https://thewarrecord.com/iran-war/feed.xml The latest days of the US-Israel-Iran war in the record, and the events on them, each with its sources. 2026-11-07T17:10:05Z The War Recordhttps://thewarrecord.com/ CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Third-party figures carry their own source. https://thewarrecord.com/favicon.svg https://thewarrecord.com/events/ev-20261107-5vsm/ 2026-11-07T13:47:41Z 2026-11-07T17:09:34Z

Iran's IRNA news agency, citing local witnesses, said two projectiles hit the Suza area of Qeshm Island late on 6 November after an aircraft was heard, and Tasnim said two missiles struck the island, Siasat Daily and The Times of Israel reported. Fararu said local reports of explosions began at about 00:40 Tehran time. US President Donald Trump told reporters in West Palm Beach that the US had carried out "minor strikes" on Iranian air defences and knocked out an anti-aircraft device, Al Jazeera and CBS News reported. Neither side gave casualty or damage figures.

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Saudi Civil Defence issued four early warnings on 4 November, two in Najran and one each in Riyadh and Jazan, Anadolu Agency reported, and Ajel reported the Jazan warning. No cause was stated.

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CENTCOM and the State Department's Rewards for Justice programme offered up to $20 million and possible relocation for information on Iran's nuclear programme, CBS News and Xinhua reported. CENTCOM posted the offer on X late on Friday 6 November, Xinhua reported.

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Iran's army public relations office said air defences destroyed a US MQ-9 drone over Qeshm Island, IRIB reported, as Al Jazeera and Demócrata relayed. The IRGC said separately that its aerospace air defence hit an MQ-1 family drone over the island, Epoch Times Persian reported. Anadolu reported, as UA.News relayed, that the US had not commented.

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Residents said four air strikes hit the Houthi-controlled Central Security camp in al-Bayda city at dawn on 4 November, Khlaasa reported, and Al-Jumhuriya TV reported four strikes on the camp, Anadolu Agency reported. Al-Mashhad al-Yemeni also quoted residents on the four strikes. No source named the attacker or gave casualties.

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Iran's judiciary said through Mizan Online that a man convicted of armed rebellion and moharebeh over an attack on the Qaleh Bid police post in Khash, Sistan-Baluchistan, was executed at dawn on 7 November, HRANA and The Times of Israel reported. Euronews Persian reported that the attack took place in August 2024 and that his part in it has not been independently confirmed.

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The Taiz medical and environmental committee said more than 80% of health facilities in Taiz were out of service. US President Donald Trump said the US had carried out minor strikes on Iranian air defences, and CENTCOM and the State Department offered up to $20 million for information on Iran's nuclear programme. IRGC spokesman Hossein Mohebbi said the restriction on missile range had been lifted, Iran's judiciary said it executed a man convicted over an attack on a police post in Khash, and Qatar's foreign ministry said reports that US-Iran talks had failed were false. 2 events and 6 statements recorded.

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An attack hit the crowded al-Hadara market in al-Wazi'iyah district of Taiz governorate on the morning of 6 November. The Houthis said at least 30 people were killed and 8 injured, Al Jazeera reported, and Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said a Saudi fighter jet carried out three strikes on the market, Shafaqna reported. Yemen's government forces spokesman Majed al-Nazili said Houthi ballistic missiles struck it, Al Jazeera reported, and the Taiz local authority said no air raids took place in the district that day, Yemen Monitor reported. Al Jazeera reported that the coalition had not commented.

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Coalition spokesman Turki al-Maliki said air defences intercepted and destroyed two Houthi ballistic missiles launched toward Najran, that debris fell and damage was being assessed, Arab News reported. Al-Maliki also said a drone was intercepted and destroyed over the Mecca region, giving no origin or target, Yemen Monitor reported. No Houthi claim of the launches was found.

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The IRGC Navy said in a statement on 6 November that two oil tankers using what it called unauthorised routes, with their tracking systems off, hit mines, one east of the Strait of Hormuz and one inside it, and caught fire and were halted, Tehran Times reported. The IRGC Navy said the strait stays closed until Iran's conditions are met. It did not name the vessels or their flags, and IranWire reported that the claim had not been independently verified.

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The US Treasury said on 6 November it had sanctioned eight money services businesses based in Canada that it said helped Iran evade restrictions through money transfers and cryptocurrency, Pressbee and The Times of Israel reported. Treasury said the action was coordinated with FinCEN, Canada's FINTRAC and the DEA. No Iranian government response was found.

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UKMTO said the master of a tanker reported an explosion at the port-side waterline about 16 nautical miles east of Khasab, Oman, while transiting the Strait of Hormuz, Arab News reported, carrying Reuters. All crew were safe and the vessel continued under its own power, UKMTO said. The vessel was not named and no party said it was responsible.

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Yemen's government forces said on 6 November that they had recaptured several villages and areas from the Houthis in the Dhi al-Barh area of Taiz governorate, Al Jazeera and Al Jazeera Arabic reported. No Houthi account of the fighting was found.

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The IRGC said in two statements on the night of 5 November that its Aerospace Force's electronic warfare systems brought down a fifth and a sixth US MQM-170 reconnaissance drone over Qeshm Island, Tasnim reported. Anadolu Agency, citing IRNA, reported the claim and said the statements gave no further details. Mehr News Agency carried the claim on the morning of 6 November. No US comment on the claim was found.

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Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said Saudi aircraft carried out 61 raids in 24 hours on Sanaa and the governorates of al-Jawf, Taiz, Saada, Marib, Lahj, al-Dhale, Ibb, Hodeidah and Hajjah, Yemen Extra and 21 September reported. He put the total since the escalation began at 4,197 raids and missile strikes, Al-Manar reported. He did not give the places or times of single raids. No Saudi or coalition statement on the raids was found.

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Houthi military media released footage on 5 November of what it said were drone strikes on vehicles and gatherings of Yemeni government forces in eastern al-Jawf, SouthFront reported, citing al-Masirah. No account from the government side was found.

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Yemeni government forces of the Taiz military axis said they retook several positions in al-Sarari, in Sabr al-Mawadim district south of Taiz, and in Sanamat in al-Misrakh after heavy clashes with the Houthis on 5 November, Khabar Agency reported. Al-Mashhad al-Yemeni also reported that government forces retook positions in Sabr al-Mawadim and al-Misrakh. No Houthi account of the fighting was found.

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Brent crude traded at $99.90 a barrel at 05:06 GMT on 6 November, up 1.67% from the previous settle, FinanceFeeds reported, citing CNBC. FinanceFeeds linked the move to Iranian reports of attacks on tankers near the Strait of Hormuz. Brent futures then settled up 3 cents at $98.32 a barrel on 6 November and fell more than 16% on the week, CNBC reported.

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An attack on al-Hadara market in al-Wazi'iyah, Taiz, killed at least 30 people and injured 8, the Houthis said, as Al Jazeera reported; Houthi spokesman Yahya Saree blamed a Saudi fighter jet, while Yemen's government forces said Houthi ballistic missiles struck the market and the Taiz local authority said no air raids took place. Iran's IRNA news agency said two projectiles hit Qeshm Island late in the day and US President Donald Trump said the US had carried out minor strikes on Iranian air defences, while Iran's army said its air defences destroyed a US drone over the island. The IRGC Navy said two tankers on what it called unauthorised routes hit mines in the Strait of Hormuz and caught fire, and UKMTO said a tanker reported an explosion at its waterline about 16 nautical miles east of Khasab, Oman, with all crew safe. The Saudi-led coalition said it intercepted two Houthi ballistic missiles fired toward Najran and a drone over the Mecca region. The US Treasury sanctioned eight Canada-based money services businesses it said helped Iran move funds, and Qatar's International Media Office denied reports that its prime minister had said US-Iran talks had failed. 9 events and 17 statements recorded.

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Al Jazeera's correspondent reported heavy fighting on the Maqatrah front in Lahj on 5 November, Al Jazeera Arabic reported. The report did not give casualties. No statement on the Maqatrah fighting by the Houthis or by Yemeni government forces was found on the cited page.

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Brent crude settled at about $98.29 a barrel on 5 November, up 3.9%, and WTI rose 2.7% to about $90.52, Bloomberg reported, carried by Rigzone. Earlier in the day Brent traded at about $96.96 at 7.11pm UAE time, The National reported, and at about $97.56, RTE reported; CBS News reported a 2.2% rise to $96.70. Brent had fallen below $100 a barrel on 4 November.

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AP reported, carried by CBS News and Fox News, that court documents unsealed on 5 November show the Trump administration held talks with Iranian officials on removals during the war, and that as recently as mid-October it had plans to deport Iranians through an unnamed third country. The judge ordered advance notice before any deportation, CBS News reported. The Department of Homeland Security did not immediately respond, CBS News reported.

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Saudi Civil Defence issued a National Early Warning Platform alert of a potential danger in Yanbu governorate on 5 November and declared the danger over minutes later, Al-Mada reported. Al Jazeera reported that the coalition's announcement of a missile intercepted toward the Medina region came minutes after the Yanbu warning. Civil Defence did not say what the danger was.

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Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, met President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on 5 November and delivered a message from Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, CBS News and Fox News reported, and the Kremlin confirmed the meeting, Fox News reported. Iranian accounts said they discussed gas pipelines from Russia to Iran, CBS News and Fox News reported, and regional issues, Fox News reported. Russia's foreign ministry the same day warned Russian citizens against all travel to Iran, CBS News reported.

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Al Jazeera's correspondent in Taiz said on 5 November that the city's hospitals face shortages of fuel and medical supplies, Al Jazeera Arabic reported in an entry timed 22:20 Mecca time. No second account of the shortages was found in the window.

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Iran's foreign minister Abbas Araghchi held calls on 5 November with counterparts from nine regional countries, including Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Turkey, CBS News reported, citing Iran's foreign ministry. Middle East Eye reported separate calls with his Saudi and Qatari counterparts, and Didar News reported calls with the foreign ministers of Kuwait and Turkey. Few details of the calls were given. In the call with the UAE, the UAE foreign ministry said Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed stressed advancing diplomatic efforts.

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Turkey's parliament ratified the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan by 279 votes to 119 on 5 November, AP reported, carried by The Times of Israel. AP said any deployment of troops would need further approval by parliament. Al Jazeera and Al-Monitor also reported the ratification.

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A local source in Sanaa governorate said two strikes by Saudi aircraft hit two water wells in al-Hattab village, Hamdan district, on 5 November, destroying them and killing livestock, Khlaasa reported, carrying Al-Motamar.net, and Al-Masa Press reported. No human casualties were reported in these accounts. Al-Bu'd Al-Rabi', carried by Khlaasa, described the strikes as hitting Houthi sites north of Sanaa and gave no information on losses. No Saudi or coalition comment was found.

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Oman's foreign ministry said Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi and Iran's Abbas Araghchi reviewed contacts toward practical, political and technical understandings to restore shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, and agreed to keep consulting. Xinhua reported that Oman and Iran called for lasting maritime security arrangements to end the regional war. CBS News reported the call on the morning of 5 November US time.

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HRANA said Branch 5 of the Mashhad Revolutionary Court sentenced two men arrested in the January protests to death, Iran International reported on 5 November; Fox News also reported the HRANA account. Iran International said its review counts about 220 prisoners under death sentence. No Iranian judiciary statement on the cases was found.

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A senior Iranian official told Reuters that Iran had sent a nuclear proposal to the United States via Qatar, to be discussed only after Washington meets seven demands, and that Washington was reviewing it, The Times of Israel and Arab News reported, carrying Reuters. Fox News reported the demands as compensation, an end to sanctions and the naval blockade, an end to regional hostilities including in Lebanon and Gaza, release of frozen assets, fewer US forces in the region and a permanent end to the war. Iran International, citing Reuters, reported the demands include oil sanctions waivers, an end to the blockade and release of frozen funds. No Iranian statement on the record and no US comment on the proposal were found.

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WHO's Surveillance System for Attacks on Health Care (SSA) records an attack on 1 November 2026 in Al-Suqaya Area (Lahj), Yemen, affecting a health facility, health transport, health workers, patients, health supplies and other health resources (NA). WHO classes it as violence with heavy weapons. WHO lists the facility type as primary care. WHO reports 10 people killed and 10 people injured. WHO rates the report as confirmed, and its public record does not name who carried out the attack. The SSA is the WHO global record of attacks on health care in emergencies.

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Yemeni outlets citing local, medical and military sources said a Houthi ballistic missile hit the al-Allala training camp for government recruits in Qatabah, al-Dhale, on 4 November, Khabar Agency and Al-Mashhad al-Yemeni reported. Reported tolls differ: at least 11 killed and about 60 wounded (Khabar Agency), 14 killed and more than 30 wounded (Al-Jumhuriya TV citing medical sources, as Anadolu reported), and more than 20 killed (Yemeni sources cited by CGTN). Some of the seriously wounded were moved to hospitals in Aden, Tehama Press reported, and al-Dhale official media said the governor visited the wounded, Yemen Monitor reported. No Houthi statement on the attack was found.

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The Sanaa-based health ministry, run by the Houthis, said Saudi strikes on Wadi Allaf in Sahar district, Saada, killed a child and injured two on 4 November, Yemen Press Agency reported. Antiwar.com, citing the ministry, also reported at least one child killed and two people injured in Saada. No Saudi or coalition comment was found.

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The International Committee of the Red Cross said four trucks of medical supplies, including surgical kits, reached health facilities in Taiz City on 4 November. An ICRC spokesman told AFP it was the first delivery to the city's hospitals since 23 September, The New Arab reported.

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Lebanon's health ministry said an Israeli strike on a motorcycle in Qabrikha, Marjayoun district, on 4 November killed one person and wounded one, MTV Lebanon reported; Al-Araby Al-Jadeed reported it as a drone strike. The IDF said its air force struck two suspects observing its troops in the Qabrikha area, outside its security zone, Walla and The Times of Israel reported. AFP, carried by Arab News Pakistan, called it the first such fatality in south Lebanon since September.

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The UK Maritime Trade Operations centre (UKMTO) said that a tanker was struck by two unidentified projectiles about 50 nautical miles north of Madinat ash Shamal, Qatar, at 23:20 UTC on 4 November, Reuters reported, carried by Dawn. UKMTO said the crew's status was unconfirmed. The reports named no vessel, flag or attacker.

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Brent crude fell below $100 a barrel for the first time since September on 4 November, CBS News reported. OilPrice.com reported that Brent fell $8.94, or 8.6%, to $94.66, and linked the fall to Trump and Vance blaming the Iran war for the Republicans' midterm losses. Brent rebounded to $96.06 on 5 November, Arbiterz reported.

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The Sanaa-based health ministry, run by the Houthis, said a Saudi air strike on a home in al-Barh, Maqbana district, Taiz, on 4 November killed seven civilians, including two children, and wounded six children, Beirut Time and 26sep.net reported. A Sanaa-based rights body gave the same figures, Al-Manar reported, and Antiwar.com, citing the ministry, reported seven killed and 13 wounded. No Saudi, coalition or Yemeni government comment was found.

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South Korea's defence ministry finalised a revised motion on 5 November to extend the deployment of its Cheonghae anti-piracy unit and widen its operating area closer to the Strait of Hormuz, adding a P-8A patrol aircraft, Asia Today reported. The Korea Times said the plan adds a mine-clearing team and needs parliament's approval, and that it adds 75 personnel; Reuters, carried by The Standard, said it follows Trump's pressure for support in the Iran war. The government says it keeps its principle of not joining the war, Asia Today reported.

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The Taiz Siege Affairs Office said a shell hit a home in al-Athawr, Hayfan district, Taiz, on 4 November, killing three children and a woman and wounding four, and blamed the Houthis, Khlaasa and Yemen Monitor reported; the Hayfan district director said it was a ballistic missile, not a shell, Al-Sahil reported. The Sanaa-based health ministry, run by the Houthis, said a Saudi strike on a home in Hayfan killed at least four people, including a woman and three children, and wounded four, Antiwar.com reported, and Taiz Today and Al-Masa Press blamed Saudi strikes. No source gave an hour.

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Lebanon's National News Agency (NNA) said Israeli forces set fire to homes in the town of Haddatha, Bint Jbeil district, from the morning of 4 November, in items MTV Lebanon carried at about 11:24 and 13:02 Beirut time. NNA also reported artillery fire on Baraachit, Mansouri and Majdal Zoun and an explosion in Bani Hayyan, TRT World and Anadolu Agency reported, and an Israeli drone dropping stun grenades near olive pickers outside Kfar Shuba, TRT World reported. TRT World, citing NNA, said no injuries were reported. No IDF account was found.

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The US Treasury sanctioned two Indian nationals and their network, which it accused of selling fraudulent registrations and certificates to ships carrying Iranian oil, CBS News and Gulf News reported. The same action designated Turkiye-based Fugo Ground Services for ground handling for sanctioned Iranian airlines, Al Jazeera reported. Reports gave different counts of those designated: 13 people and companies (The Washington Times), or five individuals and 10 companies (Israel National News).

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Lebanon's health ministry said Israeli attacks since 2 March had killed 4,390 people and injured 12,429; in Yemen, an Al Jazeera correspondent said hospitals in Taiz faced shortages of fuel and medical supplies, and a local source said Saudi strikes destroyed two water wells in Hamdan district, Sanaa, Yemeni outlets reported. Saudi-led coalition spokesman Turki al-Malki said air defences intercepted a ballistic missile launched toward the Medina region, which Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree called false, while Saree said a Houthi drone hit King Fahd International Airport in Dammam. The US military released footage of what it called defensive strikes on an Iranian island base, Fox News reported, and Iran's army said two more tankers struck sea mines and caught fire east of the Strait of Hormuz, without naming them. Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, met President Putin in Moscow, and a senior Iranian official told Reuters that Iran had sent a nuclear proposal to the United States via Qatar. President Trump said he would rather not destroy the rest of Iran but might have to, and Turkey's parliament ratified the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan. 17 events and 21 statements recorded.

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HRANA said Branch 15 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court sentenced a political detainee to death for "corruption on earth" and to five years in prison, and that the verdict was communicated to him on 4 November. HRANA said the charges included contact and information exchange with individuals affiliated with Israel. No Iranian judiciary statement on the case was found.

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Rallies were held in Iran on 4 November, the anniversary of the 1979 takeover of the US embassy in Tehran, which Iran marks as the National Day of Fighting Global Arrogance. Mehr News Agency said rallies were held in over 900 locations and that the Tehran march began at 9:00 from Palestine Square. Press TV said Tehran mayor Alireza Zakani spoke and that the final resolution demanded retribution and withdrawal from the NPT. Al Jazeera published photographs of the rallies. No casualties were reported in the accounts found.

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Saudi Arabia's Civil Defence issued a warning through the National Early Warning Platform in Riyadh Province before dawn on 4 November to alert residents to a potential danger, and later said the danger had passed, Siasat Daily reported. Civil Defence did not say what the threat was, and AP reported the overnight alert in Riyadh. No interception statement for Riyadh was found in the window.

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Komala, an Iranian Kurdish opposition party, said two explosive-laden drones hit one of its headquarters in the Alana valley in the Balisan area east of Erbil at 8:40 am local time on 4 November, causing minor material damage and no casualties, Rudaw reported. Komala blamed Iran's Revolutionary Guards, This Is Beirut reported. Reuters, in a report carried by AsiaOne and Al Arabiya, citing unnamed security sources, reported that two drones attacked Iranian Kurdish opposition sites in Sulaymaniyah and east of Erbil on Wednesday. No Iranian or Iraqi government response was found.

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In Yemen, the Houthi-run health ministry in Sanaa said a Saudi air strike on a home in Maqbana, Taiz, killed seven civilians, including two children, and that Saudi strikes in Saada's Sahar district killed a child, while Yemeni government officials and the Houthis blamed each other for a strike on a home in Hayfan, Taiz, that the Taiz Siege Affairs Office said killed three children and a woman. The ICRC delivered four trucks of medical supplies to health facilities in Taiz City, its first delivery there since 23 September, and UN OCHA said the city was running out of basic goods because of access constraints. Yemeni outlets citing local and medical sources said a Houthi ballistic missile hit a training camp for government recruits in al-Dhale, where Al-Jumhuriya TV, citing medical sources, put the toll at 14 killed, as Anadolu reported, and Lebanon's health ministry said an Israeli strike on a motorcycle in Qabrikha killed one person, which the IDF said targeted two suspects observing its troops. UKMTO said a tanker was struck by two unidentified projectiles about 50 nautical miles north of Madinat ash Shamal, Qatar, the IRGC said four tankers hit naval mines south of the Strait of Hormuz, and Houthi spokesman Yahya Saree said a missile hit Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport; Brent crude fell below $100 a barrel for the first time since September, CBS News reported. President Trump said it was "largely true" the Iran war had hurt Republicans and Vice President JD Vance wrote that "the reason we lost is the war", and Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei said anyone expecting a shift in US policy after the midterms was "seriously mistaken"; the US Treasury sanctioned an India-based network it accuses of selling fraudulent registrations to ships carrying Iranian oil. 16 events and 20 statements recorded.

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Syria's General Intelligence Service said on X that an operation with the Internal Security Forces foiled a plot against the Homs oil refinery, arrested two people and seized prepared explosive devices, Al Jazeera reported on 3 November. The service linked the cell to Hezbollah. Hezbollah denied the accusation and said it has no presence on Syrian territory.

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Iranian state media and the Sistan and Baluchestan police information centre said a criminal police officer was shot dead by unidentified gunmen as he left his home in Saravan on the morning of 3 November, AFP and Tabnak reported. The attackers were not identified in the reports. A Baluch armed group, the Popular Fighters Front, said the same day that it had attacked a police special units commander in Saravan; the reports found do not say whether it is the same attack.

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Saudi-led coalition spokesman Turki al-Maliki said forces intercepted and destroyed a drone over the Mecca region, a drone over the Eastern Province and a drone heading toward the southern region on 3 November, Xinhua reported. No damage was reported in the accounts found. A Houthi spokesman said the group carried out no operations toward Saudi territory that day, while the Houthi military spokesman separately claimed attacks on Abha airport and King Khalid Air Base.

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Iranian state broadcaster IRIB said an army officer was killed and one other person wounded in an attack by a group in the southeast, Khabaronline reported on 3 November. Defa Press, an armed forces outlet, said through its Zahedan reporter that the officer was killed and one other member of the forces wounded in an attack by hostile groups. The reports did not name the attackers.

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September.net, the Yemeni armed forces' news site, said a Houthi ballistic missile and shelling hit the main market of Tur al-Bahah in Lahj on the morning of 3 November, causing civilian casualties, Ajel reported; no figures were given. No Houthi comment on the market was found.

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Lebanon's National News Agency reported an Israeli air strike on the outskirts of Kafr Tebnit and a demolition accompanied by machine-gun fire in al-Qantara in south Lebanon on 3 November, Alkofiya TV reported. The agency also reported Israeli aircraft flying a mock raid at medium to low altitude over the Akkar and Hermel border areas. No casualties were reported and no Israeli military statement on the strike was found.

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Brent crude fell $1.17, or 1 percent, to settle at $103.60 a barrel on 3 November, its lowest close since 7 October, Fox News and Oil & Gas Middle East reported. Fox News tied the fall to talks on Ukraine and to the mediation between the US and Iran.

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Iran executed two young men arrested during the January 2026 protests over the killing of four police officers in Isfahan on 8 January, Fars reported, according to AFP. Hengaw, a Kurdish rights group, said the two were hanged in Isfahan Central Prison on 3 November and that the charges included collaboration with the enemy.

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The Asian Football Confederation postponed the 2027 Asian Cup in Saudi Arabia, due to start on 7 January, to 23 December over regional safety, AFP and CBS News reported on 3 November. AFP linked the decision to Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia. The Times of Israel called it the latest event in Saudi Arabia to be postponed over regional safety.

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The UK Maritime Trade Operations centre (UKMTO) said a tanker was hit by two unidentified projectiles in its engine room about 14 nautical miles northeast of Limah, Oman, on 3 November. UKMTO said no casualties and no environmental impact were reported. The tanker, its operator and the attacker were not named in the reports. Al Jazeera said it could not verify whether the incident was linked to claims by Iran's Revolutionary Guards about tankers hitting mines.

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Yemeni government media said a Houthi missile and shelling hit the main market of Tur al-Bahah in Lahj, causing civilian casualties, and Iranian state media said a police officer was shot dead in Saravan and an army officer killed in another attack in the southeast. UKMTO said a tanker was hit by two unidentified projectiles about 14 nautical miles northeast of Limah, Oman, with no casualties reported, while the IRGC Navy claimed three oil tankers hit sea mines. The Saudi-led coalition said it intercepted drones over the Mecca region, the Eastern Province and toward the south, and a Houthi spokesman said the group carried out no operations toward Saudi territory that day. President Trump told Fox News the US "hit it last night" in what he called a "minor attack", an Israeli military spokesperson told AFP Israel did not take part in the strikes on Qeshm Island, and Qatar said both sides remained committed to the negotiation process. Brent crude settled at $103.60, its lowest close since 7 October, Fox News and Oil & Gas Middle East reported. 10 events and 28 statements recorded.

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China's foreign ministry said Wang Yi met Ali Bagheri Kani, deputy secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, in Beijing on 2 November, Xinhua and CGTN reported. AFP said the visit had not been announced beforehand, Hong Kong Free Press reported.

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Saudi-led coalition spokesman Turki al-Maliki said on X on 2 November that two drones were intercepted and destroyed in the Riyadh region, without saying who launched them, Middle East Monitor reported, citing Anadolu. He said that earlier the same day air defences intercepted a Houthi ballistic missile fired toward Saudi Arabia's southern region. No casualties or damage were reported. The coalition gave the account; no other source described the interceptions.

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A diplomat told The Times of Israel that a delegation of Qatari mediators arrived in Tehran on the evening of 2 November to resume talks on a deal under which Iran would reopen the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for US sanctions relief, followed by nuclear talks. Iran's foreign minister Abbas Araghchi told IRNA in Ashgabat the same day that if the conditions were accepted the Strait of Hormuz would be opened and negotiations would resume, Al Jazeera reported; Al Jazeera added that Qatar and Pakistan continued to facilitate indirect talks.

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Lebanon's National News Agency reported that Israeli aircraft struck Aita al-Jabal on 2 November, that artillery shelled the Marjayoun plain, al-Mansouri and the outskirts of Kawnin, and that Israeli forces carried out detonations in Beit Yahoun and Bani Hayyan and demolished homes in Zawtar al-Sharqiya, DPA reported via Gulf Channels. No casualties were reported. No IDF account of the day's fire was found.

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India's Ministry of External Affairs said on 3 November that the commercial vessel MSV Al Jusufi was attacked near Limah, Oman, the previous evening, Siasat Daily reported. It said 14 Indian nationals were aboard, 13 were rescued and one died of his injuries. India's government said the vessel was struck by an unidentified aerial object, and Indian Shipping Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said Oman's coast guard rescued the other 13 crew, AFP reported via Arab News Pakistan. No party said it carried out the attack, and no UKMTO or Omani statement on the vessel was found.

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The Yemeni Armed Forces Media Centre said a Houthi ballistic missile struck al-Makhaf village in the al-Aqroud area of Taiz on 2 November, killing or wounding 60 civilians including children, 26 September Net and Yemen Monitor reported. Local sources cited by Khlaasa said the missile fell in the village after a failed Houthi launch, killing 14 civilians, mostly children, and injuring 25; residents cited by 2 December News, an outlet of the National Resistance, gave the same figures as a preliminary toll and said the dead included children. No Houthi account of this missile was found. The Houthi-run economy ministry said in a statement carried by Saba the same day that Saudi troops attacked a market in al-Aqroud, killing eight civilians and injuring dozens according to preliminary reports, Demócrata reported.

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Hezbollah said it began on 2 November to distribute the first promised aid to displaced families and owners of destroyed homes, opening its first centres in the Nabatieh region, L'Orient Today reported. Libnanews reported that the amount of the first instalment and the source of the funds were not given.

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US officials, speaking anonymously to NBC News and ABC News, said US forces carried out limited strikes on Qeshm Island on 2 November, which they described as defensive and as a response to Iran again trying to target a US aircraft. The officials said the strikes were not a resumption of major combat, NBC News reported. IRNA, Iran's state news agency, reported five successive explosions on Qeshm and said residents saw two aircraft, Entekhab reported. President Donald Trump told Fox News "we hit it last night" and described it as a "minor attack", Al Jazeera reported, saying Trump had confirmed the strikes. US Central Command did not respond to requests for comment, The Times of Israel reported.

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India's Ministry of External Affairs said the commercial vessel MSV Al Jusufi was attacked near Limah, Oman, and one of its 14 Indian crew died. In Taiz, local sources said a missile that Yemen's army blamed on the Houthis killed 14 civilians and injured 25 in al-Makhaf village, while the Houthi-run economy ministry said Saudi troops attacked a market in al-Aqroud the same day, killing eight civilians. US officials speaking anonymously said US forces carried out limited strikes on Iran's Qeshm Island, which they described as a response to Iran again trying to target a US aircraft, and Iran's IRNA reported explosions there; the IRGC said it downed two US drones, a claim a US official called false. Lebanon's National News Agency reported Israeli air strikes, shelling and demolitions in several south Lebanon villages, and the Saudi-led coalition said two drones were intercepted in the Riyadh region and a Houthi missile fired toward the south was intercepted. Qatari mediators arrived in Tehran for talks on a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a diplomat told The Times of Israel, and China's foreign minister Wang Yi met Ali Bagheri Kani of Iran's Supreme National Security Council in Beijing, while President Trump said a deal was "coming together very nicely". 8 events and 21 statements recorded.

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Iranian negotiators were in Doha on 1 November for a third consecutive day of talks with Qatari mediators, an official quoted by Reuters said, CBS News reported. An official briefed on the talks told Reuters that Iran's negotiators had left on Sunday but not because of any problems in the talks, and that a draft proposal was being circulated, Al-Monitor reported. Iran's foreign minister Abbas Araghchi said consultations with the mediators were continuing but had not yet reached a definitive conclusion, Iran International reported.

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UKMTO said a vessel in the Strait of Hormuz was struck by an unknown projectile and that the master of another vessel relayed its mayday, CBS News reported. The incident occurred just after 15:00 UTC on 1 November, according to UKMTO, and the vessel was northwest of the Musandam Peninsula, The Maritime Executive reported. The maritime security firm Vanguard Tech identified the vessel as the offshore tug Selat Storm and said it was partially sinking, The Maritime Executive reported. The Maritime Executive said the status of the crew was not reported, and no party said it carried out the attack.

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Saudi-led coalition spokesman Turki al-Maliki said on 1 November that the coalition had carried out an operation to neutralise vital resources the Houthis use to strengthen their ballistic missiles and drones and to threaten shipping lanes south of the Red Sea, citing deliberate and systematic Houthi attacks on civilians and civilian objects in Yemen and Saudi Arabia, Euronews Arabic reported. The statement as reported gave no location and no casualty figures.

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UKMTO said a tanker was struck by two unknown projectiles about 72 nautical miles east of Ras al Khafji, Saudi Arabia, and that all crew were accounted for, investingLive and House of Saud reported; investingLive said UKMTO reported the hit on the port side, and House of Saud said UKMTO logged the incident, number 192-26, at 23:47 UTC on 1 November. Vanguard Tech, cited by The Maritime Executive, named the tanker as Largo Atom and said it was reportedly hit by two UAVs, resulting in complete loss of power; UKMTO did not name the vessel, investingLive reported. No party said it carried out the attack.

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The Houthi-run Saba agency, citing a Houthi health ministry spokesperson, said three civilians were injured in a strike it attributed to Saudi Arabia on an oil company station in Bajil district, Hodeidah governorate, Euronews Arabic reported on 1 November. Euronews Arabic carried no coalition comment on the Bajil strike.

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Saudi-led coalition spokesman Turki al-Maliki said air defences intercepted and destroyed a drone and a ballistic missile that the Houthis launched toward the kingdom's southern region, Euronews Arabic reported on 1 November. The statement as reported gave no time, damage or casualties.

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The Houthi-run Saba agency, citing a Houthi health ministry spokesperson, said a strike it attributed to Saudi Arabia injured three civilians at an oil company station in Bajil, Hodeidah; separately, Saudi-led coalition spokesman Turki al-Maliki said the coalition carried out an operation against resources the Houthis use for ballistic missiles and drones. Al-Maliki also said air defences intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile and a drone the Houthis launched toward southern Saudi Arabia, and Yemeni army spokesman Majed Abdullah al-Nazili said government forces killed about 500 Houthi fighters on the al-Jawf, Marib and al-Bayda fronts, a claim Al Jazeera said it could not verify. UKMTO said an unknown projectile struck a vessel in the Strait of Hormuz, which the security firm Vanguard Tech named as the offshore tug Selat Storm, and that two unknown projectiles struck a tanker about 72 nautical miles east of Ras al Khafji, with all crew accounted for; the IRGC Navy said two oil tankers on an unauthorised route struck naval mines and exploded. Iranian negotiators held a third consecutive day of talks with Qatari mediators in Doha, an official quoted by Reuters said, and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said consultations had not yet reached a definitive conclusion, while President Trump said the war would be put away "very soon, one way or the other". Iranian army spokesman Mohammad Akraminia said a future war could last longer than the last one, and Ali Nikzad, deputy speaker of parliament, said the window for negotiations was closed. 7 events and 17 statements recorded.

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Iranian negotiators were in Doha for Qatar-mediated talks after more than 12 hours of talks with Qatari mediators in Tehran, an official told Reuters, as reported by The Times of Israel and Fox News. Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told Al Jazeera that the letter from US Vice President Vance had been discussed at high level and that there were no plans for meetings with US officials, and Fox News's account had him saying there was no need to meet Americans at present. Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, citing mediation sources, reported that the sides had agreed on preliminary measures and that a US delegation would join Iranian officials for direct talks in Doha; a US official told The Times of Israel that no breakthrough had occurred and that there was no plan for US mediators to join the talks in Doha. The talks followed a Qatari delegation's arrival in Tehran the day before.

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Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei ordered Iran's forces to respond immediately and without geographic limits to any new attack and to update the target list to bring US and Israeli assets within reach. The Times of Israel said the statement was posted on his Telegram account; Newsweek said the state media IRNA and Tasnim reported the directive; The New Arab cited state TV and a meeting with commanders. Separately, Armed Forces General Staff chief Ali Abdollahi said on X whenever signs of hostile enemy action were confirmed, the armed forces would not wait for the enemy's action to begin before choosing the time and manner of response, Fox News reported, and army spokesman Mohammad Akraminia said on X that any new US attack would spread the war wider, The Times of Israel reported. The statements came as US officials weighed resuming strikes and Qatar mediated talks with Iran.

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Lebanon's National News Agency reported an Israeli strike between Nabatieh al-Fawqa and Kfar Tebnit, Al Jazeera Arabic reported. Al Jazeera Arabic, with agencies, reported in its own account strikes on the outskirts of Barachit and between Adshit al-Qusayr and al-Tayyibeh, a detonation in Tulusa, machine-gun fire toward Ibl al-Saqi, and drones over Tyre and Beirut's southern suburbs. Neither account gave casualties. The IDF said the reported strike in Kfar Tebnit was a controlled detonation during routine operations to demolish infrastructure, The Times of Israel reported. No Lebanese health ministry statement dated the day was found.

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Iran's Fars news agency said an "enemy" drone attacked two fishing boats about 14 nautical miles south of Qeshm Island, leaving two fishermen missing and two wounded, The Times of Israel reported. Iran's state broadcaster IRIB, citing Hormozgan deputy governor Ahmad Nafisi, blamed "the American enemy" for the attack, The New Arab reported. News.az reported that Iranian state TV later said the two missing fishermen had been found and that Fars reported two injured, one of them taken to hospital. No US statement on the boats was found.

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Turki al-Malki said on X that air defences intercepted and destroyed a hostile drone in the Riyadh region on Saturday and that falling debris caused no injuries. Sky News Arabia described him as the Saudi defence ministry's spokesman and the ministry as the announcer; The Times of Israel and Saraha News described him as the Saudi-led coalition's spokesman posting on X. His posts as quoted said "hostile drone" and named no launcher; Saraha News's headline said the coalition intercepted a Houthi drone launched toward the Riyadh region. No Houthi claim or denial dated 31 October was found.

https://thewarrecord.com/events/ev-20261103-w4ps/ 2026-11-03T04:58:25Z 2026-11-03T04:58:25Z

MSNOW, citing three senior Gulf Arab officials, reported that the United States had warned Gulf allies to prepare for a possible new round of strikes on Iran as early as 4 November, a day after the US midterm elections, The Times of Israel reported. The AP, citing two diplomats, reported that US officials had privately urged several Middle Eastern countries and regional allies to prepare for the possibility of new military action and Iranian retaliation, Fox News reported. A White House official told MSNOW the White House does not comment on sensitive military plans, The Times of Israel reported. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said at the G20 foreign ministers' meeting in Atlanta that President Trump had not made a decision on resuming strikes and preferred a diplomatic solution, both live pages reported.

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At the IISS Manama Dialogue in Bahrain, GCC Secretary General Jasem Al Budaiwi said Gulf states remained open to negotiation but that diplomacy needed partners who respond in kind; Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty said a second round of US-Iran fighting would be more dangerous and more destructive; Saudi Vice Foreign Minister Waleed Elkhereiji called securing navigation in the Red Sea and the Bab el-Mandeb and Hormuz straits a shared responsibility; and UK Middle East minister Stephen Doughty said the UK had deployed air defence equipment to Saudi Arabia, Iran International reported. The Times of Israel's account had Abdelatty saying he was extremely worried about a new escalation. Yemen's foreign minister Afrah al-Zouba, citing UN experts, linked maritime threats to outside support for the Houthis, Iran International reported. The Dialogue ran over the weekend of 31 October and 1 November; remarks whose day was not given were left out.

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Iran's Fars news agency said a drone attacked two fishing boats south of Qeshm Island, leaving two fishermen wounded and two missing whom state TV later said were found, and Hormozgan's deputy governor, cited by IRIB, blamed "the American enemy"; no US statement on the boats was found. Lebanon's National News Agency reported an Israeli strike between Nabatieh al-Fawqa and Kfar Tebnit, with Al Jazeera Arabic reporting further strikes in the south, and the IDF said the Kfar Tebnit blast was a controlled detonation; Turki al-Malki said Saudi air defences intercepted and destroyed a hostile drone in the Riyadh region and that falling debris caused no injuries. Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei ordered Iran's forces to respond without geographic limits to any new attack and to update the target list, Iranian state media and The Times of Israel reported, and Mohsen Rezaei said on state television that Iran was debating whether to keep its ban on nuclear weapons if hostilities resumed, with no decision taken. Iranian negotiators were in Doha for Qatar-mediated talks, an official told Reuters, and Foreign Minister Araghchi said there were no plans for meetings with US officials, while a US official told The Times of Israel there had been no breakthrough; MSNOW and the AP reported US warnings to partners to prepare for possible new military action against Iran, and Rubio said Trump had not decided. At the Manama Dialogue, Egypt's foreign minister said a second round of US-Iran fighting would be more dangerous and more destructive, and the UK said it had deployed air defence equipment to Saudi Arabia; US Central Command said it redirected 144 commercial vessels under the naval blockade of Iran, and UKMTO figures in The National showed more than 30 attacks on ships around Hormuz in October. 7 events and 21 statements recorded.

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Yemeni government forces said they repelled a Houthi attack south of Taiz, and the government said its drones struck Houthi gatherings in Lahj governorate, Al Jazeera Arabic reported on 30 October. No Houthi account of the fighting was found.

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Yemeni government armed forces spokesman Colonel Majed al-Nazili said on 30 October that Houthi ballistic missiles targeted Aden International Airport and the Maashiq presidential palace; the government statement called it the sixth attack of its kind during the month, Yemen Monitor reported. A police official told AFP the palace was targeted by two missiles, Gulf News and Euronews Arabic reported. Al Jazeera's correspondent in Aden reported two explosions in the city. No casualties or damage were reported in the accounts found, and the sweep found no Houthi claim of the attack.

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Saudi-led coalition spokesman Turki al-Malki said early on 30 October that air defences intercepted and destroyed a drone launched by the Houthis toward the Mecca region, Alsaudi News and Al Jazeera Arabic reported. Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said Houthi forces had carried out no operation toward the Saudi depth that day and called the Mecca accusation false, Al-Quds Al-Arabi and Lebanon24 reported. No damage or injuries were reported in the accounts found.

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The US embassy in Riyadh announced on 30 October that non-emergency US government staff and their families had been ordered to leave Saudi Arabia, effective 23 October, citing Houthi attacks on civilian airports and critical infrastructure, Reuters reported in copies carried by U.S. News and Al-Monitor. The Times of Israel liveblog reported the announcement as saying staff needed special authorisation to use Saudi airports; Fox News reported it as telling staff to use extreme caution at them.

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Oman's Maritime Security Centre said the Royal Navy of Oman evacuated 25 crew members from the Panama-flagged merchant vessel RITI, which it said was targeted and caught fire about 1.6 nautical miles off Musandam, and gave them medical care; the centre gave no further details, Reuters reported. The accounts found named no attacker and reported no injuries. The Maritime Executive reported that the RITI was laden and that a risk consultancy assessed the cause as an Iranian missile; that assessment is analysis, not a finding of this record. The IRGC Navy said the same day that tankers had been halted and others had hit mines south of the strait; no source found by the sweep tied the RITI to those statements.

https://thewarrecord.com/events/ev-20261103-csff/ 2026-11-03T01:44:28Z 2026-11-03T01:44:28Z

UN Secretary-General's spokesman Stephane Dujarric said on 30 October that more than 290,000 people had been displaced in Yemen since early August, including about 6,100 pregnant women, and that about 65,000 refugees and asylum seekers faced rapid deterioration, Al Jazeera Arabic reported. An OCHA report dated 30 October put the number displaced since August at 290,000, and UNHCR's Yemen operation was funded at 18 percent, 34 million of 194 million dollars, Tech Times reported. A Taiz health office official told DPA that vaccination had stopped at 44 facilities because of the siege, Al Jazeera Arabic reported.

https://thewarrecord.com/events/ev-20261103-e3jm/ 2026-11-03T01:44:28Z 2026-11-03T01:44:28Z

A Lebanese military court judge charged 13 people on 30 October over a truck seized carrying about 780 kg of explosives, two of them in custody and 11 in absentia, Lebanese state media reported according to Al Jazeera. Hezbollah said the explosives were its own and were meant for use against Israeli forces in southern Lebanon, asked for their return and called the charges unjust, Al Jazeera, The Times of Israel liveblog and Fox News reported.

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G20 foreign ministers opened two days of talks in Atlanta on 30 October, hosted by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, with the Iran war and energy security at the centre of the agenda, The National reported. Germany's foreign office said most G20 members agreed that Iran must come to the negotiating table, Fox News reported.

https://thewarrecord.com/events/ev-20261103-kvx8/ 2026-11-03T01:44:28Z 2026-11-03T01:44:28Z

UKMTO said it received a report that a vessel about 40 nautical miles south of Iran's Lavan Island was hit on its port side by an unknown projectile, causing a fire on board, and that the crew was reported safe. It named no party and no vessel. The IRGC Navy said the same day that tankers had hit mines south of the strait; no source found by the sweep tied this vessel to those statements.

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Fars reported explosions at sea near Qeshm and Sirik in the early hours of Friday 30 October local time, with residents describing flashes, the Siasat Daily reported; no page found fixes the UTC day. IRNA, citing unofficial sources, said the sounds were warning shots fired at vessels, Radio Farda reported. Tasnim, citing unnamed sources, said the IRGC Aerospace Force intercepted a hostile fighter near Qeshm and forced it to leave, Anadolu Agency and Radio Farda reported. An Iranian outlet, Urgent News, said US forces had targeted a naval installation; the sweep found no US statement on it, and none of these accounts was independently verified.

https://thewarrecord.com/events/ev-20261103-vzeq/ 2026-11-03T01:44:28Z 2026-11-03T01:44:28Z

Flydubai cancelled its flights to Riyadh, Dammam and Abha, citing Houthi attacks on Saudi airports, Khaleej Times reported on 30 October; the article's body said the cancellations ran up to and including 5 November, while its headline said until 1 November. Khaleej Times also reported that Singapore Airlines cancelled two Dubai flights and that Indian airlines extended their suspensions of flights to Saudi Arabia.

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The Saudi-led coalition said on the evening of 30 October that it intercepted a drone launched toward Riyadh and a Houthi ballistic missile launched toward the southern region, and later said it destroyed a Houthi drone over the Medina region, The Times of Israel liveblog, Al Jazeera Arabic and Al-Weeam reported. The Houthi military spokesman denied the Medina claim, Al Jazeera Arabic reported. No damage or injuries were reported in the accounts found.

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A Qatari delegation arrived in Tehran on 30 October for talks with Iranian officials aimed at reviving negotiations between the United States and Iran, Iranian state media reported according to Nukta; Euronews Persian reported that Qatari mediators returned to Tehran on Friday and named no source. An official briefed on the talks told Reuters the effort was coordinated with the United States, The Times of Israel liveblog reported. Pakistan's military spokesman said the same day that Pakistan was cautiously optimistic about its own mediation.

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The UN Secretary-General's spokesman said more than 290,000 people had been displaced in Yemen since early August, and Yemen's government said Houthi ballistic missiles targeted Aden airport and the Maashiq presidential palace, with Al Jazeera's correspondent reporting two explosions in the city. Oman's Maritime Security Centre said its navy evacuated 25 crew from the Panama-flagged RITI after it was targeted and caught fire off Musandam, and UKMTO reported a vessel hit by an unknown projectile about 40 nautical miles south of Lavan Island; the IRGC Navy said tankers had been halted and others had hit mines south of the strait, and no source found tied either vessel to those statements. The Saudi-led coalition said it intercepted a Houthi drone toward the Mecca region and, in the evening, a drone toward Riyadh, a ballistic missile toward the southern region and a drone over Medina; Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said Houthi forces had carried out no operation toward the Saudi depth that day. The US embassy in Riyadh said non-emergency staff and their families had been ordered to leave Saudi Arabia, citing Houthi attacks on airports, and a Qatari delegation arrived in Tehran for talks on reviving US-Iran negotiations, Iranian state media reported. A Lebanese military court judge charged 13 people over a seized truck carrying about 780 kg of explosives, which Hezbollah said were its own. 13 events and 19 statements recorded.

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The rights group HRANA reported on 29 October that Branch 23 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court had sentenced three men arrested during the January 2026 protests to death, on charges that include carrying out operations on behalf of Israel. HRANA said the sentences were communicated to the three in prison on 26 October and that they were moved to Ghezel Hesar prison on 28 October. No statement from Iran's judiciary was found. The three are not named here.

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UKMTO said late on Thursday that a tanker transiting outbound about 25 nautical miles northeast of Khasab, Oman, was on fire, and later that the report indicated a small boat had approached on the port side and attached two explosive devices to the hull above the waterline; the blasts caused an engine-room fire that temporarily disabled the ship. UKMTO said the crew were safe, there was no environmental impact, the fire was put out and the ship continued to its next port. Three maritime security sources told Reuters the ship was the Panama-flagged tanker Louise 1 and described it as the first successful limpet-mine attack in the strait in this war. India's shipping minister Sarbananda Sonowal said all 27 Indian seafarers aboard were safe. No party said it was responsible.

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The Shin Bet said on Thursday it had opened a bounded investigation into possible foreign influence on Israel's election, CBS News reported, after Netanyahu's Likud party said in a statement that the election had been stolen by Arab-majority parties with foreign funding and named Iran among the fronts at stake. The Central Elections Committee's acting director-general, Din Livne, wrote that there was no basis to claims of a systematic compromise of the election's integrity. Qatar's foreign ministry spokesman Majed Al Ansari denied any Qatari interference. Final results had left Netanyahu's bloc short of a majority.

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UKMTO said the master of a third-party vessel reported another vessel on fire about 9 nautical miles north of Khasab, Oman, at about 03:00 UTC on Thursday, with the crew's status unknown, and classed it as an incident under investigation, not a confirmed attack. UKMTO later said regional authorities identified the vessel as a dhow, that it caught fire and sank following a maritime security incident, and that the crew were evacuated safely, Reuters and AFP reported. No party said it was responsible.

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The Houthi-run Saba news agency, citing an unnamed local source, said on Thursday that Saudi aircraft carried out a series of strikes on the Mokha and Dhubab districts of Taiz governorate, near the Bab el-Mandeb, without giving targets, damage or casualties. A government-aligned Yemeni outlet relayed the same Houthi media reports. No coalition or Yemeni government statement on strikes there on 29 October was found.

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Israel's Shin Bet, police and military said on Thursday that military prosecutors had indicted a soldier, arrested in September and not named by the authorities, on charges of passing information to an enemy with intent to harm state security and contact with a foreign agent. The joint statement alleged he had been in contact with Iranian agents for about a year and was paid in cryptocurrency, Middle East Monitor reported. The soldier is not named here.

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The Saudi-led coalition said early on Thursday that it intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile the Houthis fired toward Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province, Khaleej Times and Al Jazeera reported. No damage or injuries were reported. Houthi spokesman Yahya Saree said that evening that Houthi forces had fired ballistic missiles at the Ras Tanura refinery and an Aramco facility in Abqaiq and a drone at King Fahd International Airport in Dammam, all in the Eastern Province; no Saudi, coalition or Aramco statement on a hit at those sites was found.

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Yemen's permanent representative to the United Nations, Abdullah Al-Saadi, wrote to the president of the Security Council, copied to the Secretary-General, saying the Houthis had targeted Aden International Airport with several ballistic missiles on 28 October and flights had been diverted, Ajel reported. According to Ajel, the letter asked for measures to protect civil airports and to hold those responsible to account, and for full implementation of resolutions 2140 and 2216, including the arms embargo on the Houthis.

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Saudi-led coalition spokesman Turki al-Maliki said on Thursday evening that air defences intercepted and destroyed two ballistic missiles the Houthis fired toward Riyadh. Saudi Civil Defence, in a statement carried by the Saudi Press Agency, said shrapnel from the interception wounded one Saudi citizen and damaged a house and a vehicle, and it had issued warning alerts for Riyadh, al-Kharj governorate and Najran beforehand. Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said the same evening that Houthi forces had fired several missiles at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh as one of six operations against Saudi Arabia. No Saudi, coalition or Aramco statement on a hit at the airport was found.

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Shrapnel from the interception of two Houthi ballistic missiles over Riyadh wounded one Saudi citizen, Saudi Civil Defence said; the Saudi-led coalition said it destroyed them and one fired toward the Eastern Province, and Houthi spokesman Yahya Saree said his forces fired missiles and a drone at refineries and airports and attacked a military headquarters in the Najran region. In the Strait of Hormuz, UKMTO said its report indicated a small boat had attached two explosive devices to the hull of an outbound tanker about 25 nautical miles northeast of Khasab, named by security sources to Reuters as the Louise 1, and that a dhow caught fire and sank about 9 nautical miles north of Khasab, its crew evacuated; the IRGC Navy said three unnamed tankers hit mines in 24 hours. Houthi-run Saba said Saudi aircraft struck the Mokha and Dhubab districts near the Bab el-Mandeb; Yemen's UN ambassador wrote to the Security Council asking for measures to protect civil airports, saying the Houthis had targeted Aden airport with ballistic missiles on 28 October, Ajel reported, and the transport minister said the airport returned to normal operations on Thursday morning. Israel's Shin Bet opened a limited investigation into foreign influence after Likud said the election had been stolen with foreign funding, a claim the Central Elections Committee said had no basis and Qatar denied any part in, and military prosecutors indicted a soldier accused of passing information to Iranian agents for cryptocurrency. The Pentagon's casualty system put US service members killed at 23, 11 of them by hostile action, Iran said it was discussing a plan with mediators to end the war and reopen Hormuz while a senior Iranian official said the strait would stay closed until Iran's conditions were fully met, and the IRGC said it downed an MQ-1 drone off Sirik. 8 events and 17 statements recorded.

https://thewarrecord.com/events/ev-20261031-198n/ 2026-11-02T20:42:13Z 2026-11-02T20:42:13Z

Iran's Persian Gulf Strait Authority said it would take legal action against vessels of the shipping company Sinokor from 1 November and that enforcement had already been taken against at least seven of them, gCaptain and Reuters reported.

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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, according to an Iranian government readout carried by Tasnim and CBS News, which said the two reaffirmed expanding cooperation and that Putin cited trade growth of 10.4 percent in eight months.

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AFP reported fighting between Houthi and pro-government forces near the Bab el-Mandeb in western Yemen, citing military sources on both sides. CBS News carried the AFP report on 27 October.

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Houthi-run Al-Masirah TV said government airstrikes hit Mokha and Dhubab district near the Bab el-Mandeb on Tuesday. An eyewitness in Mokha told AP she heard two explosions around 4 a.m., one near the port. The Yemeni military said it struck Houthi positions in Taiz governorate, without naming Mokha.

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Israelis voted in a general election, the first since the 7 October 2023 attack, AFP and AP reported. Exit polls reported by Al Jazeera gave neither Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's bloc nor Gadi Eisenkot's a 61-seat majority, and NPR member station WFAE reported high turnout. AFP said Netanyahu warned Tehran of a devastating blow if it attacked.

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Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said a Houthi ballistic missile hit Aramco's Ras Tanura refinery and caused large fires. Saudi Arabia's energy ministry called the fire limited, The Star reported, and Siasat Daily reported that Riyadh had not confirmed the strike. The maritime security firm Vanguard reported a fire in the area that was later contained, The Express Tribune reported. A source told Bloomberg the fire near the terminal was contained, The Star reported.

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The Saudi-led coalition said it intercepted three Houthi ballistic missiles fired toward the Eastern Region and four drones toward the Southern Region, and in the afternoon two ballistic missiles fired toward Riyadh, Reuters and AP reported. Saudi Civil Defence issued alerts in several regions and said shrapnel from the two missiles intercepted near Riyadh caused material damage in the city. The Houthis said they had fired missiles and a drone at targets in Riyadh, the Eastern Province and southern Saudi Arabia.

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Kuwait's criminal court sentenced three men to death and others to prison terms on Monday 26 October for spying for Iran, membership of Hezbollah and a plot to kill the interior minister, CBS News reported, citing two judicial sources speaking to AFP. The National reported on 27 October that eight were sentenced to five years in prison.

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British prosecutors charged two men with national security offences over an incident at RAF Fairford, a US-run air base in England, Reuters and AP reported. One was charged with assisting a foreign intelligence service that police said they believe to be Iran's, and the other with entering a prohibited place.

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Iraq's Security Media Cell said one drone was shot down near Baghdad's Green Zone, Reuters reported, while two Iraqi security sources told Reuters that the US embassy's air defences activated as two drones approached the Green Zone perimeter and that both were shot down. Al-Arabiya reported that two drones were downed near the embassy, CBS News said. Neither account reported casualties or damage, and neither named who launched the drones.

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IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi told a UN Security Council briefing on Iran that Iran should work with the agency without further delay so it could verify nuclear material, AFP and CBS News reported.

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Kuwait's Foreign Ministry said Deputy Foreign Minister Hamad Suleiman Al-Mashaan summoned Iranian Ambassador Mohammad Toutounchi and handed him a protest note over an Iranian embassy statement, which the ministry called blatant interference in Kuwait's affairs and judiciary, KUNA and Iran International reported. The embassy had rejected the claim that an Iranian citizen was involved in the assassination plot for which a Kuwaiti court sentenced three men to death on 26 October.

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A Pentagon official told CBS News that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth removed Lt. Gen. Brett Sylvia as the Joint Staff's director of strategy, plans and policy on Wednesday. The official said Sylvia was accused of leaking classified information related to the Iran war. No second account was found.

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Rights group HRANA reported on 28 October that a Tehran revolutionary court had sentenced a photojournalist detained in January to 26 years in prison, 20 of them under the enhanced espionage penalties. The Committee to Protect Journalists, citing HRANA, said the verdict was communicated on 26 October, and called for the conviction to be overturned.

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An official briefed on the negotiations said on 28 October that Qatari mediators had presented Iran with a new draft deal on Sunday, 25 October, with a seven-day timeline of confidence-building steps, and that a response was expected by the end of the week, Reuters and CBS News reported. A senior Iranian official told Reuters on 28 October that Qatar had brought only unacceptable ideas, not an offer, and that Iran would not make concessions on the nuclear issue. Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi wrote on X the same day that Iran remained in close contact with intermediaries on implementing its 7-Day Plan in even less than a week.

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With nearly all votes counted on Wednesday, Netanyahu's bloc had 53 seats, the opposition bloc led by Gadi Eisenkot 48 and Arab parties 19, leaving neither side the 61 needed, according to Central Elections Committee data reported by the Jerusalem Post and broadcasters' projections reported by Iran International. Netanyahu called for a right-wing government and spoke of removing Iran's threat 'once and for all' with President Trump. The election was held on 27 October.

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Yemen's Transport Ministry said the Houthis struck Aden International Airport twice with ballistic missiles, at 13:00 and 15:00 local time, and called it the sixth attack on the airport within days; armed forces spokesman Majed al-Nazili said the missiles caused civilian injuries and material damage, without giving a number. An Aden police official told AFP a missile hit inside the airport perimeter, and residents told Reuters they heard an explosion near the airport; a security official told AP flights were diverted to Seiyun, and AP reported two runway craters seen in a Transport Ministry video. An aid source told Reuters that UN staff had left shortly before and no one was hurt. Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree had issued what he called a final warning to evacuate the airport, saying a Saudi military cargo aircraft there was carrying weapons.

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The Wall Street Journal reported that the US told several Gulf Arab countries to be prepared for a short, intense military campaign against Iran after the 3 November midterm elections. Two diplomats told AP the US urged regional allies to prepare for possible renewed action and for Iranian retaliation. Both reports said President Donald Trump had made no final decision; Trump had said late on 27 October that 'anything's possible'.

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Anees al-Asbahi, spokesman for the Houthi-run health ministry, said government forces struck a gas station near Taiz late on Monday, killing two people and wounding several; AP said it could not verify the account. AFP, citing military sources on both sides, reported fighting between Houthi and pro-government forces near the Bab el-Mandeb in western Yemen, and an eyewitness in Mokha told AP she heard two explosions as Houthi TV reported government airstrikes. Houthi spokesman Yahya Saree said a missile hit Aramco's Ras Tanura refinery, which Saudi authorities did not confirm while the security firm Vanguard reported a fire in the area that was later contained, and the Saudi-led coalition said it intercepted Houthi missiles and drones over several regions, with Saudi Civil Defence reporting shrapnel damage in Riyadh. Iraq's Security Media Cell said a drone was shot down near Baghdad's Green Zone, security sources said two were downed as the US embassy's air defences activated, and Iran's navy said an unnamed tanker hit mines east of the Strait of Hormuz and caught fire. Israelis voted in their first general election since 7 October 2023, with exit polls showing neither Netanyahu's bloc nor Eisenkot's at a 61-seat majority, and IAEA chief Rafael Grossi told the UN Security Council that Iran should let the agency verify its nuclear material. 10 events and 11 statements recorded.

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Yemen's government said two Houthi ballistic missiles hit Aden International Airport, halting air traffic and injuring civilians, an account an aid source disputed, telling Reuters that no one was hurt; the Houthis had warned people to evacuate the airport. Kuwait summoned Iran's ambassador over an embassy statement on the assassination plot case, and the embassy said the Iranian named had not been in Kuwait for 10 years. A senior Iranian official told Reuters that Qatar had presented only unacceptable ideas, not an offer, while the Wall Street Journal and AP reported that the US told Gulf allies to prepare for possible renewed strikes after the midterms. Israel's near-final count gave Netanyahu's bloc 53 seats and Eisenkot's 48, leaving neither with the 61 needed, and a Pentagon official told CBS News that Hegseth removed the Joint Staff's strategy director over alleged leaks about the Iran war. 5 events and 16 statements recorded.

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The Saudi-led coalition said on 26 October it destroyed two ballistic missile launchers in Sanaa, including one used to fire a missile at Riyadh that was intercepted, The National reported. Coalition spokesman Turki al-Maliki said on X its forces destroyed four launchers, five tunnels used to store missiles and a missile depot, Al Jazeera reported. The Houthis said they attacked East-West pipeline pumping stations and Riyadh airport; Saudi Arabia did not immediately confirm.

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Shabwa Governor Awad Al Wazir's office said on 25 October security forces arrested 13 alleged members of a Houthi cell and seized a lorry of weapons, ammunition and explosives smuggled by sea, The National reported. The National put the toll from the 19 October missile strike on the province's training camp at 77.

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UKMTO said on 26 October it had multiple third-party reports of a vessel on fire about 63 nautical miles southeast of Al Faw in the northern Gulf, with its identity, crew status and damage unknown, and classed it as suspicious activity rather than a confirmed attack, gCaptain reported. JMIC counted five attacks inside the Gulf since 7 October.

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Saudi Defence Minister Khalid bin Salman, Pakistani army chief Asim Munir and Turkish intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalin met Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian in Tehran on 26 October and were due to meet security chief Mohsen Rezaei, Al Jazeera reported, in one of the highest-profile visits to Tehran in months. The visit by Makkah pact members came amid fears of renewed US strikes and Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia.

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Egypt's House of Representatives voted on 26 October to authorise President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to "undertake necessary" measures to support Saudi Arabia's defence should Riyadh request help, according to a parliamentary statement reported by Reuters via Al Jazeera. The National reported the mandate covers sending troops.

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The Saudi-led coalition said it intercepted a ballistic missile fired at Riyadh, a drone in the Riyadh region, a cruise missile aimed at Khamis Mushait and 10 ballistic missiles fired toward the south in a barrage that began on the evening of 24 October, Al Jazeera reported. Saudi Civil Defence said shrapnel from two intercepted missiles fell in Jeddah, Taif, Rabigh and Wadi Al-Mughammas in Mecca province, and that debris in Khamis Mushait and Ahad Rafidah injured two and damaged three homes and seven vehicles. The GCC called it "a grave violation of the sanctity of the Holy Sites"; the Houthis deny targeting holy sites.

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Iran's army said its air defence systems struck and destroyed a US LUCAS drone over Bandar Abbas, Tasnim reported, according to CNBC TV18 on 25 October. The claim was not independently verified and the US did not comment in the report. It came as President Trump said the US could strike Iran as early as Sunday or reach a deal.

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Iran's hardline Front of Islamic Revolution Stability, known as Paydari, issued a statement interpreted as calling for Iran to develop nuclear weapons "as quickly as possible" and turned against President Pezeshkian, who favours talks with the US, Al Jazeera reported on 26 October.

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US Central Command said on 25 October that more than 3,000 commercial vessels had transited the Strait of Hormuz with its support over six months, that it had helped Gulf countries export more than 1.5 billion barrels of oil since June, and that more than 95 percent of ships had sailed through safely, Al Jazeera reported. CENTCOM commander Admiral Brad Cooper flew over the strait during a regional visit.

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A spokesman for Sri Lanka's foreign ministry said on 25 October the country coordinated the rescue of 40 Iranian sailors from multiple commercial ships in international waters off Sri Lanka and supported their return to Iran, Reuters reported via gCaptain. Laden Iranian tankers have been held off Sri Lanka by the US blockade, according to a nonprofit cited earlier in October.

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Saudi Civil Defence said debris from intercepted missiles injured two people and damaged three homes in the south and that shrapnel fell in Mecca province, as the Saudi-led coalition reported intercepting a barrage that included 10 ballistic missiles fired toward the south. Sri Lanka's foreign ministry said it coordinated the rescue of 40 Iranian sailors from several commercial ships in international waters and their return to Iran. The Shabwa governor's office said security forces arrested 13 alleged members of a Houthi cell and seized a lorry of sea-smuggled weapons, and The National put the toll from the 19 October missile strike on the province's training camp at 77. Iran's army said its air defences destroyed a US drone over Bandar Abbas, Tasnim reported, a claim not independently verified. US Central Command said more than 3,000 commercial vessels had transited the Strait of Hormuz with its support over six months and that it had helped Gulf countries export more than 1.5 billion barrels of oil since June. 6 events and 0 statements recorded.

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The Saudi-led coalition said it destroyed two ballistic missile launchers in Sanaa, and the Houthis said they attacked East-West pipeline pumping stations and Riyadh airport, which Saudi Arabia did not immediately confirm. UKMTO said it had third-party reports of a vessel on fire about 63 nautical miles southeast of Iraq's Al Faw and classed it as suspicious activity rather than a confirmed attack. Saudi Arabia's defence minister, Pakistan's army chief and Turkey's intelligence chief met Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian in Tehran, Al Jazeera reported. Egypt's House of Representatives voted to authorise President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to support Saudi Arabia's defence if Riyadh asks. Iran's hardline Paydari Front issued a statement read as calling for nuclear weapons "as quickly as possible" and turned against President Pezeshkian, Al Jazeera reported. 8 events and 0 statements recorded.