The Rest of the World Report | September 10, 2026 — Morning Edition

Weekday morning and evening editions. Saturdays once. Good news on Sundays. All sources labeled.DAMAGE AT AZRAQJordan’s Armed Forces said Wednesday that air defenses intercepted and destroyed 18 of the 20 ballistic missiles Iran fired toward the kingdom overnight Tuesday. The remaining two missiles fell in unpopulated areas, and no casualties were recorded. The strike targeted Muwaffaq Salti Air Base near Azraq, which hosts a rotation of US fighter aircraft alongside the Royal Jordanian Air Force.CBS News reported Wednesday, citing people with direct knowledge of the matter who were not authorized to speak publicly, that the strike severely damaged a US A-10 Thunderbolt II, leaving it with a missing wing. Roughly eight F-15E Strike Eagles sustained light damage and were returned to service, the sources said. Air & Space Forces Magazine separately confirmed the account with its own sources. A CENTCOM spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment on the aircraft damage.Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said its strikes targeted maintenance and deployment sites for F-35, F-16 and F-15 aircraft at the base. It claimed to have destroyed hangars there. The Jordanian military statement did not reference the air base by name or confirm any damage to aircraft. Neither government has released imagery to support its account.The exchange followed a CENTCOM announcement Tuesday that US forces had destroyed five Iranian crude oil carriers, four in the Gulf of Oman and one near Kharg Island. CENTCOM said the strikes came after the IRGC twice attempted to hit a US Navy warship in the preceding days, and that both attempts failed.Muwaffaq Salti has come under lethal Iranian fire before. Three US Army air-defense soldiers were killed there in a July 17 strike. If Wednesday’s A-10 damage is confirmed, repairs face a narrower path than before. The Air Force closed its depot-level A-10 structural repair line at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, in February.🇺🇸 What American readers need to know: CBS News reported that an Iranian missile strike damaged US warplanes on a Jordanian base this week. The Pentagon has not confirmed or denied it, and no American deaths were reported. This is a serious escalation of fire between US and Iranian forces in the region since late August, after roughly a month of relative calm.Sources: Jordan News Agency/Petra (Jordan, government — official JAF statement, missile count, interception figures); CBS News (US — original aircraft damage reporting); Air & Space Forces Magazine (US, trade press — independent confirmation, CENTCOM non-response, A-10 maintenance context); Aerotime (aviation trade press — IRGC claims, base history)THE BEIT LAHIYA STRIKEAl-Shifa Hospital said Thursday that an Israeli strike killed four members of one family at a home in the Beit Lahia Project area of northern Gaza. Two of the dead were daughters, ages 8 and 12. AFP reported that the Israeli military, when contacted for comment, said it was checking into the incident.The Palestinian news agency Wafa reported separately that Israeli military vehicles and a drone opened fire overnight on shelters and tents sheltering displaced people in the nearby Jabalia refugee camp. Israeli aircraft also struck near Kamal Adwan Hospital in the same area, Wafa said. Al Jazeera reported that a Palestinian man, his wife, and their two daughters were killed in that strike, citing sources at the scene. A Palestinian security source told AFP that Israeli naval vessels also fired intensively in waters off Khan Younis and areas east of central Gaza overnight.The strikes come despite the “ceasefire” that has held since October. Israel’s military said separately Wednesday that its forces struck what it described as Hamas weapons storage facilities in three areas of Gaza. That statement was general and not tied to the Beit Lahiya incident.🇺🇸 What American readers need to know: A family of four, including two children, was killed in an Israeli strike in northern Gaza early Thursday. The strike came more than ten months into a ceasefire Washington helped broker. The Israeli military has not confirmed it beyond saying it is checking into the incident.Sources: AFP (wire — Al-Shifa Hospital account, ages of the children, Israeli military response); Al Jazeera (Qatar, state-funded/editorially independent — Jabalia camp attack, Kamal Adwan Hospital strike, Wafa citation)MOCHA FALLSReuters reported Thursday, citing three anti-Houthi Yemeni government officials, that Houthi forces have taken control of Mocha. The Red Sea port city in southwestern Yemen sits less than 50 miles from the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. Four Yemeni military sources told Reuters the group is also close to full control of Dhubab, a town that sits directly on the strait.The capture follows a week-long offensive that began September 3 across western Taiz and southern Al-Hudaydah governorates. Forces aligned with Yemen’s internationally recognized, Saudi-backed government withdrew from Mocha and the nearby districts of Hays and Al-Khawkhah, moving south toward Dhubab.Mocha’s port had been under sustained Houthi attack since early August. More than 25 missiles struck it in a matter of days, forcing a halt to operations. A Houthi strike on the city on August 9 killed seven people and wounded 30. Yemen’s information minister, Moammar al-Eryani, has said the Houthis were working to seize control of Bab el-Mandeb by expanding along the western coast. Major-General Sadeq Duwaid, a spokesman for forces near the strait, said the group’s aim was to turn Bab el-Mandeb into “something resembling the Strait of Hormuz.”With Hormuz largely closed to shipping since Iran shut it earlier this year, Bab el-Mandeb has become the principal alternative route for Saudi oil exports. The Houthis declared a naval blockade on Saudi shipping through the Red Sea in July.🇺🇸 What American readers need to know: A second major shipping chokepoint may now be slipping toward the control of an Iran-aligned militia. This comes as the Strait of Hormuz remains largely closed. Any disruption to Red Sea shipping traffic has a direct line to fuel costs and the goods that move through it.Sources: Reuters, via Jerusalem Post (wire — Mocha capture confirmation, anti-Houthi officials); JFeed (aggregating Reuters reporting — Dhubab detail, casualty history, al-Eryani and Duwaid quotes, blockade context); Clash Report (OSINT — offensive timeline, territorial scope)NUMBERS AT PUBLICATION🇮🇷 Iran: 3,684 killed 🇱🇧 Lebanon: 4,346 killed, 12,301 wounded 🇮🇱 Israel: 1,200+ killed, ~5,400 wounded (includes 472 killed, 3,004 wounded in Gaza) 🇺🇸 US military: 18 killed, 756 wounded 🇵🇸 Gaza: 1,344 killed, 4,464 wounded since the October 10, 2025 “ceasefire” 🇵🇸 West Bank: 316 killed (incl. 73 children), 5,641 wounded (incl. 915 children), since January 2025 🛢️ Brent crude: $102.30/barrel (OilPrice.com) ⛽ US gas: $4.27/gallon (AAA)Sources: HRANA (Iran), Lebanon MOPH, INSS (Israel), DCAS (US, disputed), OCHA and Gaza Health Ministry (Gaza), OCHA (West Bank). 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