actually are
9
months served of an 18-month sentence
45
minutes, the reported length of the MBZ–Netanyahu call
2
Handala claims researchers found exaggerated or built on previously circulating data
6 months
Age of the incident data on a dashboard still presenting as a live Iran–Israel tracker
Sept 22
Reported date of Trump’s meeting with GCC leaders at UNGA (Axios, three unnamed sources)
125,000
Yemenis displaced by the Houthi coastal advance, per AP
8 vs 85
Hormuz transits logged on 13 Sept by IMF PortWatch, against the pre-crisis daily baseline
100+
Malian soldiers reported killed at Dioura, per AFP’s anonymous sources
10 years
Since the last session of the Mali–Algeria joint commission
11
North Kordofan localities the SAF says it captured on 17 September
9
combat vehicles the Sudanese army says it destroyed south of Al-Keili
4
defendants judged, from a trial opened against more than a dozen suspects
3
weekly class periods allocated to Kurdish in north-eastern schools, per ANHA
$2.3bn
Unlocked in February when the IMF cleared two Egypt reviews together, with a waiver and a rephasing
0
Joint statements or communiqués established from the Sisi–Abbas summit as of publication
14 of 23
ministers confirmed when al-Zaidi’s cabinet was seated, 14 May 2026 (LWJ)
70%
gap between the 9 August export figure and the September projection, unreconciled
1
actor Anthropic says ran the operation
37
MEPs who asked the Commission to begin EU listing; it has not
1
captured headline that carried both of the report’s findings
5
different death tolls published for the same report in 48 hours
22–28
September dates of the UN General Debate; Trump is in New York Monday to Tuesday
23
months covering four dated strike-and-rebuild events at one Parchin site
9
seat gap between i24NEWS–Direct Polls and Channel 13 on Likud
0
CVEs, advisory numbers or named utilities in the 18 September OT bulletin
23 days
between the original Axios report and its latest circulation
78
vessels blacklisted by Iran’s Persian Gulf Strait Authority across three lists
5
killed in the Saudi–Houthi exchange, including three children
10
Years since the previous Mali–Algeria joint commission, held November 2016
130+
Fuel tankers destroyed September–early December 2025, per Bellingcat
500,000
Residents of besieged El Obeid (NPR, 7 August 2026)
21
Days until the 1591 sanctions regime lapses on 9 October
4
rulings so far against an official toll of 1,426 dead
180
days between each presidential certification to Congress, for four years
2M+
Gazans Egypt has refused to absorb into Sinai since 2023
$29bn
Egyptian external debt service due in the next twelve months, per the central bank
82%
of H1 2026 federal spending went to salaries and welfare
5
years of Egypt’s renewed terrorist-entity listing, to circa 2031
0
EU member states with an enacted general ban on the Brotherhood
178
civilians killed in the two strikes combined, per the UN mission
3,401
housing units now tendered at E1, the full approved total
20x
Proposed multiplier on damages in soldiers' defamation suits
52–52
Bloc seats in the Channel 12 poll, with 12 Arab-party seats as the pivot
152–3–4
UN General Assembly vote allowing Palestinian officials to address meetings by video
201
Days of war at the time of the AWS statement
180,000
Daily external cyber incidents claimed by Iran’s ICT ministry — government claim, unaudited
15
days between “I couldn’t care less” and “toward the end of the war”
120M
barrels Kpler says the market could lose if the pipeline stays shut a month
3
days between Tiani’s military command renewal and the cabinet reshuffle
2
months between the restoration of Algeria–Mali ties and this visit
1 month
Sudan sanctions renewal, down from 12 months in 2025
67
miners reported killed at al-Zara, per the Sudan Doctors Network
3.4M
people no longer at IPC Phase 3 or above versus the previous analysis
4
Years of congressional certification attached to the Caesar repeal
80%
Of northeast Syria captured by government forces before the January ceasefire, per CFR
16 Sep
Date of the Cairo meeting, confirmed by two outlets; the readout comes from one side
$505M
Suez Canal revenue in July 2026, up 42% year-on-year on 1,340 transits
Undisclosed
US troops remaining in Iraq, per Washington
9 of 23
Iraqi ministries reported vacant at the May swearing-in
0
Organisations actually designated under Florida’s new rule
2/3
Nationalrat majority a constitutional law requires — uncounted in print
0
Headlines in the nine-outlet sample that named Israel
12 → 21
Published death tolls for one collapse in about 20 hours
53–53
Channel 13 bloc split, 2 September (n=940, ±3.4%)
October
Next envoy round, per an unnamed Israeli official
9,350
Palestinian prisoners and detainees, early September, per Palestinian prisoner institutions via Haaretz
1
in-window primary documents found across the 14–17 September sweep
3–5
Weeks to repair the East-West pipeline, per two regional officials speaking anonymously to AP
13
Vessels a day through Hormuz, 10-day average as of 3 September (Kpler via Al Jazeera), against a pre-war ~130
13 days
between the Niamey mutiny and the decree replacing the armed forces chief of staff
95%
share of Mali’s fuel imported by road, from Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire (The Ops Con, July 2026)
200+
JNIM fighters Islamic State Sahel Province claims to have killed, in its own newsletter
9 Oct
New expiry date for the Sudan sanctions regime after the one-month rollover
$206M
WFP funding received for Sudan so far in 2026, against $645M in 2025
1,003
Drone strikes recorded in Sudan from 15 April 2023 to 23 January 2026, per ACLED data cited by Al Jazeera
0
Agreement values disclosed in the published readouts of the Abu Dhabi and Dubai meetings
14
Points in the US-brokered agreement that halted fighting in the north-east, per the Middle East Council on Global Affairs
$505M
Suez Canal revenue in July 2026, up 42 per cent year on year
$29bn
External debt service due in twelve months, against $28.4bn of banking-sector net foreign assets
9
cabinet posts left vacant when Zaidi was sworn in on 14 May, interior and defence among them
1973
year of the Iraq–Turkey transit agreement that expired on 27 July 2026 with no successor signed
5
years added to Egypt’s listing, running to roughly 2031
<2 min
length of the Florida Cabinet vote, per Florida Phoenix
24
anonymised Israeli military and intelligence sources in NAZA
2 → 5
Reuters' reported death toll, 24 hours apart
24
Israeli intelligence officers and soldiers interviewed anonymously in NAZA
0.2
seat gap between the two Zionist blocs across five polls (Maariv aggregate, 11 September)
2 weeks
age of the “sources say” report now circulating as current
4 months
age of the Citizen Lab report being shared as new
99%
Of 466 Saudi-flagged vessels in the Red Sea staying inside territorial waters, 11 Sept (Windward)
6
Hormuz transits on 6 September, against a baseline of ~85 a day (IMF PortWatch)
2.5bn
Barrels claimed for Niger’s Kafra block by Petroleum Minister Hamadou Tini — a ministerial figure, not an audited reserve
130+
Fuel tankers destroyed since September 2025, per Bellingcat’s investigation cited by ACLED
11
detonations reported by residents in Ed Damazin, night of 13 September
19.5M
people in IPC Phase 3 or above, February–May 2026 — about 41% of Sudan
15–0
vote on a renewal lasting one month, against one year in 2025
90%
Syrians below the poverty line, per a UN estimate cited by Reuters
180 days
Interval at which Congress requires certification of Syrian conduct, for four years
$505M
Suez Canal revenue, July 2026 (CAPMAS)
-$1.16B
Fall in Egypt’s foreign currency holdings, August 2026
14 May
Confidence vote taken with portfolios still unresolved; completion deferred to September
18 Jan
Date Baghdad announced a full US withdrawal from federal territory — the Kurdistan Region excepted
<2 min
Length of the Florida Cabinet proceeding approving the designation rule
4
Brotherhood branches designated by the US since January, under EO 14362 and related authorities
72h
From “pipeline attacked” to “oil edges higher” in Bloomberg’s headlines
1 of 4
Outlets naming where the drones came from on 11–12 September
24
former IDF soldiers and military personnel who testify in ‘NAZA'
38
parties that submitted slates for the 27 October election
0
independent or PMO-sourced accounts of the meeting published so far
100+
US water systems blamed on Iran-linked hackers by US intelligence, against CISA’s count of 12 states
0
Verified Iranian-linked cyber incidents reported inside the 12–15 September window
13
Vessels a day through Hormuz, Kpler ten-day average, against roughly 130 before the war
5M
Barrels a day of capacity on the shut East–West pipeline, per FDD’s Long War Journal
6
days between the mutiny and Tiani’s reported reappearance
130+
fuel tankers destroyed, Sept–Nov 2025 (Bellingcat)
28
Days of sanctions renewal, against 365 in last year’s text
13 July
Date the Panel’s final report reached Council members; still unpublished
1st
Quintet mission to Sudan since the war began in April 2023
20
days since the SDF declared its own dissolution with no published rights framework
8
Israeli strikes on the Abu al-Duhur runway, per Syrian state television
1,340
vessels transiting Suez in July 2026, up 27% year-on-year (CAPMAS)
14.9%
August core inflation, above the 14.5% urban headline (CBE, CAPMAS)
48
agreements and MoUs Shafaq attributes to Zaidi’s first foreign trip as PM
2m
barrels of Iraqi fuel oil stored aboard the struck tanker
25
CAIR chapters in the United States (Stanford Law School, Feb 2026)
157–101
French National Assembly vote for EU listing, 22 January 2026
1 of 5
Hormuz-postponement headlines that named who postponed
3 of 6
pipeline headlines that named the launch point
1,100
tons of explosives the IDF says it used beneath Ali Taher, 10 September
24
Israeli military officers whose testimony the film’s publishers say it carries
27 Oct
Election day the petition would target
0
independent forensic examinations reported on any of the handsets
4
months since the Citizen Lab telecom report now recirculating with new framing
$104
Brent settle, down roughly 3% on the day Saudi Arabia shut its Hormuz bypass
50
Miles from Mokha, taken 10 September, to the Bab al-Mandeb strait
3
Incompatible official Iranian explanations for Qeshm explosions since May
4
senior officers appointed by decree, 11 September
130+
fuel tankers destroyed, Sept–early Dec 2025 (Bellingcat)
9 Oct
New expiry date of the 1591 regime, after a 30-day extension
1 year
Since the Quad roadmap was announced, with no truce in force
200,000
People projected in IPC Phase 5 for June–September 2026
1
substantive Syria item in the 48-hour window
22
days since the last dated item on the Israel–Syria track in this harvest
11
BRICS members signing the displacement language
$505m
Suez Canal revenue, July 2026 — median since 1990 is $449m
1.45m
Iraqi crude exports in bpd by May 2026, from ~4.2m before February (KAS)
17
Days from Saturday to Iraq’s twin 30 September deadlines
<2 min
length of the Florida Cabinet vote approving the designation rule
10
Islamic Kultusgemeinden signing the joint rejection of Bauer’s remark
7m
barrels a day the East–West pipeline can pump, per The National
2 of 5
headlines on Aoun’s visit that named the Israeli demolition preceding it
21
Likud seats in Channel 12’s September poll, down from 25 in April
5
Iranian crude carriers CENTCOM says US forces destroyed on 9 September
$10M
reported US reward over Iranian cyber activity — no primary notice located
110
countries where Apple sent threat notifications last month; one confirmed infection in the reporting above
20 km
Width of Bab al-Mandeb at its narrowest, where Perim Island sits
6
Hormuz transits recorded on 6 September, against a ~85/day norm
95%
of Mali’s fuel imported by road, from Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire
~100
estimated Africa Corps personnel in Niger, against ~1,000 in Mali
12 of 40
IPEQ education complexes under construction against the number planned
28
days of sanctions cover the Council could agree on, against 365 last year
200,000+
newly displaced in Kordofan, UN figure reported 20 August, outside the embargo’s reach
4
armed divisions the EU asylum agency names as outside al-Sharaa’s effective control
8
strikes on the Abu Duhur runway, 19 August, per Syrian state television
$505M
Suez Canal revenue in July 2026, the highest month since December 2023
$57.2B
Egypt’s net international reserves at end-August 2026, provisional
18
days from 12 September to Baghdad’s 30 September weapons deadline
9
cabinet posts left unfilled at the 14 May confidence vote, including interior and defence
2/3
Nationalrat majority a constitutional-rank ban would require
0
new Brotherhood chapter designations since 9 March 2026
4.1
The only independently instrumented figure in the story — USGS-recorded magnitude, southern Lebanon, 10 September
0
Casualty figures published by any party — Israeli, Lebanese or Hezbollah — after a demolition the IDF says used 1,100 tonnes of explosives
45
minutes: the length Israel Hayom gives to a call the PMO says never happened
1,100
tons of explosives, per the IDF, used beneath the Ali al-Taher ridge
53.6–53.4
seat average across five post-slate polls, Netanyahu bloc to opposition
3
Turkish ministers said to have been notified, on anonymous sourcing
11
internet shutdowns ongoing worldwide, per Internet Society Pulse, 10 September
20 km
Width of Bab al-Mandeb, against roughly 50 km at Hormuz
13
Average daily Hormuz transits over ten days, Kpler — against Trump’s claim of 30
2016
Year of the previous session of the Algeria–Mali joint commission, before this week
200
Russian personnel Critical Threats estimates took part in retaking the base — an unverified think-tank figure
200,000+
newly displaced in Kordofan, UN figures via Al Jazeera, 20 August 2026
650,000
displaced from the El Fasher catchment by mid-November 2025, across 23 localities in nine states
1974
The disengagement line Damascus is asking the UN to restore
1,500+
YPJ fighters seeking a place in the new security institutions (Media Line)
−$1.158bn
Fall in Egypt’s foreign-currency reserve holdings in August, inside a $920m headline rise
$4.67bn
Suez Canal revenue in FY2025/26, against the Authority’s own ~$8bn projection for FY2026/27
19
days between the contract announcement and the coalition’s formal exit
185
of 329 seats held by the Coordination Framework, whose committee supervises the weapons file
2/3
Nationalrat majority needed for a constitutional law, with no stated path to it
12
separate criminal cases against Ghannouchi, totalling 107 years plus a life sentence (Amnesty)
5
outlets, one map, five different distances to Bab el-Mandeb
8
F-15s lightly damaged and returned to service, per Air & Space Forces Magazine
0
outlets that have independently matched the Haaretz account of the call
0.2
seats separating the two blocs in the Jerusalem Post’s poll average
5,990
Peak AT&T outage reports on Downdetector in Texas, 7 September
784
Claimed hacktivist attacks naming Israel, H1 2026 (Radware)
5
Iranian tankers CENTCOM says it destroyed on 8 September
$4.22
US national average gasoline price, 9 September (AAA via CNN)
10 yrs
since the Mali–Algeria joint commission last met, in November 2016
130+
tankers destroyed on Bamako-bound convoys, September–December 2025 (Bellingcat, via ACLED)
12
countries Washington’s Africa adviser says are arming Sudan’s war
13
killed at the Umm Ruwaba courthouse, per Sudan Tribune
4
individuals designated in April, three of them Colombian nationals
1974
Disengagement Agreement Damascus demands Israel return to
73
Tonnes of uranium now under IAEA oversight, per Reuters
14
Killed near Sarmada, per Syria’s health ministry
−$1.16bn
reported fall in the foreign-currency component of reserves in August, against a $1.92bn gold gain
$4.67bn
Suez Canal revenue in FY2025/26, up 23% year on year (SCA)
9
cabinet posts left unresolved when parliament approved al-Zaidi in May
42%
of Kurdistan’s budget share transferred by Baghdad over seven years, per the KRG’s own finance ministry
2/3
Nationalrat majority a constitutional ban would require
50%
Ownership threshold that extends US blocking to subsidiaries
2 of 7
verified headlines naming Palestinians (THE FILES' count)
0
named sources in the Trump-didn’t-object chain
45
minutes of the call Haaretz reports; the PMO says it never happened
7
seat gap between two polls' Likud count, published 48 hours apart
110
Countries in Apple’s 13 August spyware notification batch
8 days
Age of the Iran-infrastructure report still circulating as this week’s news
8
Iranian crude carriers destroyed or disabled in four days, on the US account
10
average daily commodity ship transits through Hormuz over ten days, per Kpler
3
attacks on Niamey’s airport in 2026 — IS-SP in January, JNIM in June, the army itself in August (Egmont Institute)
45
seats reported in the AES confederal parliament, 15 per member state — a figure published only after the chamber sat
200,000+
People newly displaced in Kordofan in August, per the UN via Al Jazeera
Darfur only
Geographic scope of the UN arms embargo that Washington wants widened
10
government security personnel Damascus says were wounded in Suwayda on 1 September, up from a state-media figure of four
1
outlet carrying the al-Huneidi arrest and torture account, sourced to unnamed local residents
$57.214bn
CBE net international reserves, August 2026
$1.26bn
Suez Canal revenue, Q2 2026 (+13% y/y)
21
days from 9 September to the 30 September coalition departure date
23 yrs
length of the US military presence in Iraq ending on 30 September
4
bodies of law Vienna’s draft would reportedly amend: religious, association, assembly, residence
4
Brotherhood national chapters designated by the US, 13 January – 9 March 2026
4
simultaneous AP headline versions of one statement
12
British elected officials barred from Israel
45
Minutes attributed to the alleged MBZ–Netanyahu call, per Haaretz
0
Emirati statements confirming or denying that the call took place
110
countries in Apple’s August notification batch, per MEE
5 of 6
Israeli Mediterranean desalination plants offline — not a cyberattack
3 for 2
Iranian tankers destroyed per US warship fired on, by CENTCOM’s stated formula
13/day
Kpler’s ten-day average Hormuz transits, against a pre-war baseline disputed at 85 to 130
3
presidential guardsmen the Niger Presidency says were killed in the 29 August attack
30%
reported rise in Malian gold output in H1 2026 — trade-press figure, underlying series unverified
12 Sept
Expiry date of the Sudan sanctions measures
4
States stripped of units to reinforce Blue Nile, per military sources
17
months SANA gives for the integration process; the Commons Library dates the turn to January 2026
180
days between presidential certifications under the enacted NDAA text — a competing tracker says 120
−$1.16bn
Fall in the foreign-currency component of Egypt’s reserves, July to August 2026
16.7%
IMF forecast for Egyptian headline inflation in the second half of 2026
22
Days to the 30 September coalition withdrawal deadline
5 mcm/d
Iranian gas to Iraq after 21 March resumption, against ~50 mcm/d contracted for summer
0
US-based chapters designated under EO 14362 since November
76/150
Dutch House vote on a Brotherhood ban, March 2026 — still a recommendation
1 of 6
headlines naming Iran as the agent of the initiating attack
2
legal terms used for the same unannounced Hormuz zone
22:00
Tuesday filing cut-off for Knesset candidate lists
4:3
Bennett-to-Lapid ratio of places on the B’Yachad joint slate
4
anonymous sources carrying the entire claim
July 22
date of the advisory now carrying September datelines
3
Iranian tankers CENTCOM says it hit on 5 September
13
vessels a day through Hormuz, Kpler ten-day average
130+
Bamako-bound fuel tankers destroyed in JNIM attacks, September–November 2025 sample (Bellingcat, via ACLED)
2
Human Rights Watch investigations into Africa Corps conduct in Mali published between 31 July and 20 August 2026
12 SEP
Date the Sudan sanctions regime expires
19.5M
Sudanese in IPC Phase 3 or above, Feb–May 2026
0
hard figures — fighters absorbed, brigades formed, facilities handed over — released with the integration claim
42
aerial bombs whose destruction the OPCW verified — its first confirmed Syrian destruction since 2014
47.8077
Pounds per dollar: the IMF’s fixed programme rate for assessing Egypt’s 2026 targets
71%
Revenue increase implied by the SCA’s $8bn FY2026/27 forecast against $4.67bn last year
14/23
Ministers approved when Zaidi’s cabinet was confirmed, 14 May 2026
238,000
PMF fighters — Washington Institute estimate, August 2025
0
Persons or groups designated by Executive Order 14362 itself, per the Charity & Security Network
157–101
French National Assembly vote on a non-binding call to list the Brotherhood; 258 of 577 deputies voted
6
framings of one CENTCOM statement
81
combatants killed in two days, per AFP
2
anonymous sources behind the reported order; zero on-the-record confirmations
49–52
seats for Netanyahu’s bloc across late-June/July surveys, against 61 for a majority
5 months
Age of the CISA advisory being presented as a current September warning
4
US bases in the Gulf listed as in-scope by a claim-based vendor dashboard, not by any government
3
Iranian tankers CENTCOM says it disabled or destroyed on 5 September
13
vessels a day through Hormuz, Kpler ten-day average to 2 September
11 vs 5
competing death tolls reported for Kuhestak across three days
382
AK-47 rifles the junta says it recovered at Air Base 101
10 days
until the AES’s third anniversary on 16 September
12 Sep
Date the Sudan sanctions regime lapses absent a Council vote
135,000
People in IPC Phase 5 (Catastrophe), February–May 2026 analysis
42
declared aerial bombs verified destroyed — the first since 2014
$453m
Month-on-month rise in banking-sector net foreign assets, July 2026
71%
Implied rise from FY2025/26’s $4.67bn to the SCA’s unrevised $8bn projection
2/3
Nationalrat majority a constitutional ban would require
8 days
From ten-year sentence to presidential pardon
1
CENTCOM post behind eight Western outlets' coverage
7
explainers since 14 July on a strike that has not happened
$825,000
Damages Yair Golan has warned Sara Netanyahu he will seek over the Channel 14 interview
39–40
Seats an unpublished internal poll gives a merged Eisenkot–Bennett list; pollster and sample undisclosed
1,040+
Palestinians reported injured in settler attacks, per UPI on 5 September; the period the figure covers was not legible in the copy available to us
4
anonymous sources behind the week’s most-repeated cyber story
12 / 1
states reportedly targeted, versus boil-water advisories issued
99,997
of 100,000 sampled records passed the check-digit test
13/day
Kpler ten-day average Hormuz transits, against a pre-war norm near 85
~100
IRGC-linked targets in the 2 September strike package, per Windward’s read of media reporting
$126.41
Brent’s 52-week high, against $95.23 on 4 September with Hormuz effectively closed
28–29 Aug
The night at Air Base 101; still no verified count of detainees
2,000
Upper bound on former Colombian contractors deployed with RSF units (OHCHR, 3 Sept)
825,000
Children under five projected to suffer severe acute malnutrition in Sudan in 2026 (IPC)
May 2026
When the undeclared chemical cache was found
1/3
Share of Syria’s 2026 humanitarian appeal funded
290
Red Sea northern-chokepoint transits, 24–30 August 2026 (Lloyd’s List Intelligence)
$9.56bn
Egypt’s goods trade deficit with China, January–June 2026 (CAPMAS via Al Jazeera)
14 of 23
ministers confirmed by parliament on 14 May 2026; interior still among the unresolved portfolios
27 July 2026
the date the 1973 Iraq–Turkey pipeline agreement is reported by Kurdpress to have expired; flows continue
4
Brotherhood chapters designated by Washington in 2026 under an order naming three countries
7
Former Jordanian Brotherhood officials referred to the Attorney General on 12 January
0
released men named in any of the six headlines
18 m
concrete the GBU-57 is reported to penetrate, per BBC-cited analysis
2 of 4
released detainees AFP identified as Syrian, not Lebanese as Jerusalem said
4
anonymous sources; zero agencies on the record
7 vs 12
states, two outlets, one month apart, both unnamed
767
US troops wounded since 28 February, per the Pentagon casualty database
31
Strike waves claimed by Iran’s army, per its own numbering on Press TV
13
Vessels a day through Hormuz, Kpler 10-day average, against ~130 before the war
3
episodes of major unrest at Niamey’s main airport in 2026 (Al Jazeera)
4
Algerian fighter aircraft reported sent to Niger, unconfirmed by Algiers (France 24)
12 Sept
date the 1591 sanctions regime expires
8.3M
people covered by the IPC’s forward projection sample, down from a nationwide analysis
42
aerial bombs verified destroyed — the first since 2014
4
shells fired at Bat al-Warda on 3 September; zero statements from Damascus
200
companies in the Egyptian-Chinese industrial zone on the Suez Canal, on official figures
71%
revenue jump the SCA’s own FY2026/27 forecast requires from a $4.67bn base
2/3
Nationalrat majority required to amend Austria’s constitution
4
Brotherhood chapters designated by the US in 2026 (Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan, Sudan)
1
Lebanese detainee confirmed released; five were announced
187
the war’s day number, per a tracker whose page date reads 31 July
187
Days of the Iran war as of 2 September, per GlobalSecurity’s numbered daily digest
5
Lebanese civilians the Prime Minister’s Office said Israel agreed to release; one was handed over Thursday
0
of three US agencies — CISA, FBI, CIA — that answered NBC on the record
3
separate US indictment and reward announcements being read as one
2
Filipino seafarers killed aboard the Saudi tanker Sidr
17m
barrels Washington says cleared Hormuz on Monday — uncorroborated
Dozens
soldiers reported arrested in Niamey; no official figure has been published
0
reports datelined 1–3 September on the Bamako fuel blockade
12 Sep
Date Sudan’s sanctions regime and arms embargo expire
100,000
People displaced by the war sheltering in El Obeid, per Al Jazeera
4M
Square metres in the “New Damascus” district announced by SANA, 31 August 2026
8
Israeli strikes on the Abu al-Duhur runway, 19 August, per Syrian state TV via NPR
$12bn
China’s trade surplus with Egypt, first seven months of 2026 (Chinese customs)
Dec 2025
When Egypt withdrew from the Nile negotiations
13
ballistic missiles Jordan’s military says entered its airspace on 1 September; 10 intercepted
3
armed groups that have announced integration into Iraq’s security forces, from a PMF of 70-plus factions
8.3%
Share of Austria’s population identifying as Muslim, 2021 (4.2% in 2001) — Statistics Austria
10
Months from Abbott’s 18 Nov 2025 proclamation to the first documented exclusion of a chapter it never named
10
headlines on the same strike, 1–3 September, ranging from “claims” to no mention at all
13,000
US strikes in Iran as of the April 2026 ceasefire — the last figure Washington published
79
Palestinians killed in the West Bank by settlers or Israeli forces since 1 January 2026, including 19 children (UN OCHA, via Al Jazeera)
13
Iranian ballistic missiles Jordan’s army says it intercepted or tracked to impact on 1 September — 10 downed, three landing in remote areas
27 Oct
Israeli polling day — the first general election since October 7 and the wars that followed (Britannica)
4
anonymous sources behind the entire story; zero agencies on the record
110
countries where Apple sent mercenary-spyware notifications in August
13
Iranian missiles Jordan’s army says entered its airspace on 1 September; three impacted
12.4
ships a day through Hormuz in August, against ~130 before the war
3
armed incidents in Niamey since January 2026
12
months of JNIM’s fuel embargo on Mali
24 Aug
Maïga received by Tebboune in Algiers
12 Sept
Date the Darfur arms embargo expires
+25%
Displacement growth in Sheikan district, which contains El Obeid, over eight months (IOM)
17
Months from framework to dissolution, per SANA — command structure still unpublished
77–20
Senate vote, 9 Oct 2025, on the NDAA carrying the Caesar Act repeal
12:1
Egypt’s imports from China vs exports to China, H1 2026 (CAPMAS)
$1.26bn
Suez Canal revenue, Q2 2026 — against an $8bn full-year SCA target
28
days to the 30 September disarmament deadline
238,000
PMF personnel, on a 2024 budget of ~$3.4bn (CRS)
170,000
bpd through Kirkuk–Ceyhan, against 1.5m capacity
4
national chapters designated by the US since January 2026
157–101
French National Assembly resolution vote in a 577-seat chamber
1600 GMT
when CENTCOM said the strikes began; no targets or scale disclosed
12
missiles fired near Katiba, west Gaza City, according to witnesses cited by Reuters
1,300+
Palestinians killed in Gaza since the October 2025 ceasefire, per Gaza health officials cited by Reuters
49–52
Seats for the Likud/ultra-Orthodox/far-right bloc across late-June and July polling, against 61 needed
47
threat actors listed on a dashboard whose payload last changed on 6 April 2026
H2 2026
Meta reporting period in which AI is said to appear in nearly all disrupted CIB networks
8
missiles Jordan says it intercepted; no independent damage assessment exists
187
vessels through the Strait of Hormuz between 4 March and 11 June (CSIS)
402
battles involving Russian fighters in Mali in 2025, down from 537 in 2024 (ACLED, via ADF)
95%
share of Mali’s fuel imported by road (Ops Con Intelligence, July 2026)
200
RSF fighters said by the army to have defected in North Kordofan
19.5M
people in acute food insecurity in Sudan, per UNICEF citing IPC
177,021
People SNHR counts as still forcibly disappeared, March 2011–August 2026
17
Months SANA says the SDF integration took, dating to the March 2025 Abdi–Sharaa agreement
7%
Rise in Egypt’s 21-karat gold price in August, per the Gold Division
$7.3bn
Total IMF disbursements to Egypt as of 31 July 2026
5
factions refusing to disarm, per Rudaw — three of them named
170,000
barrels a day through Kirkuk–Ceyhan, on a 1.5m bpd line
231
days since the first designation tranche with no confirmed second
168
days since the Dutch motion passed with no ban implemented
3 of 11
outlets whose URL slug no longer matches the headline they published
5
outlets that headlined a quote relayed from a single network, before Trump reversed it on the record
5 of 6
national desalination plants offline on 31 August 2026
60
seats for the anti-Netanyahu Zionist bloc in Channel 12’s 3 August poll — one short
11
ongoing internet shutdowns worldwide, 31 August 2026 (Internet Society Pulse)
0
UK agencies attributing the July generator outage to Iran on the record
2
$4.07
US average gas price Sunday, per AAA, vs $2.98 pre-war
3
attacks on the Niamey airport complex since January, by three different actors
2,640
conflict-related deaths in the Central Sahel, Jan–Mar 2026 (UN OCHA)
215
families who reached El Obeid on foot in 24 hours, 19–20 August (Sudan Tribune, citing state officials)
3
times Kurmuk has changed hands since March 2026
2026-17653
Federal Register document number carrying the rescission, published 31 August
2
civilians killed near Sweida on 30 August, per AFP and SOHR
17 months
SANA’s framing of the integration timeline, March 2025 to August 2026 (Syrian state agency)
5,700 MW
Combined projected capacity of Karadobi, Mandaya and Beko Abo, against the GERD’s 5,150 MW (Al-Monitor)
5.2m tons
Net cargo on CMA CGM-affiliated Suez transits so far in 2026, against 18.8m tons in all of 2025 (SCA via Maritime Executive)
30 Sept
declared completion date for the US-led coalition mission in Iraq
238,000
PMF fighters, per the Washington Institute, August 2025
3
Brotherhood chapters designated by the US on 13 January 2026, and the three Ottawa is now asked to mirror
76
votes in the 150-seat Tweede Kamer for a Brotherhood ban on 17 March — with no government action since
8 of 12
verified headlines pegged to the end of a lull
8
missiles Jordan says it intercepted; zero confirmed targets
57%
of coalition voters back a Smotrich–Ben Gvir merger that would cost the two parties two seats (Kan News, 30 Aug)
43–59
seats attributed to Netanyahu’s bloc across six polls published in eight days
4
days offline, per one unnamed source in one newspaper
$35.7m
daily cost of the blackout, per Iran’s own communications minister
3
transits recorded on 23 August against an 85-a-day pre-crisis baseline (IMF PortWatch, via the straits.live tracker)
35%
reported cut in Iran’s foreign trade, attributed to President Pezeshkian by The New Arab; venue and baseline period unverified
+2%
Niger’s 2026 budget revision, adopted 21 August, eight days before the mutiny
15
Months of Algeria–Mali rupture before ambassadors returned in July, per Algeriepatriotique
500+
civilians killed in drone strikes, 1 Jan–15 Mar 2026 (OHCHR)
19.5M
people in IPC Phase 3 or worse, Feb–May 2026
8
Israeli air strikes reported on the Abu al-Duhur base, 17–18 August
100
Alawites SOHR has documented killed in sectarian crimes in 2026, against 1,426 documented for March–June 2025
2016
Year of Xi’s last visit to Egypt
5,700MW
Combined potential of the three planned Blue Nile projects, still at planning stage
end-2026
deadline for the last US troops under the earlier drawdown plan (Jerusalem Post)
14 of 23
ministers approved by parliament on 14 May 2026
4
Brotherhood national branches designated by the US in 2026
2
Rival Brotherhood leaderships reported — not independently verified
3 of 8
Headlines about the Jalud attack containing no Palestinian (THE FILES desk count, 29–30 Aug 2026)
5 days
Between the reported attacks on AFP journalists (25 Aug) and the NBC News crew (29 Aug) in the West Bank
Dozens
phone calls between a senior Shin Bet official and Hamas’s Ghazi Hamad, per Channel 12 and Kan
4
NBC News staff present in Jalud when a car with Israeli plates reversed toward them; AFP reported three attacked
0
accounts or assets quantified in the reporting on Meta’s Iran-linked takedown
12
US states with reported water-system intrusions; none publicly attributed by any agency
236
Hormuz transits, all cargo types, 1–19 August (Kpler, via Al Jazeera)
~$1
Year-on-year rise in US pump prices as of 21 August (CNN)
15
months Mali and Algeria kept their airspace closed to each other, April 2025 to July 2026
95%
share of Mali’s fuel imported by road, the supply line JNIM has attacked since September 2025
14
days until the Darfur arms embargo lapses without a new resolution
41%
of Sudan’s $2.9bn 2026 appeal funded as of 3 August
180 days
Interval at which the White House must certify Syrian counter-terrorism and minority-protection steps to Congress, for four years
8
Israeli strikes on the Abu al-Duhur airbase reported by Syrian state TV, citing a military source
$4bn
External financing gap in Morgan Stanley’s adverse scenario
1,526
30%
discount to the lower of the SOMO or budget crude price, approved from 1 September
770,000 b/d
mid-August Ceyhan target set by Baghdad on 2 June; outcome unpublished
2
US states where a governor has acted against the Brotherhood or CAIR by executive instrument
3
Brotherhood chapters designated by the US State Department on 13 January 2026 — Egyptian, Lebanese, Jordanian
June 2025
when Netanyahu said Israel ‘activated clans in Gaza'
43
Seats for Netanyahu’s coalition in the Lazar/Maariv poll, against 59 for the opposition
3
Killed in the Jenin drone strike, 28 August
2025
Year of the channel Channel 12 says Netanyahu approved, active until February
170
active-duty conscripts whose details were exposed, per Haaretz, 23 August
0
cyber or information-operations events this desk could confirm inside the 26–29 August window
182
days since the war began on 28 February 2026
12.4
average daily Hormuz transits, 1-19 August (Kpler), against ~130 before the war
7%
Brent’s decline over the week to 27 August (Bloomberg)
1,300 km
Algeria–Mali border invoked by Maïga in Algiers
2,980 bn
CFA francs in Niger’s 2026 budget, per Africtelegraph
6,400
Sudanese pounds to the dollar, parallel market, 27 August (traders)
59,000
Deaths recorded war-to-date, AP tally (far below epidemiological estimates)
1/3
Share of Syria’s 2026 UN humanitarian appeal funded, per Security Council Report’s August forecast
8
Air strikes reported on the Abu al-Duhur airbase, 17–18 August, per Syrian state TV and Axios
529
oil tankers through Suez in April 2026, up 28% year on year (CAPMAS)
$56.29bn
net international reserves at end-July, a 47th consecutive monthly rise (CBE)
33
days from 28 August to Zaidi’s 30 September disarmament deadline
89%
share of Iraq’s first-half 2026 spending going to salaries, pensions and social security (derived)
4
domains carrying Brotherhood statements in August 2026
0
persons or groups designated by Executive Order 14362 itself
6
headlines, one briefing, six different lead facts
15
points in the disarmament roadmap, per one outlet only
2
Separate back-channels to Hamas reported in one evening — 2014 and 2025
Hundreds
Extremists in a near week-long confrontation with the IDF at Kusra, per IDF officials
3
Palestinians reported killed in Israeli strikes on 27 August, per medics and local media
4
days the generator was offline, per a single unsourced press account
2,564
personnel records claimed exfiltrated — one vendor account, primary document unread
30–60
Days Iran and Oman have set to negotiate a fuller Hormuz understanding
50–60%
Share of pre-war Hormuz flows CBA says would revive oversupply expectations
9 Aug
Date Algiers phoned the invitation; Bamako announced it 22 August
100+ vs 3
Africa Corps fighters and Malian soldiers at Bombori, per HRW witnesses
15x
Gap between the two displacement estimates published in the same 25 August report on El Obeid
Sept 12
Reported expiry date of the 2004 Darfur arms embargo — unverified, awaiting Council documents
0
published documents setting out what Damascus conceded in the integration deal
8
air strikes on Abu al-Duhur’s runway and storage facilities, per Syria’s Ekhbariya citing a military source
30 Aug–3 Sep
Xi’s tour window, per Beijing; Cairo gave no dates
$1.26bn
Q2 2026 Suez Canal revenue, per CAPMAS — up 13% on Q1
250
US troops reported in October 2025 as staying at Ain al-Asad; the base was vacated in January 2026
14/23
Ministers seated when parliament confirmed the al-Zaidi government on 14 May 2026 (Long War Journal)
4
Brotherhood chapters designated by the US; the executive order named three, and Sudan was not among them
0
documented links between Abdul El-Sayed and the Brotherhood in material reviewed for this brief
28
days between the disarmament agreement and the “first time” headlines
1
word removed from the headline, retained in the slug
32
Likud seats won in 2022; Haaretz now puts the party “in the low twenties”
140
Labour MPs who signed a letter backing a settlement trade ban, per Times of Israel
5
outlets, one unretrieved vendor report
4
days of claimed lost generation, publisher of origin unidentified
236
Hormuz transits, all cargo types, 1–19 August 2026 (Kpler via Al Jazeera)
$94.39 → $89.50
Brent, 21 August close to 25 August, across the sanctions rollout (CNBC; Trading Economics)
63 nm
Distance west of Yanbu of the strike position, per UKMTO via gCaptain
0
wire services reporting the Algiers meeting
58.32bn
FCFA added to Niger’s 2026 budget (+2%)
2004
Year the UN arms embargo was imposed on Darfur alone, and never widened
200,000+
Newly displaced in Kordofan, IOM via Al Jazeera, 20 August 2026
200
pages in ISGAP’s second Canada report
5
US designation tranches since 13 January 2026
1 of 8
headlines in our sample that told readers the toughest sanctions were withheld
25+
diplomatic missions and international organisations that visited the site the day before the operation, per AFP
0
arrests reported after settlers were filmed attacking Israeli activists and journalists in front of IDF troops, Jannatah, 25 August
59
Jewish opposition seats in Channel 12’s 24 August poll — two short of 61, down from 60 a week earlier
5–25%
Cabinet Office estimate, probability of a serious successful cyberattack on UK domestic infrastructure
170
active-duty conscripts whose details were exposed, per TheMarker
$92.20
Brent settlement on 24 August, down 2.32% on the sanctions announcement
63nm
Distance west of Yanbu at which the VLCC Amzan was struck, per UKMTO
73
Hormuz transits in the week to 16 August, down from 91, per Lloyd’s List Intelligence
3
AES member states sending deputies; Chad, a non-member, attended
80+
men and boys rounded up under a tree at Bombori, per HRW
0
dates published for the announced Goïta visit to Algiers
38.9%
of Sudan’s 2026 Humanitarian Response Plan funded, as cited to the Security Council
25%
rise in displacement in Sheikan district, which contains El Obeid, over eight months (IOM)
$47,000
ACMER-linked contributions itemised by Townhall from FEC filings
23 Jul
OFAC designation of UK-based Mahmoud al-Abyari, plus 3 individuals and 3 entities
4
publishers, four different names for the same war
8
days since the 60-day US–Iran deadline expired on 17 August
2
leaked closed-forum warnings by Bluth to Netanyahu since May
Oct 27
election day; Eisenkot leads most polls
4
days a UK generator stayed offline in July, disclosed in August
100+
US water facilities reportedly targeted, per the New York Times via CSIS
800,000
daily hacking attempts claimed by the UAE Cyber Security Council, unaudited
10 Jul
2026: ambassadors returned to post
9
civilians HRW says were killed at Bombori, four of them children
95%
of Mali’s fuel imported by road into a landlocked country
2
Umma parties rejecting the dialogue invitation in its current form
16
RSF-linked individuals and entities designated by Washington in three actions this year
3
chapters designated by the US on 13 January 2026, with no second tranche announced since
1
EU member state with an outright ban on the Muslim Brotherhood: Austria, since 2021
~10
kites recovered in recent days, per Israeli media cited by Arab News
$1
year-on-year rise in US gasoline prices, CNN’s chosen measure of the campaign
0
suspicious devices found on the four kites, per the IDF
2019
year Trump recognised Israeli sovereignty over the Golan, the policy Barrack now cites
53.5%
turnout in the 17 August Likud primary, down 4.5 points from 2022
4
days the UK generator was offline, per The Telegraph
~170
conscripts whose details were exposed, per TheMarker
18:00 GMT
Monday’s Treasury announcement — contents still unpublished
73
Hormuz transits, 10–16 August, down from 91 (Lloyd’s List Intelligence)
9
civilians HRW says Africa Corps killed at Bombori, four of them children
15
months from the Tin Zaouatine drone shootdown to Algeria’s restored ties with all three AES states
200,000
newly displaced in Kordofan since late 2025, per IOM
215
families who walked into El Obeid within 24 hours
31
days since the last announced US action against the Brotherhood (23 July)
4
named Brotherhood office-holders across three jurisdictions in the current record
7 of 8
headlines whose subject is the condemning governments, not Israel or the dead
0 of 6
headlines in which the struck state is the subject
5 days
between the Idlib strike and a US envoy calling it an election play
60
seats for the opposition bloc — one short of a majority, in three consecutive polls
63%
rise in serious Jewish nationalistic crime in the West Bank, H1 2026 vs H1 2025, per Israeli security data
March 2026
Date of the newest incident data on a dashboard recrawled around 19 August
12
US states reporting water or wastewater cyber incidents by 4 August (Axios)
7
Ships through Hormuz in 24 hours to 18 August, against ~110/day before the war (CNN, MarineTraffic)
$93.86
Brent close, 21 August — up 38.58% year on year but 0.02% over four weeks (Trading Economics)
4 days
Since a single anonymous source told CNN an Iran–Oman deal was ‘a couple of days' away
70%
drinking-water gap in El Obeid city, Plan International estimate reported 1 August 2026
4
different dates given by credible outlets for the SAF capture of Bara
6
US federal designation actions touching the Brotherhood, 24 Nov 2025 – 23 Jul 2026
79
days between Abbott’s Texas proclamation and Paxton’s Collin County suit
21
states that condemned the E1 approval in August 2025, against roughly a dozen this week (Euronews)
2.5%
rise in WTI futures, to $86, after the ‘unprecedented' economic warfare announcement (CNN)
18 days
From Rubio’s ‘very shortly' on Hormuz (4 Aug) to Saturday’s Israeli front pages
49–52
Seats for Netanyahu’s bloc across late-June and July polls; 61 needed
0
published indicators of compromise six days after the 16 August warning
18,777
hours of access lost to intentional disruption, August 2025–August 2026 (Internet Society Pulse)
~10 min
that a live-streamed shooting kept broadcasting after Philippine officials say they alerted Meta
<300M
barrels in the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve — lowest since January 1983
32%
of 74 vessels matched by Windward in the Hormuz corridor broadcast a mismatched AIS identity
3
working groups — defence, diplomacy, development — feeding the AES “Year II” roadmap
8
civilians killed at Kyrnia on 15 June, including three children, per Human Rights Watch
4
Brotherhood chapters designated by Washington in 2026 — all of them foreign
13
years since Rabaa, the anniversary the leadership chose to mark this week
934
days between the killing and the criminal investigation
1,234
housing units in the E1 tender opened on 18 August
75
years Galei Tzahal has broadcast, the station the cabinet voted to close
8
days between the E1 bid deadline (19 Oct) and the general election (27 Oct)
0
named recipients of Apple’s 18 August batch
3.2GB
claimed, unverified leak logged alongside the IranWire claim
530+
ballistic missiles fired by Iran at the UAE in the war’s first six weeks, per Al Jazeera
750+
US service members wounded since the war began, per the Defense Department casualty database
402
battles involving Russian fighters in Mali in 2025, down from 537 in 2024 (ACLED, via AFRICOM’s Africa Defense Forum)
0
financings disbursed by the BCID-AES in the eight months since its 23 December 2025 launch (Financial Afrik)
318
RSF personnel the Ad-Dabba locality administration says crossed to the army on 18 August
500,000
people trapped in El Obeid, per Al Jazeera, 6 July 2026
13
months H.R.4397 has sat in House Foreign Affairs Committee
31
of 138 Jordanian parliamentary seats won by the IAF in 2024
1
unnamed official sourcing the entire Kushner–Netanyahu account
3
Israeli framings of a single Wall Street Journal report
110
Countries receiving Apple threat notifications, 13 Aug — a country count, not a victim count
12
US states reporting water-system cyber incidents — a figure roughly two weeks old
4
conditions Ghalibaf set for reopening Hormuz
2
unnamed regional officials behind the motive reporting
23.5t
Mali industrial gold output, January–June 2026 (mines ministry, via Reuters)
402
Battles involving Russian fighters in Mali in 2025, down from 537 in 2024 (ACLED, via ADF)
2021
Year of the takeover that suspended Sudan from the AU — and the last time a PSC delegation came to Khartoum
27
Drone-strike events recorded around El Obeid in June — ACLED’s highest monthly total of the war
3
US states that have acted against the Brotherhood and CAIR since November 2025
4
Brotherhood chapters designated by the United States since January 2026
NE
Where Daily Sabah placed a base that sits in Idlib, in Syria’s northwest
6
Mastheads this desk could not verify inside the window, and therefore does not quote
8
strikes on Abu al-Duhur airbase, per Syrian state media
54%
Likud primary turnout, down from roughly 58% four years ago
8
older items circulating as current in searches scoped to August 2026
60
days from the Versailles memorandum to Monday’s expiry, with none of its three deliverables met
16 of 18
UKMTO-reported projectile strikes since 6 July that hit the southern Omani workaround route
16
Nigerien soldiers killed at Téra, 17 July, per the official toll
0
independent confirmations of the North Kordofan shoot-down claim
Sept 2025
most recent IPC Sudan analysis this desk could confirm
3
US states claiming a federal designation power
2
rival leaderships, per The Economist
15
points in the US-backed Gaza roadmap Hamas accepted and Netanyahu rejected on 30 July
53.5%
Likud primary turnout, 75,177 of roughly 140,000 members, down from about 58% in 2022
~700
Palestinians displaced by settler attacks in nine West Bank communities in the first half of 2026, per UN News
4,800
hostile cyber incidents INCD says it logged in June 2026, self-reported intake, versus ~1,600 in June 2025
5
jurisdictions Citizen Lab names in the telecom surveillance campaigns, including Israel, the UK and China
60
days of the Islamabad MoU, expiring 17 August
300+
fuel tankers destroyed on the routes into Mali since September 2025
82
Malian soldiers released by the FLA in August; about 118 reported still held
841,000
people in areas where WFP, UNICEF and FAO say outcomes can no longer be predicted
70.15t
gold produced 2023–2025, of which more than 55 tons bypassed the treasury (Sudan Tribune)
3
US states whose governors have moved against CAIR — Texas, Florida, Oklahoma
4
Brotherhood chapters actioned under EO 14362 since 24 November 2025 — Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, Sudan
3
different ceasefire start dates given by three wires for the same truce
0
independent confirmations of either commander’s death or rank
15
points in the US-backed Gaza road map Israel has rejected
11 of 29
top slate slots Netanyahu controls, per Jerusalem Post
6
Qusra homes the mayor says were evacuated and taken over
2005
Last year present in any date field of the 9.2m-record sample
0
New named-vendor Iranian-nexus threat reports published 14–17 August
0
governments confirming the extension on the record
17%
of pre-conflict Hormuz traffic, per UKMTO’s week to 14 August
15
months between Algeria’s ambassadorial recall from Bamako and his return
300+
fuel tankers destroyed since the blockade was declared on 3 September 2025, per open-source tracking
500,000
people trapped in El Obeid, per OHCHR as cited by Al Jazeera, 6 July 2026
29t
gold imported directly by the UAE from Sudan in 2024, up from 17t in 2023 (SWISSAID, UN Comtrade)
0
Criminal charges ever brought against CAIR in the 2009 case Oklahoma’s order rests on
1
Of three chapters designated in January, the number given the FTO label that criminalises material support
2
English renderings of one Persian post, one missing the sovereignty line
5–14 Aug
From “talks in final stages” to “no negotiations currently taking place”
11
killed in Ansar and Deir al-Zahrani on 15 August, per Lebanon’s Health Ministry
49–52
seats for Netanyahu’s bloc in July polling, against the 61 needed to govern
150,000+
US water systems, most run locally
170 hrs
Shutdown duration in a January file resurfacing as August news
60%
of US voters opposed military action against Iran in a late-July Quinnipiac poll, per Al Jazeera
56
reports of damage to vessels in and near Hormuz since 28 February, per CNN — publisher of the underlying tally unnamed
82
soldiers announced released, conditions unstated
0
communiqués finals published from the ministerial
14
killed at Umm Arda, per one Sudanese NGO
6 months
since Washington said both sides accepted a peace text
4
chapters designated since 24 November 2025, against 31+ jurisdictions named in S.2293
4
US outlets carrying the Ikhwan Online item, all conservative or pro-Israel advocacy media
1 of 13
Qusra headlines naming Israeli state forces as the actor, 13–14 August
0
governments or bodies confirming the Kushner trip on the record
7 → 12
US states disclosing water-system intrusions, roughly 1 to 8 August
3 months
Age of the Citizen Lab telecom report circulating as current, with no named response
45
Hormuz transits, 3–9 August (Lloyd’s List, preliminary)
21 Aug
Expiry of the US waiver on Iranian-origin crude
5
structuring documents tabled at the Ouagadougou ministerial
1/3
share of Orano’s Niamey stock in the claim; tonnage unstated
2,500
displaced from Geisan on 11 August, per IOM via the UN
8
drones over El Obeid on 12 August, per Reuters witnesses
135,000
people in IPC Phase 5 Catastrophe, per the 14 May 2026 analysis
5
years the Brotherhood’s general-guide succession has been contested
4
national Brotherhood chapters designated by the US since November 2025
6 vs 8
single-day Hormuz transit counts published by Semafor and CBS within 24 hours, neither disclosing method
1 → 2
death toll in the Reuters headline before and after Thursday’s refile; two partner URLs still carry the first version
1
Israeli detained, per the IDF’s own Qusra statement
24h
between Katz’s unconditional refusal and its conditional version
11 of 29
top Likud slate positions Netanyahu controls, per Jerusalem Post
12
US states with reported water-sector incidents (The Record, c. 7 August)
90 days
since the last dated NetBlocks reading on Iran’s national blackout (16 May)
8
vessels in the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, against a pre-war norm of 130–140 a day (Kpler)
6
dead claimed by Yemen’s Aden government, unconfirmed independently
55
commercial vessels redirected since 14 July, per CENTCOM’s self-reported tally
0
primary AES communiqués retrievable behind the harmonisation reports
50+
soldiers killed in the 18 July convoy ambush in northern Mali, per AFP
8
drones counted over El Obeid before dawn Wednesday (Reuters)
37
killed in the 2 August army drone strike on a court in Kabkabiya (Emergency Lawyers)
1
outlets reporting the planned Democratic boycott
3
Brotherhood chapters designated on 13 January 2026
9
headline versions of one strike; none name the vessel
6
Iranian conditions counted; none reproduced in the captured headlines
4+2
crew and rescuers killed near Bab el-Mandeb; none yet named
8
rounds of US sanctions on Iran this year, per CNN
±3.9%
margin of error on the Channel 13 poll that puts the bloc at exactly 60
30+
Minnesota water systems targeted in late July, per state officials to NPR
1
outlet found carrying the Trump deepfake claim, and it is partisan
$87.72
Brent settlement Monday 10 August, per CNBC
18
Killed at al-Makha in two Sunday waves, per government tolls
6
Senior commanders appointed, per Iran International
10
Malian soldiers killed at San, provisional toll from one anonymous security source
42.2t
Mali’s industrial gold output in 2025, down 22.9% on provisional ministry figures
18,000
people displaced from 20+ villages in Sirba, West Darfur, in the week to 10 August (IOM via OCHA)
2
belligerents the UN envoy has met, per the UN spokesman’s office — with no date, location or outcome given
28
jurisdictions named in the Senate bill’s definition, against three chapters actioned by the executive order
60
days the electoral commission gave the Islamic Action Front to rename, from 26 February — outcome unpublished
2
English renderings of one Hebrew sentence in Sunday’s wire copy
0
Arab states named in either broadcast report
63%
Rise in nationalistic attacks, Jan–Jun 2026 vs 2025, per Israeli security figures
2 of 7
states named in the CBS headline; five unnamed
0
platform influence-operation takedown reports dated inside the window
2
SNSC appointments for one man, published the same day
55
commercial vessels CENTCOM says it has redirected
10–12
soldiers reported killed at San; no official Malian figure published
0
named speakers or price figures retrievable behind the claim that Bamako’s shortage has ended
6
months since a US advisor said the Quad had a Sudan peace deal; none is in force
20
further areas the IPC places at risk of famine beyond El Fasher and Kadugli
0
sponsors named for the successor-entity fix the witnesses requested
1
outlet has claimed to read the Ikhwan Online page every later report cites
1 of 19
headlines naming Israel’s reciprocal obligation to withdraw (THE FILES sample, 8–10 Aug)
24 hours
between the “tensions with US” framing and the envoy line reported by Haaretz
15
points in the Gaza roadmap Netanyahu said on camera Israel does not accept
3
Netanyahu aides named in the Israel Hayom report; two deny it, one has not responded
551
respondents in the last Kan survey that published its methodology, fielded 12 July
7
US states with targeted water systems, per NBC News on 3 August — a count Route Fifty’s 6 August headline suggests is already stale
3 weeks
Age of the newest retrievable spyware research circulating as current
7
conditions Tehran now attaches to reopening a shipping lane
15
ADNOC vessels attacked in the Strait since 28 February, one crew death, 20 injured
0
verbatim Tinubu quotes reproduced in any of the four published accounts of the rebuke
2,500
Russian personnel CRS puts in Mali alone — the same figure ADF gives for all of Africa Corps
0
named officials behind this week’s SAF corridor and convoy claims
41%
of Sudan’s $2.9bn 2026 appeal funded, per OCHA on 3 August
15:03
time-stamp on the Brotherhood’s same-day welcome of the Mecca pact
$115,000
CAIR-linked contributions claimed, sourced only to Fox News research
0
Western reports retrieved for comparison Sunday
1,500
Oct 7 participants killed since the attack, per The Times of Israel
6
conditions Iran’s security council now attaches to reopening Hormuz
12
US states said by CBS and The Record to have disclosed water-system incidents; no federal agency has attributed them on the record
0
new dated vendor, platform or takedown reports on Iranian cyber activity found inside the 6–9 August window
3
governments signed at Mecca; the text names no threat, per Iran International
5–7%
share of cargo value Iran is asking for Hormuz transit, per Fortune; Oman has floated about 3%
10 months
Length of the Algeria–Niger ambassadorial rupture ended on 14 February 2026, per Crisis Group citing Atalayar
0
Reuters, AFP or AP dispatches from Mali, Burkina Faso or Niger recovered in our 6–8 August sweep
59,000
killed since April 2023 (ACLED via NPR; true toll likely higher)
1.5t
bullion, $100m at the time, taken from Sudan’s central bank and state refinery (FT)
35
killed in the 2 August SAF drone strike on a Darfur court (Emergency Lawyers; CFR says 37)
25
CAIR chapters, per Stanford Law and the Knight Institute
2
men holding the title of acting General Guide, per Al-Manassa
1
headlines in the sample using the signatories' own name for the agreement — a US partisan blog
Feb. 28
date Reuters' body copy gives for the US and Israeli attack on Iran — absent from every headline reviewed
3
causal explanations for the same two removals, all from one Channel 12 report
11
Arab-party seats separating the opposition’s 69 from its 58
4
coalition parties that opposed the voter-tracking ban
12 vs 4
States reporting OT attacks, versus states publicly named
0
New first-tier APT reports published in the 72-hour window
3.8%
Brent’s rise on 6 August after the restrictive draft leaked, reversing a week of de-escalation pricing
9
Saudi tankers the Houthi spokesman claims to have targeted since the port blockade began — none independently verified
5.6M
forcibly displaced and stateless projected in the Sahel Plus region by end-2026 (UNHCR)
8
civilians killed at Kyrnia on 15 June, three of them children, per HRW
1.5t
Bullion Sudan Tribune says the FT traced from Sudan’s central bank and state refinery
141
Drone attacks recorded in North Kordofan, 1 January–8 July 2026 (INSO, via MSF)
1
senators in the room for the subcommittee’s Brotherhood hearing
4
bills on Brotherhood or CAIR designation live in the 119th Congress
1/5
Share of the world’s traded oil and gas that transited Hormuz before the war, per AP
0
Governments of the three named states that had confirmed the pact on the record at compilation
51
Coalition seats in Channel 13’s 5 August projection, against 69 for the opposition
5–7%
Cargo-value transit fee Iran is seeking, per one unnamed Iranian official; Oman is discussing 3%, Washington zero
7 → 12
US states reporting water-utility incidents, 2–6 August 2026
4 months
Age of the EPA joint advisory ranking on this week’s water story
−10.13%
Brent’s five-day move as of 06:08 on 6 August, per Oilprice.com
8x
Rise in Saudi crude exports via Bab al-Mandeb, March–mid-July 2026 vs 2025, per Gulf News citing tracking data
10km
Radius around Sahel mines where ACLED, as summarised by an AFRICOM magazine, says attacks now concentrate
12%
Resupply rate Bamako published alongside 36.95 million litres delivered in one week
35 or 37
Reported dead at the Darfur court, from one source
5
Bodies in the new format; four in the Quad
0
of three congressional Brotherhood designation bills enacted
76
MPs in the 150-seat Dutch chamber who backed a non-binding ban motion
48h
between the Post’s own “claims” headline and the AP “says” headline it carried
3
bodies of water assigned to one Houthi tanker claim within 24 hours
0
pieces of evidence published for the ceasefire violation Israel cited as cause
3
English renderings of the same Hebrew Netanyahu video, none published alongside the original
2
Israeli newsrooms whose doors were smashed in the past month
5
states named publicly, out of a reported 12
22 July
last update to the advisory being cited as this week’s response
743
Vessels through Hormuz since the MoU signing, as of 1 August (JMIC)
452
Pre-war US THAAD interceptors (CSIS estimate cited by CNN); ~80% now reported expended
$178m
claimed mining contribution to Mali’s infrastructure fund, period unstated
2M+
displaced in Burkina Faso, per Human Rights Watch
$1bn
the 2025 Sudan–UAE gold trade, per an Emirati official cited by the FT
1,000+
civilians killed by drone strikes in Sudan, January–May 2026 (UN)
3–0
Announced witnesses from the designation side, versus civil-liberties or Muslim-civic witnesses
3
Outlets that carried “no date confirmed” from one tracker’s read of a stale webpage
2
Men simultaneously claiming acting General Guide, per the Egyptian outlet Manassa
4
Western headlines on the same talks, four different actors in the grammatical subject
5 days
between the synchronised deal announced 30 July and the Board’s 3 August resequencing
60%
of Gaza Israel holds, per AP’s description of the draft it was asked to sign
0
IDF statements confirming the new approval requirement
30+
Minnesota water and wastewater systems targeted on 26–27 July, per Minnesota IT Services
88
Days of Iran’s nationwide blackout, per NetBlocks — an event that ended 26 May, not this week
2
strikes announced and then called off since 11 June, both explained by Trump alone
157
days of war in GlobalSecurity’s operational count, with strait enforcement continuing through the diplomacy
8
civilians HRW says were killed at Kyrnia, Mopti, on 15 June
2
separate communiqués on 10 July; neither capital signed a joint text
35
Killed per Emergency Lawyers; Sudan Tribune says 37
70%
El Obeid drinking-water gap, per Plan International (1 August)
77
Days between the postponed 20 May listing and Wednesday’s re-listing
4
Chapters designated on the record: Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, Sudan
1 min
between the Post’s credulous AP wire headline and its own sceptical staff headline on 3 August
0
mentions of Oman in the nine US wire and network headlines retrieved for 2–3 August
2
Gazans killed, per the last clause of Haaretz’s 3 August headline
27 Oct
Election date to which senior IDF appointments are reportedly frozen
3
Consecutive days of reported strikes, each counted by a different sourcing standard
7
states the FBI says were hit, none of them named
10,000
Rockwell, Siemens and Schneider PLCs Censys counts exposed to the internet
0
Iranian statements confirming Monday’s talks, as of the last crawl
10
transits on 23 July, against a normal baseline of roughly 88 a day (straits.live)
20%
Share of JNIM violence in Mali now in the west and south, up from 8%
278
Civilians killed in northern Mali June–December 2025, per CD-DPA as relayed by AFRICOM’s ADF
45
RSF personnel in Al Jazeera Arabic’s headline; SUNA gave no figure at all
400 km
Omdurman–El Obeid corridor reported as secured, six days after the army only “claimed” the highway
5
legal organisations and firms listed as co-counsel against Florida’s designation law
2
men simultaneously claiming the title of acting General Guide, per Al-Manassa
36 min
Between Bloomberg’s attributed Iran headline and its unattributed one
3 of 7
Disarmament headlines carrying the announcement in the announcing party’s voice
1,230
Palestinians reported killed in Israeli strikes since the October ceasefire, per Gaza health authorities
60 days
Fee-free opening of the Strait of Hormuz reportedly under discussion, per Times of Israel
65
Coalition seats in Channel 14’s polling, against low-to-mid 50s across the rest of the field
7
states with logged incidents; two named
22 Jul
date of the advisory being read as this week’s news
24
days between the Niamey ministerial and the “new” pact story
400+
assailants “neutralised” per one EMGA communiqué, uncorroborated
3
blocs refusing the Addis consultations: Tasis, Somoud, SLM
27
drone-strike events in Sheikan locality in June, ACLED’s record month
2
Brotherhood branches Treasury designated for “material support to Hamas”
34
jurisdictions named in S.2293’s definition — the United States is not one
0
on-record Israeli government comments on the deal, per CNBC’s 31 July filing
4 / 7 / 8
deaths reported for the same weekend by Reuters, Al Jazeera and the Times of Israel
2
anonymous US officials behind the reported strike plan
14
days for decommissioning after all parties approve the roadmap
42
days since Hezbollah last claimed an attack, per AFP
7
States where the FBI says municipal water systems were targeted, per NBC News
AA26-097A
Advisory identifier whose number and IC3 filename both point to early April
4 weeks
Trump’s stated window for attacking Iran
27
Phase of Operation Sa’eqeh claimed by Iran’s Army
78
Hormuz transits, 13–19 July, against 174 in the prior period
850
fuel trucks reported reaching Bamako on 31 July, on a single Russian-aligned outlet’s count
19
people HRW interviewed remotely; no wire has verified the Kyrnia strike on the ground
7
locations named as struck in one day across two Sudanese states
3
West Kordofan market towns where Starlink terminals were reportedly disabled
77 days
Between the postponed hearing date and the one now listed
4
National chapters designated since the executive order was published
2
headlines on one AP story URL, 31 July
1,100+
Palestinians killed since the October 2025 ceasefire, per Al Jazeera’s own count
14
days allowed by the text to produce a disarmament roadmap
5
months of war as of 31 July, by Reuters' count
700
tonnes of explosives, per the IDF’s own unverified account
0
public US government attributions of the water intrusions to Iran, as of Saturday
2
activists whose UK-based devices the Bahrain immunity ruling turns on
2
gas vessels hit at Damietta; zero claims of responsibility
14 of 43
states at the Riyadh table that signed the declaration
25 vs 100
daily Hormuz transits now against a year ago (IMF PortWatch)
918
civilians killed by Mali’s army and Russian paramilitaries in 2025, per ACLED
15
months of ruptured Algeria–Mali relations the 10 July announcement claims to end
45
civilians killed in 15 drone strikes on El Obeid in three weeks (OHCHR, 3 July)
$1.5B
aid target Boulos announced in February alongside a peace document neither side has since signed
3
published versions of al-Abyari’s nationality
31
of 138 seats won in Jordan’s 2024 election, per CNN Arabic
1
of 16 headlines reviewed put the disarmament–withdrawal contradiction above the fold
3
different death tolls published for the same overnight Gaza strikes
0
Officials attributing the Minnesota intrusion on the record
4 days
Between the CISA advisory update and the Minnesota intrusion
05:00
GST Thursday, when CENTCOM’s “heavy wave” finished
$120.88
Brent’s 52-week intraday high, set 30 April — three months ago today
4
unidentified sources behind the UN Panel’s air-corridor finding
0
sides that offered to give up ground in their replies to Boulos
4
national Brotherhood chapters designated by the United States. Iraq is not one of them.
2
Brotherhood officials named by FDD as the designations Washington should make next
30+
Drone attacks claimed by CENTCOM in 72 hours, unverified by any outlet
20
PMF members the force says were killed; 32 wounded
<8%
US aid as a share of Israel’s 2026 defence budget, per AFP in May
16
Minutes between ‘reportedly' and ‘US confirms' in the Times of Israel liveblog
30+
Minnesota water systems impacted, 26–27 July, One The state confirmed a coordinated attack on operational technology. It has not named an actor.The,, a real event: outages at Braham, an emergency declaration at Maple Plain, no water-quality impact anywhere. Second, a vendor suspicion travelling faster than the investigation. Vendors have commercial reasons to name Tehran within seventy-two hours; state CISOs have legal reasons not to. Watch whether any federal official goes on the record, and watch whether the vector holds: if this was a five-year-old unpatchable Rockwell flaw on internet-facing controllers, the story is about asset owners and the 70 percent non-compliance figure, not about the IRGC. That distinction will not survive the second week of retelling.here, one direction.diverge,allel here.on the by this coverage., in opposite directions.here here.here.this here.
5 GB
Cal Water data published on 11 June — billing records, not control systems
8
PMF members the force says were killed in joint US–Saudi strikes on its headquarters
$70m
raised annually under the Malacca model, against the $1m-per-ship fee Tehran is reported to want
3.6×
Actual multiple in the AES expansion Bloomberg called “more than triple” and Russian-aligned copy called “quintuple”
34
Refugees interviewed by AP on the Mauritanian border — still the only sample-based documentation of the allegations
400km
length of the Omdurman–El Obeid highway the army says it now controls
$646M
WFP’s stated requirement for Sudan, June–November 2026
3 of 4
designated individuals based in Türkiye
1
European state with an actual Brotherhood ban
1
Of the retrieved headlines that named the US–Saudi strike on Iraq
3
Major outlets whose slug says diplomacy and whose headline says attack
7
Netanyahu visits to the US since Trump’s second inauguration, per Haaretz
3rd
The strike on Iran Katz says Israel is prepared to mount alone
4 of 30+
Minnesota water systems that have publicly disclosed the intrusions
0
Minnesota utilities publicly confirmed to run the PLC brands named in AA26-097A
4
nights without a CENTCOM strike release
8.7%
Brent’s Monday fall, its largest in more than three months
~100
Fighters Bamako says were killed in the week to 27 July — a government claim, carried by a tracker
5
Journalists held in Niger at the same time when DW’s correspondent was arrested in January, per PRNigeria
350 km
Length of the Omdurman–El Obeid export road the RSF had held since the early war
880
Civilians killed by drone strikes in the first four months of 2026, per UN-recorded data cited by CNN
157–101
French National Assembly vote urging an EU Brotherhood listing, January 2026 — non-binding
23 July
Date of both the OFAC designation and the Brotherhood’s Al-Aqsa statement
3
titles on a single CNBC URL in one day
11.3%
single-day fall in Brent, to $85.87, on 27 July
13
consecutive nights of US strikes on Iran counted by Haaretz before the pause
16
haredi draft evaders arrested in 2026, per the attorney general, against an IDF projection of ~90,000 evaders
Q1
the data window of a Cloudflare disruption review published six days ago
1
primary government document located in the day’s entire sweep
23 July
date Tehran rejected the US ceasefire proposal, per GlobalSecurity’s Day 149 summary
0
tankers through the Strait of Hormuz in the 24 hours to 25 July, per Windward
7
Weeks since Benin’s president visited Niamey with the border still closed
50
Malian soldiers killed in the 22 July ambush, per Al Jazeera; the army has confirmed the assault, not the toll
73
RSF combat vehicles the SAF says it destroyed — a belligerent’s own count
880
civilians killed by drone strikes in four months — over 80% of UN-recorded civilian deaths
0
US court filings by the Brotherhood confirmed as of 27 July
4
US designation actions against Brotherhood-linked targets in seven months, all under E.O. 13224
200
personnel in the proposed force \u2014 a figure sourced to one unnamed Israeli official
6
Dead at Tell on Friday: two Israelis, four Palestinians
2
Mosques torched in settler attacks overnight Saturday
3
PLC manufacturers now named in AA26-097A, up from one in April
2017
Year the consortium says Pegasus reached Moroccan intelligence, in a Rabat villa
13
consecutive nights of announced US strikes before the readouts stopped
2022
the last time the Houthis struck Saudi oil facilities, until Saturday
25
non-Iranian-linked Hormuz transits, 13–19 July, down from 108
2
junta figures whose prolonged absence triggered the succession talk, per AFP
3 years
the maximum transition Tchiani pledged after July 2023; the deadline passes with no electoral calendar
63
fatalities recorded by ACLED in Tina, Karnoi and Um Baru localities since June 2026
39
dengue deaths recorded in Blue Nile state, per the Sudan Doctors Union preliminary committee
2014
year of Britain’s only Muslim Brotherhood review, never reopened
48h
between Treasury’s English text and the rewrites that changed its quotes and geography
87
Palestinians killed by Israelis in the West Bank since 1 January, 21 of them shot by settlers — Palestinian Health Ministry
70+
detained across the West Bank overnight 24–25 July, per the Israeli military — the only precise figure any outlet had
1,200+
Patriot interceptors fired by late April, at over $4m each
3
West Bank mosques burned in eight days; no arrests reported
3
PLC manufacturers now named in AA26-097A, up from one in April
3.2GB
Size of the claimed leak from a Khamenei-linked institution, also unverified and undated
5M
barrels a day the East-West pipeline can move to Yanbu — the kingdom's only working outlet, now inside the Houthi envelope
8
countries struck by US forces in Trump's second term, if Mali proceeds
50+
pro-government fighters reportedly killed in the July 18 Anefis-Gao ambush — an FLA-adjacent claim, unconfirmed
0
of the Quad plan's two principals still publicly committed to any version of it, after Burhan's Friday rejection
12.7M
women and girls in Sudan needing gender-based violence services in 2026 — a fourfold rise since April 2023
4
national chapters designated under EO 14362 — unchanged; al-Abyari is an individual, not a fifth chapter
126
West Bank outposts the IDF says it is struggling to protect — the stated reason for pulling troops from Lebanon and Gaza
7
Oval Office meetings since January 2025 if Tuesday holds — more than any other head of government
74.4%
of Iranian internet users on circumvention tools, in a poll commissioned by Iran's own ICT ministry
0
evidence of nation-state involvement, per the researchers — the fake Bahraini alert app is criminal, not Iranian
13
consecutive nights of US strikes on Iran as a 10-day ceasefire proposal sits unsigned
July 18
the Anéfis–Gao ambush that revealed Tuareg separatists and al-Qaeda's JNIM fighting Mali's army as one front
300+
fuel tankers torched since Sept 2025 in JNIM's blockade of Bamako — eased, never lifted
500,000
civilians trapped in besieged El Obeid as an RSF drone campaign cuts water, fuel and power
90
days — the truce length the RSF accepts but will not withdraw for, and Burhan will not sign without withdrawal
3
organizations Florida moved to brand terrorist under HB 1471 — 0 in force, twice halted by the same federal judge
650
Iranian missiles fired at Israel; 24 civilians killed, per the ToI 'war in numbers' tally
Oct 27
Israel's election date — Netanyahu campaigns on the war as polls show an opposition able to govern without Arab parties
3
PLC vendors now named as Iranian targets (Rockwell, Siemens, Schneider) as CISA warns of US water and energy sabotage
12
consecutive nights of US strikes on Iran as the June 17 Hormuz memorandum expires
300+
fuel tankers destroyed since Sept 2025 by JNIM's blockade of Bamako
1,300 km
the Algeria–Mali border the two states now pledge to jointly secure after a 15-month rupture
90
days — the truce length neither Sudanese belligerent will accept on the other's terms
500,000
civilians trapped in besieged El Obeid as an RSF drone campaign cuts water, fuel and power
4
Muslim Brotherhood national chapters US-designated under EO 14362 in six months; the blanket ban: stalled
123
the US–Saudi civil-nuclear agreement signed mid-war — enrichment allowed, the Additional Protocol dropped
2009
the last White House visit by a Lebanese president, before Aoun's pledge to end hostilities with Israel
4,800
hostile cyber incidents against Israel in June 2026 — roughly triple a year earlier