October 2026

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. ^[1] 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. ^[1] Saudi Arabia's defence minister, Pakistan's army chief and Turkey's intelligence chief met Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian in Tehran, Al Jazeera reported. ^[1] Egypt's House of Representatives voted to authorise President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to support Saudi Arabia's defence if Riyadh asks. ^[1] 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. ^[1]

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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. ^[1] 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. ^[1] 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. ^[1] Iran's army said its air defences destroyed a US drone over Bandar Abbas, Tasnim reported, a claim not independently verified. ^[1] 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. ^[1]

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Yemen's transport ministry said the Houthis targeted Aden International Airport with two ballistic missiles, the fourth such attack this month, and authorities said the coastguard headquarters was also hit. ^[1] An explosive-laden drone attacked an Iranian Kurdish opposition camp northeast of Irbil, security sources said, and Iran's Mehr news agency said an IRGC drone operation targeted Komala's headquarters; no casualties were reported. ^[1] The US warned its citizens about travel to 13 Middle East countries, saying Houthi attacks could "escalate rapidly", and Iran's armed forces chief of staff said the US Navy would not be allowed back into the Gulf. ^[1] Iran's ambassador to Pakistan said Tehran had offered through Pakistan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz if the US lifted its blockade, but the account is disputed: Iranian officials later called reports of such an offer a "lie and fabrication". ^[1]

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OCHA said Taiz had been cut off for 20 days by the Houthi encirclement, that the price of trucked water had tripled and that cooking gas was "largely unavailable". ^[1] The UAE's environment ministry confirmed an oil spill from a supertanker in the Gulf and Umm Al Quwain closed its beaches; The National said maritime agencies identified the ship as the Gem No.2. ^[1] An outbound tanker was disabled by an unknown projectile in the Strait of Hormuz with all crew safe, UKMTO said in a late report. ^[1] Brent settled at $116.72 a barrel, a six-month high, as the Houthis claimed attacks on Saudi Arabia's defence ministry in Riyadh, Dammam airport, an Aramco site at Yanbu and Abha airport, which Saudi authorities did not confirm, The National reported. ^[1] Foreign ministers from Europe, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Egypt met in Istanbul, where Turkey's foreign minister said none of them approved of another attack on Iran, while President Trump told a rally the US military might repeat its opening bombing campaign. ^[1]

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The World Health Organization said at least 1,500 people had been killed and more than 6,900 injured in Yemen since August, and the UN warned that nearly 260,000 people had been displaced. ^[1][2][3] A Yemeni government forces spokesperson said they carried out 835 strikes on the Houthis around Taiz and killed or injured 285 of their members, figures not independently verified, and the government threatened to target Houthi rallies it said were used to recruit children. ^[1] The IRGC said four tankers caught fire and three more were disabled by mines overnight and warned the conflict could extend to US bases, claims that could not be independently verified, and President Trump accused Tehran of fabricating attacks to drive up oil prices. ^[1] An LPG tanker was struck by an unidentified projectile northeast of Limah, Oman, and later reached an anchorage off Khor Fakkan, the Joint Maritime Information Center said. ^[1] Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said overthrowing Iran's government remained Israel's "primary objective", and IRGC spokesman Hossein Mohebi said that if a country attacks Iran, "we will both respond and launch an offensive".

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Saudi Arabia's civil aviation authority said an attack on King Fahd International Airport in Dammam killed two people and wounded eight, and no group claimed it in the first reports. ^[1] Debris from a drone intercepted near Aramco's Shaybah oilfield set fire to a contractor's vehicle, Saudi Arabia's energy ministry said, and The National reported that two workers, Filipino and Nepali citizens, were killed and two injured. ^[1] Yemen's armed forces spokesman said Houthi missiles targeted Aden International Airport, al-Rayyan airport in Mukalla and a sponge factory in Taiz, while the Houthis said the Aden attack targeted a coalition military camp. ^[1] A tanker was struck by an unidentified projectile and set on fire about 11 nautical miles off Bukha, Oman, UKMTO said, and the crew was safe. ^[1] The State Department ordered non-emergency US government staff and families to leave Saudi Arabia, citing Houthi attacks, and The New York Times reported that the US and Israel had drawn up plans for a roughly three-day operation against Iran that President Trump had not approved. ^[1][2]

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UNHCR said more than 250,000 people had been internally displaced in Yemen since the war reignited in July, with Taiz accounting for 76 percent of departures, and UN human rights chief Volker Turk said the Houthis' closure of the only supply route linking Taiz to Aden was placing civilians at grave risk. ^[1][2] A tanker reported being struck by an unknown projectile about 30 nautical miles southeast of Iraq's Al Faw, with no damage or injuries, UKMTO said, and the IRGC claimed another supertanker hit a mine south of the strait, a claim gCaptain said had not been independently substantiated. ^[1][2] Britain's Ministry of Defence said RAF Typhoons would fly defensive missions to help protect Saudi cities and infrastructure from aerial attack, and the FII investment conference in Riyadh was postponed. ^[1] The secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council said no enriched nuclear material would leave the country, Tasnim reported.

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Houthi ballistic missiles struck a military camp in Shabwa during training for new security recruits, a Yemeni government forces spokesperson said, and the Shabwa local authority said 53 people were killed and 200 injured, later raising the toll to 73; the figures were not independently verified. ^[1] Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held talks in Tehran with Iran's foreign minister and president, and Abbas Araghchi said Iran saw "no military solution". ^[1] Netanyahu's spokesperson said the prime minister met US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth at the Ovda air base to discuss regional threats, and Axios, as cited by The National, said they discussed possibly resuming major combat operations against Iran. ^[1] Iran's ambassador in Baghdad said Iraq agreed to remove Iranian Kurdish opposition groups from the Kurdistan region or hand them over to Iran, but Baghdad's statement after the meeting did not mention it. ^[1]

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A tug was struck by two unidentified projectiles northeast of the UAE's Khor Fakkan, causing one minor injury, UKMTO said. ^[1] A Yemeni government military axis said eight soldiers were killed in clashes in Lahij and government troops said they killed 12 Houthi fighters near Taiz, figures from the parties that were not independently verified. ^[1] The Saudi-led coalition said a National Guard helicopter crashed near Najran because of a technical malfunction, killing its two officers, while the Houthis said they shot down a Saudi helicopter near Najran, a claim Reuters could not verify. ^[1] GCC foreign ministers said an attack on any member affected all six and backed Saudi Arabia's right to defend itself, and the GCC secretary general urged Russia to press Tehran to stop attacks that The National said had passed 7,000 missiles and drones. ^[1][2] Iran's parliament approved Mehrdad Akhlaghi Ketabchi, who is under US and UN sanctions, as defence minister by 237 votes to 15, The National reported. ^[1]

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UKMTO said at least 12 ships were attacked in the week ending 16 October, one of which sank and two of which were disabled, and that most attacked vessels were refusing to report to it. ^[1] The IRGC Navy said two oil tankers caught fire after hitting naval mines in the Strait of Hormuz while using a route Iran had not authorised. A skiff with seven people aboard opened fire on an LNG tanker about 140 nautical miles southeast of Yemen's Al Mukalla, UKMTO said, with no casualties or damage reported. ^[1] Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi asked parliament to authorise him to approve any Saudi request for defensive help, and the Saudi-led coalition said it intercepted four drones over Riyadh, the Eastern Province and the south. ^[1] Pakistan halted trade with Iran at the Taftan and Gabd-Rimdan crossings, and the Quetta Chamber of Commerce said about 2,000 trucks were stuck on both sides. ^[1]

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Two missiles landed near the runway at Aden International Airport, 500 metres from an aircraft preparing to take off, with all passengers and crew safe, Yemen's information minister said; a Houthi source said the group attacked a Saudi forces' command headquarters in Aden province. ^[1] India's shipping minister said the crude tanker MT ST 3, with 15 Indian crew, was struck by a projectile in the Strait of Hormuz and that all Indians aboard were unhurt. ^[1] UKMTO reported a tanker struck by an unknown projectile northeast of Saudi Arabia's Jubail and, in a second report, a small boat firing a rocket-propelled grenade at a tanker in the same area; Reuters could not confirm whether they were one incident. ^[1] CENTCOM commander Admiral Cooper said US operations had stopped Iran exporting at least $25 billion of crude and that Iran was withholding salaries, including from the IRGC.

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The Houthis fired five missiles at the al-Maashiq presidential palace in Aden, Yemen's information minister said, and Yemen's health minister put the toll at five killed and 16 injured, Al Jazeera reported. ^[1] US Central Command said the United States and regional partners control the Strait of Hormuz and that the GFS Pride "was hit by an IRGC projectile", rejecting Iran's mine claim, while the Joint Maritime Information Center counted eight projectile attacks on four tankers and four container ships on 11 and 13 October. ^[1] Iran's army said a "violating" tanker that had switched off its tracking was on fire in the eastern strait, without giving a cause, in a report that was not independently confirmed. ^[1] The GCC secretary general said a Gulf-EU summit planned in Riyadh would be rescheduled because of Houthi attacks, and France said it had begun deploying military means to help protect Saudi oil facilities. ^[1] The US Treasury sanctioned 10 entities and 16 people over dealings with Iran, among them the Iraq Development Bank, and a Hezbollah MP said an explosives-laden vehicle seized by the Lebanese army belonged to the group and was meant for use against Israel. ^[1][2]

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A drone hit a fishing vessel in the port area of Sirik County in Iran's Hormozgan province, injuring three people, the Azerbaijani Press Agency reported. ^[1] Two Iranian security officers were killed in separate attacks in Mehrestan district of Sistan-Baluchestan, Tasnim reported, and no group claimed them. ^[1] The Saudi-led coalition said it destroyed a Houthi ballistic missile launched toward Riyadh and struck fuel sites in Sanaa and loading piers at a Red Sea port in Houthi-held Yemen. ^[1] Maritime officials told Reuters the bulk carrier Cape Dao, hit by projectiles on 23 September, had sunk near the Strait of Hormuz, the second ship lost in 24 hours. ^[1] EASA revised its bulletin for Jordanian airspace, advising airlines to take potential risks into account until 16 November. ^[1]

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The Yemeni Network for Rights and Freedom said Houthi fire killed at least five civilians, including a five-year-old girl, and injured 17 in Taiz in 24 hours. ^[1] The World Health Organization said weekly suspected cholera cases in Yemen rose from 217 to 647 in three weeks as fighting displaced more than 200,000 people. ^[1] Saudi Arabia's energy ministry said a missile set fire to an Aramco administrative building in Dhahran without casualties, and The National reported that debris from cruise missiles intercepted over Riyadh injured four people, including a child. ^[1] The Singapore-flagged container ship GFS Pride sank after an attack in the strait, with all 21 crew evacuated unhurt, Singapore's maritime authority said; maritime security sources told Reuters it was hit by a projectile, while Iran said it struck a mine. ^[1] The IMF projected that the Middle East and North Africa economy would contract 2 percent in 2026, and President Trump wrote that the Houthis were attacking Saudi Arabia "probably at the behest of Iran". ^[1]

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Lebanon's health ministry counted 4,389 people killed and 12,424 injured since 2 March. ^[1][2] The Saudi-led coalition said it intercepted a Houthi ballistic missile fired at Riyadh and two at Khamis Mushait, and Riyadh airport stayed closed. ^[1] Iranian authorities signalled they would disrupt the US-assisted shuttle system moving Gulf oil through the strait, Al Jazeera reported, and UKMTO said ship masters near Ras al-Khaimah were told by radio to leave their anchorages. ^[1] Australia and New Zealand advised citizens to avoid Riyadh's main airport, following warnings from the United States, Canada, the UK, South Korea and Japan. ^[1] UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham told parliament the suspected plot against RAF Fairford was "almost certainly" directed by the IRGC and announced sanctions on two Iranians, and Tehran denied responsibility. ^[1]

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A projectile struck terminals at Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport, killing a Pakistani resident and injuring 11, Saudi Arabia's civil aviation authority said, and King Fahd International Airport in Dammam was also attacked; the Houthis claimed both airports and two Aramco sites, which Saudi Arabia did not confirm. ^[1] Lebanon's National News Agency said two men were killed during the olive harvest in Bint Jbeil district, one by Israeli shelling in Yater and one by ordnance left from earlier Israeli operations in Froun. ^[1] The World Health Organization counted 1,282 people killed and 5,891 injured in Yemen since 6 August. ^[1][2] UKMTO reported five tankers and a container ship struck on 11 October, five of them in the Strait of Hormuz and one off Sohar in Oman, where India's shipping minister said two Indian crew of the MT Petro Dolphin were missing. ^[1] Iran's foreign minister urged Saudi Arabia's foreign minister to seek a political solution with the Houthis, and Supreme National Security Council head Mohsen Rezaei said Washington's response to Iran's conditions for reopening the strait was "insufficient". ^[1]

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Saudi Arabia's civil aviation authority said a Houthi attack on Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport killed at least 12 people and wounded at least 309. ^[1] Yemen's health ministry warned that medicines, fluids and fuel at health facilities in besieged Taiz were "nearing depletion" and demanded that the Houthis lift the siege. ^[1] Lebanon's health ministry counted 4,386 people killed and 12,424 injured since 2 March. ^[1][2] The UAE National Guard said its coast guard rescued 22 crew after a fire aboard an oil tanker in Gulf waters, which The National later reported was the Gem No.2, struck in a suspected Iranian drone attack. ^[1] US Central Command said a US jet disabled the Panama-flagged cargo ship Ocean Molica after it left an Iranian port, without harming the crew, and the IRGC Navy said an unnamed supertanker hit a naval mine while using an unauthorised route through the Strait of Hormuz. ^[1]

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UN envoy Hans Grundberg told the Security Council that Yemen had "slid back into full-scale war" and that civilians were bearing the brunt, as The National reported more than 200,000 people displaced since early August. ^[1] Lebanon's health ministry said an Israeli drone attack in Hermel district wounded six people, five of them Syrian nationals, and the Israeli military said it struck a man it accused of planning attacks on its forces in southern Syria "under the direction of the Iranian regime". ^[1] A vessel was struck by a projectile and set on fire off the UAE, UKMTO said, and the IRGC said it hit an LPG carrier on a route it called illegal, though it was not established that both reports describe the same ship. ^[1] The US Defense Department's casualty count stood at 21 US service members killed and 865 wounded in the CENTCOM area. ^[1][2] President Trump said after a call with Vladimir Putin that Russia would immediately supply over 300,000 tonnes of diesel to the American and global market, Al Jazeera reported. ^[1]

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Saudi Arabia's civil aviation authority said two missile attacks on Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport killed three Saudi citizens, among them a Saudia captain, and wounded several people, while Saudi civil defence said debris damaged a kindergarten and clinic complex. ^[1] The Houthis said they hit the airport with cruise missiles, and Saudi-led coalition spokesman Turki al-Malki said the attacks "will not go unpunished" and that the coalition had destroyed 82 Houthi military targets, a figure that is its own. ^[1][2] The Israeli military said a captain was killed and three soldiers wounded when a Humvee overturned during operations in southern Lebanon. ^[1] The United States imposed sanctions on 22 tankers and dozens of individuals and companies linked to Iran's oil trade, gCaptain reported. ^[1] President Trump wrote that the US "will not be attacking Iran at any time prior to the midterm elections", called talks with Iran "productive" and said the blockade would stay in "full force".

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Saudi Arabia's civil aviation authority said attacks on Abha and Riyadh airports on 6 and 7 October killed three civilians and injured 36, and the Houthis claimed attacks on Saudi airports. ^[1] Yemen's transport ministry said Houthi missiles and drones targeted Aden International Airport, forcing a flight from Cairo to divert to Jeddah, with no casualties reported. ^[1] The tanker Acers was hit by multiple projectiles about 51 nautical miles north of Qatar, UKMTO said, reporting casualties without giving numbers. ^[1] Maritime security sources told Reuters that attacks on tankers in the Strait of Hormuz in the week to 5 October were the highest of the war, while Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Iran had "lost complete control" of the strait. ^[1] Vice President JD Vance told Reuters Iran must make a "meaningful" reduction in enrichment to show it does not seek a nuclear weapon.

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India's foreign ministry said 12 of the 19 crew of the tanker MT On Peace were injured when it was struck by a projectile in the Strait of Hormuz, and that the injured were evacuated with Omani help. ^[1] Yemen's army media centre said pro-government forces began an operation to retake al-Waziiya district in Taiz from the Houthis, and Saudi Arabia said it intercepted a Houthi ballistic missile aimed at Khamis Mushait. ^[1] US Central Command later said its forces destroyed an Iranian-affiliated dhow in the Gulf of Oman that it alleged was tracking US Navy ships, after removing the crew safely. ^[1] Saudi Arabia's energy minister said flows through the East-West pipeline had reached 5.8 million barrels a day, and the World Bank forecast that the Middle East economy would shrink 2.1 percent in 2026 because of the war. ^[1][2] Iranian lawmaker Amirhossein Sabeti filed a motion to impeach Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi over his meeting with US officials in New York, according to state media. ^[1]

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Saudi Arabia's civil aviation authority said attacks on the airports in Jazan and Najran caused three minor injuries and material damage, and the Houthis said they had targeted airports and military sites across southern Saudi Arabia. ^[1] Yemen's information minister said government forces had taken Dhubab airstrip and effective control of the Bab el-Mandeb strait, which the Houthis called "completely untrue". ^[1] A tanker struck by an unknown projectile in the Strait of Hormuz had an engine-room fire, UKMTO said, and an inbound tanker turned around after the IRGC threatened to attack it. ^[1] Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan agreed in Riyadh to deploy forces to the kingdom under their collective defence commitments, a joint statement said. ^[1] Iran's oil minister Mohsen Paknejad resigned citing personal reasons, The National reported, and President Trump told a rally in Nebraska that war-driven price rises were "a small price to pay". ^[1]

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UKMTO issued late warnings that an inbound LPG tanker and a crude oil tanker were struck by unknown projectiles in the Strait of Hormuz, with no casualties reported in its summaries. ^[1] Rashad al-Alimi, head of Yemen's Presidential Leadership Council, ordered government forces to begin operations to retake all Houthi-held territory, and the Saudi-led coalition said it carried out 97 strikes on Houthi reinforcements on the Tor al-Baha and Taiz fronts. ^[1] A Pentagon spokesperson said all US bombers deployed to RAF Fairford had returned to their home stations in the United States, without giving a reason. ^[1] Iran's parliament speaker and chief negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said the Strait of Hormuz would not open until seven Iranian conditions were met and that Iran would "both fight and negotiate".

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A spokesman for Yemen's government forces said they carried out 257 strikes on Houthi sites, including in Sanaa, and killed at least 700 Houthi fighters, figures the Houthis did not confirm and that were not independently verified. ^[1] The Houthis said they fired ballistic missiles and drones at Aramco in Riyadh and AFP photographed flames at an Aramco facility south of the city, but the claim is disputed: the Saudi-led coalition's spokesman called it misleading. ^[1] Two Iranian men were charged in the UK with preparing acts of terrorism against the Jewish community in Manchester, The National reported; Iran has denied plotting attacks in Britain. ^[1]

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The World Food Programme said 74 percent of households in accessible government-held areas of Yemen cannot meet their basic food needs, the highest figure this year. ^[1] The World Health Organization counted 959 people killed and 4,207 injured in Yemen since 6 August. ^[1][2] A tanker making an outbound transit of the Strait of Hormuz was struck by an unknown projectile that caused a small fire and a blackout, UKMTO said, with no casualties reported; gCaptain counted at least six vessels hit in the strait since 27 September. ^[1] Regional and Western officials told Reuters that Saudi Arabia was planning an offensive against the Houthis in Yemen, with Yemeni forces leading on the ground and Saudi air support. ^[1] G7 members said they would release up to 100 million barrels of strategic oil reserves over four months through the International Energy Agency, with diesel released first, Al Jazeera reported. ^[1]

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Yemen's unit for displaced people's camps said 197,906 people had been registered as newly displaced as of 30 September, more than 97,000 of them in Taiz province, Al Jazeera reported, citing government figures. ^[1] The Kuwait-flagged supertanker Kazimah III was struck by an unknown projectile in the Strait of Hormuz and caught fire, according to UKMTO, which said the crew was reported safe. ^[1] The Saudi-led coalition said it intercepted Houthi drones and ballistic missiles over Khamis Mushait and Jazan, and blamed the Houthis for a drone strike that put a transformer at a Medina power station out of service, which a Houthi military source denied. ^[1] A US official told AP that about 9,000 troops and a third aircraft carrier group were heading to the Middle East, and the US Treasury made Iran's car and rail sectors sanctionable and designated the carmakers Iran Khodro and SAIPA. ^[1][2] Secretary of State Marco Rubio ordered Iran's UN delegation out of New York as Qatar-mediated indirect talks stalled, Axios reported, while Iran's UN mission said the delegation had left on schedule and was not expelled. ^[1]

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