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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.