MQ-1 Drone
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IRGC Claims Downing of US Drone as Hormuz Traffic Dwindles; Pakistan Mediates (Sep 21, 1028 UTC, 1328 Israel) (Evening Edition)
The IRGC claimed it downed another US MQ-1 drone over the Strait of Hormuz, while shipping data showed just 12 vessels transited the strait over the weekend, down from 35 the prior weekend. Pakistan's interior minister departed for Tehran to discuss mediation between Iran and the US, and explosions at a Syrian army ammunition depot near Aleppo injured at least four people.
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Houthis Wound 13 in Saudi Strikes as Iran Claims Fourth Drone Kill and Israel Keeps Up Gaza, Lebanon Pressure (Sep 15, 0950 UTC, 1250 Israel) (Evening Edition)
Houthi ballistic missile and drone attacks wounded 13 civilians in southern Saudi Arabia, drawing a pledge of a "firm" response from the Saudi-led coalition. Iran's IRGC claimed it shot down a fourth American MQ-1 drone over the Strait of Hormuz, while Tehran said its foreign minister will visit Beijing. Israeli strikes killed at least two Palestinians in Gaza and eliminated two Hamas commanders, and IDF troops dismantled a Hezbollah rocket-launcher hideout in southern Lebanon.