KEMETIC MINDS — BREAKING NEWS
September 09, 2026
Brent crude touched $100.19 a barrel on Wednesday, September 9, its highest level in more than six weeks, as intensified Middle East hostilities fueled worries about potential disruptions to oil exports from the region [1].
Key Facts
- At 08:02 GMT, Brent crude traded at $99.93 a barrel, up $2.01, or 2.05%, after touching $100.19 earlier in the session; West Texas Intermediate rose $1.49, or 1.60%, to $94.52 a barrel [1].
- Brent prices have surged 25% since early August, as fading prospects of a permanent solution coincided with intensifying fighting [1].
- On Tuesday, the Iranian-backed Houthi group in Yemen carried out strikes on several Saudi cities, increasing pressure on a key US ally [1].
- US Central Command publicly shared an operation in which US forces destroyed five Iranian oil tankers, described as retaliation after Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) targeted a US Navy warship with ballistic missiles earlier in the week [1].
- Iran’s IRGC announced it had launched ballistic missiles at a US military base in Jordan and attacked ten ships — two US vessels and eight oil tankers — in a banned area of the Strait of Hormuz [1].
Rubio warns Iran will keep losing tankers
US Central Command described the operation as retaliation for the earlier missile attack on the US Navy warship [1]. The escalation has disrupted a month of relative calm, bringing fresh attacks on military, shipping and energy targets [1].
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, speaking to reporters during a visit to Colombia, said: “Iran continues to try to hit US naval ships, and for every time they do that or try to do that, they are going to lose tankers” [1].
Missiles over Jordan, warnings over Gulf shipping
Iran’s IRGC announced it had launched ballistic missiles at a US military base in Jordan and attacked ten ships in a banned area of the Strait of Hormuz [1]. Jordanian authorities reported intercepting 18 of the 20 Iranian missiles, with the remainder falling in uninhabited locations and causing no casualties [1]. The US described Iran’s attack in Jordan as ineffective [1].
The fighting prompted warnings of further threats to Middle Eastern oil supplies, including tankers in Kuwaiti and Bahraini ports [1]. A liquefied natural gas tanker was damaged in Khor Fakkan, United Arab Emirates, according to a maritime security source; no group has claimed responsibility for the attack [1].
What’s Still Unconfirmed
The claim that Iran hit two US vessels and eight oil tankers in a banned area of the Strait of Hormuz comes from the IRGC’s own announcement, and the sourcing provides no independent confirmation of it [1]. The report of the damaged liquefied natural gas tanker in Khor Fakkan relies on a maritime security source, and no group has claimed responsibility [1].
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