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The United States resumed its attacks on 8 July 2026, according to Anadolu Agency, and Iran announced the closure of the Strait of Hormuz again on 12 July. The source does not identify the targets, locations or losses of the attacks, nor the immediate reasons for the resumption, and only mentions them in the context of the war that began in February and the collapse of negotiations.

The UN Security Council extended the mandate of the UN Disengagement Observer Force, UNDOF, on 25 June 2026 until 31 December 2026 under Resolution 2824. The council created the force in 1974 to monitor the ceasefire and supervise disengagement between Syrian and Israeli forces, the separation areas and the limitation of forces. The source does not describe the deliberations or vote outcome and does not state where the session was held. Damascus demands Israeli withdrawal from Syrian territory and respect for the 1974 agreement, Syria's sovereignty and territorial integrity, according to Anadolu Agency.

Washington and Tehran signed a memorandum of understanding on 18 June 2026, according to Anadolu Agency, and began negotiations, but the talks collapsed over disagreements on navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world's most important routes for energy and goods. The source does not state the memorandum's content, the signing location, any mediators or the date the talks collapsed. The US resumed attacks on 8 July, according to the same source, and Iran then announced the strait's closure again. No further detail on the negotiating parties or the points of dispute is given.

The United States and Israel began a war on Iran on 28 February 2026, according to Anadolu Agency, and Tehran responded with attacks on Israel and on US facilities in Arab states, some of them leading oil and gas producers. The source does not identify the locations of the initial strikes, the names of the affected Arab countries or the scale of losses, and gives no account of the later course of the war beyond negotiations and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. Anadolu cited the event as background to its report on the Hormuz tanker incident.