Middle East & North Africa
Trump to the Financial Times: no immediate plan to strike Iran, but the military is “locked and loaded”
Donald Trump told the Financial Times the US has no immediate plan to hit Iran again but is in full…
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Middle East & North Africa
Israel, Gaza, Lebanon, Iran, Syria, Iraq, the Gulf, Yemen, Egypt and Libya.
Economy & Energy
Strait of Hormuz: Revolutionary Guards say four tankers were destroyed by mines and are still burning, and that they shot down a 56th MQ-9
The IRGC said on November 4 that four tankers trying to use the southern passage Tehran has declared off-limits hit…
Middle East & North Africa
Qatar: Washington reportedly approved the draft deal with Iran, with answers expected within 36 hours; a senior Iranian official says an agreement is still far off
Qatar’s mediation to end the US-Iran war is entering a critical phase. Unnamed sources say the US approved the mediators’…
Middle East & North Africa
Israel: Eisenkot’s bloc meets for the first time; what it wants to control before the mandate is handed out
Israel’s opposition leaders met in Herzliya for the first joint session of the “change” bloc after the election, which gave…
Middle East & North Africa
Israel asks Beirut to keep Hezbollah out of any new war with Iran; Netanyahu presses Trump while Trump says there is “no rush”
Israel has asked Lebanon, via US mediators, to stop Hezbollah opening a new front if war with Iran resumes. Reports…
Greece
Greek Chief of Defence General Houpis in Saudi Arabia: two-day visit to Riyadh and Yanbu, home of the Greek Patriot battery
Greek Chief of the Defence General Staff Dimitrios Houpis completed a two-day visit to Saudi Arabia, meeting his counterpart in…
Drones
Saudi coalition says it destroyed a drone near Mecca; the Houthis deny launching any operation
The Saudi-led coalition says it intercepted and destroyed a drone in the Mecca area on November 3. The Houthis deny…
Middle East & North Africa
Iran: Revolutionary Guards show an underground naval base full of anti-ship missiles as the US prepares new strikes
The IRGC has released video of an underground naval base in southern Iran with tunnels full of anti-ship cruise missiles,…
Middle East & North Africa
Syria says it foiled a Hezbollah plot to attack the Homs refinery; the group denies it
Syrian security services say they arrested members of a cell linked to Lebanon’s Hezbollah and seized explosive devices meant for…
Middle East & North Africa
Trump: the US will stop its $4 billion a year in aid to Israel at the end of 2026, under a deal with Netanyahu
Speaking to Fox News on US midterm election day, Donald Trump said Washington will end its $4 billion annual funding…
Middle East & North Africa
Second US airlift to Israel ahead of possible strike on Iran: up to 16 C-17s with air defences to Ovda, open-source trackers say
Open-source flight trackers report at least six more USAF C-17s flying from Fort Bliss to Israel with air-defence systems, as…
Cyprus
Iran: Greece and Cyprus named among possible targets by hardline daily Kayhan, as army and Basij officials issue new threats
Iran’s hardline daily Kayhan has named military facilities in Cyprus, Greece and other European countries as possible targets if US…