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Middle East crisis live: Iran ready to reopen strait of Hormuz within seven days if US lifts blockade, official says

The Guardian UK Tuesday 22 September 2026, 10:33 UTC By Yohannes Lowe 1 min read
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Traffic through the key waterway for energy supplies has dwindled to a trickleWe are seeing reports that the Houthis have said that strikes carried out by Saudi Arabia in the northwest of the country killed at least two civilians. mother and child were killed, while her husband and two of her other children were wounded in strikes carried out by the Saudi enemy in the Al-Batin area of Al-Hazm, in Al-Jawf province,” the Iranian-backed militia’s news agency said, citing the Houthi health ministry.

Traffic through the key waterway for energy supplies has dwindled to a trickle

We are seeing reports that the Houthis have said that strikes carried out by Saudi Arabia in the northwest of the country killed at least two civilians.

“A mother and child were killed, while her husband and two of her other children were wounded in strikes carried out by the Saudi enemy in the Al-Batin area of Al-Hazm, in Al-Jawf province,” the Iranian-backed militia’s news agency said, citing the Houthi health ministry.

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