On the 23rd a fast-moving wildfire approached Reno, Nevada, near the California border. Local fire authorities said the blaze has injured six people, forced about 42,000 residents to evacuate and placed a further 45,000 under evacuation warnings.

Syria's interim government foreign minister told Refinitiv on the 22nd that Damascus expects to soon resume negotiations with Israel on a security agreement intended to secure Israeli withdrawal from Syrian territory. He said talks have been stalled since the outbreak of hostilities involving the US, Israel and Iran earlier this year but are expected to restart, and that the US is pressing Israel to return to dialogue. He added the interim government "currently does not trust Israel" but prioritises halting Israeli strikes and seeks "confidence-building measures." Contacts were severed after an attack on the Abu Zuhur airbase on the 18th of this month.

Iran's Persian Gulf Strait Authority said any vessel violating Iranian rules while transiting the Strait of Hormuz will face restrictions on subsequent transits, including fines, impoundment or seizure. The authority ordered cargo owners with Persian Gulf origin or destination to check its website for the latest list of non-compliant vessels before chartering. Effective immediately, vessels that carry out ship-to-ship transfers, transshipment or other operations with vessels on that list will themselves be added to the violators' list.