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Country-wide (shaded): Iran
Wider areas: Riyadh Province
11 November 2026
4 events (2 confirmed) and 11 statements.
11 November 2026 in brief
The UN's Food and Agriculture Organization and World Food Programme said more than one million people in Lebanon face acute food insecurity, a number expected to reach 1.15 million by mid-2027. Egypt's state news agency MENA and Al Araby TV reported Israeli air strikes on Qantara and Kfar Tebnit in south Lebanon with no casualties reported, and the Kurdistan Human Rights Network told Rudaw that IRGC artillery and drone strikes hit mountains near villages in Marivan county. [1][2] Saudi-led coalition spokesman Turki al-Maliki said air defences intercepted three Houthi cruise missiles headed for the Riyadh region and two drones aimed at Mecca and the south, while Houthi spokesman Yahya Saree said the missiles were fired at King Khalid International Airport and denied targeting Mecca. [1] Iran's army navy said a tanker hit a mine east of the Strait of Hormuz and the IRGC Navy said two more tankers hit mines, naming no ships, and parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said Iran and Oman had reached an understanding to oversee the strait. Iran designated Argentina's navy and air force as terrorist organisations, which Argentina's foreign ministry rejected, and Hezbollah secretary-general Naim Qassem said the group would not give up its weapons. [1]
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The IRGC Navy said two more oil tankers that tried the night before to leave the Strait of Hormuz by an unauthorised route, with navigation and identification systems switched off and under US fighter jet cover, hit naval mines and were burning and abandoned, Borna News and Shafaq News reported. It criticised CENTCOM commander Brad Cooper. No ship was named. Shafaq News also reported a UKMTO tanker incident in the strait and a separate Iranian army navy statement on a tanker fire, and said it was unclear whether they were the same vessels.
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
11 Nov · to a mixed audience
Reported by Borna News
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Statements (11)
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Government of Iran: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said in a social media post that the US was pursuing 'diplomacy through threats' by invoking new military capabilities, Al Jazeera reported.
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Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps: The IRGC Navy said two more oil tankers that tried the night before to leave the Strait of Hormuz by an unauthorised route, with navigation and identification systems switched off and under US fighter jet cover, hit naval mines and were burning and abandoned, Borna News and Shafaq News reported. It criticised CENTCOM commander Brad Cooper. No ship was named. Shafaq News also reported a UKMTO tanker incident in the strait and a separate Iranian army navy statement on a tanker fire, and said it was unclear whether they were the same vessels.
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Islamic Republic of Iran Army: Iran's army navy said an oil tanker that entered what it called a prohibited area east of the Strait of Hormuz hit a mine and caught fire at dawn, and urged shipowners to coordinate with Iran's armed forces for safe passage, Anadolu Agency, citing ISNA, and Arab News reported. No ship was named.
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Ansar Allah (the Houthis): Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said Houthi forces fired three cruise missiles at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh and denied that the Houthis had targeted Mecca, Shafaq News and Middle East Eye reported.
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United Nations: The UN's Food and Agriculture Organization and World Food Programme, with Lebanon's agriculture ministry, said more than one million people in Lebanon face acute food insecurity, a number expected to reach 1.15 million by mid-2027, Al Jazeera reported.
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Hezbollah: Hezbollah secretary-general Naim Qassem said in a Martyrs' Day speech in Beirut that Hezbollah would not give up its weapons and that there would be no disarmament under Israeli occupation, said US election results could be positive for Lebanon, and praised Iran's closure of the Strait of Hormuz, The Times of Israel and Al Jazeera reported.
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Government of Iran: Iranian parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf told Al Jazeera that the Strait of Hormuz would never return to its pre-war status and that Iran and Oman had reached an understanding to oversee the waterway, Al Jazeera reported. He said 'the ball is now in the American court'.
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Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps: Mohammad Reza Naqdi, a senior adviser to the IRGC commander-in-chief, said at a ceremony in Chardavol, Ilam province, that the Leader had authorised the armed forces to carry out operations in any geography without restriction in response to an enemy attack, and said the US president had announced an end to $4 billion a year in aid to Israel, Kayhan reported.
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Kataib Hezbollah: Kataib Hezbollah held Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi fully responsible for any attack on its positions or Popular Mobilisation Forces brigades and said parts of Iraq's security services gather intelligence for Washington that is shared with Israel for strikes in Iraq; its security official Abu Mujahid al-Asafi said the group would not leave its positions, Shafaq News reported.
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Saudi-led coalition in Yemen: Saudi-led coalition spokesman Turki al-Maliki said air defences intercepted and destroyed three cruise missiles headed toward the Riyadh region and two drones aimed at Mecca and the southern region, Shafaq News, The Times of Israel and Reuters reported.
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Government of Argentina: Argentina's foreign ministry said it categorically rejected Iran's designation of its navy and air force as terrorist organisations, Al Jazeera reported.
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