This live blog follows the latest developments across the Middle East crisis, including regional diplomacy, maritime security, ceasefire negotiations, and economic fallout.
Catch up on Friday's top developments here:
- Saudi, Türkiye review cooperation, joint efforts to de-escalate regional tensions
- Israel-Lebanon talks in Rome delayed to October
- Saudi shuts East-West oil pipeline after attacks
- Trump reiterates Iran will ‘never, ever have a nuclear weapon’
- Iran says to discuss Hormuz with Gulf states in Oman on Monday
Friday at a glance
Published: Sep 12, 2026 | 00: 00 GMT | by Web Desk
Following a request from the Iraq Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi to let Baghdad take necessary measures to prevent attacks originating from it territory, the Saudi Arabian foreign ministry said that the country had "chosen not to respond at this stage and to support the efforts of the Iraqi government."
Türkiye Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and Qatar Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani discussed regional stability in a call with Saudi FM Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah.
Meanwhile, refuting parallels drawn by US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth between the US war on terror and the conflict in Iran, Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei said that perpetrators of September 11, 2001 attacks were not Iranians; "they were the very same people whom the US itself had armed, organized, or otherwise cultivated in the preceding decades."
Separately, Qatar condemned the targeting of the East-West Pipeline in the Riyadh and regions near Madinah. An energy ministry official said that Saudi authorities had shut the East-West oil pipeline in the Riyadh and Madinah areas after it came under attack.
For earlier developments, read our Sept 11 live blog here