Houthis Also Hit Mocha Port On Red Sea. Iran Says Strait Won’t Open Until US Ends War Compensates Damage Lifts Sanctions. Oman Deal Close But Not Signed. Caroline Bezengi Tanker Grounded Off Oman Coast
According to NPR/AP, Yemen’s Houthis claimed a drone strike on a Saudi Aramco refinery in Jazan on August 9, 2026, with Saudi Arabia’s Energy Ministry confirming a fire at the facility without casualties that was subsequently extinguished.
The Houthis said the strike was retaliation for Saudi drones violating Yemeni airspace over Hajjah and Saada provinces. A Yemeni government official also confirmed Houthi missile and drone attacks on the Mocha port; a key Red Sea port under the internationally recognised government, on the same day.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said negotiations with the US “cannot resume” until Washington ends violations of a previous memorandum of understanding.
Separately, Iran’s Supreme National Security Council issued new conditions: the US must permanently end the war, lift the naval blockade of Iranian ports, withdraw its forces from the region, fully compensate Iran for war damage, lift sanctions and unconditionally release frozen assets.
On the Hormuz deal, two people familiar with the talks confirmed Iran and Oman are finalising an arrangement where ships would transit the strait via routes close to each country’s coast without fees to restart the 60-day US-Iran nuclear negotiation clock.
The deal would be jointly announced by Iran, Oman, the US and the IMO. Meanwhile, the Pentagon confirmed it was actively boosting munitions acquisition after a CSIS analysis showed the Iran war had depleted US stockpiles of advanced missile interceptors.
Five months in. A deal is close. The conditions keep growing. Check out our previous coverage of the US-Iran war on The Trusted Times.
