Middle East & North Africa
CENTCOM has a plan ready to strike Iran: three aircraft carriers and moonless nights, US officials say
The New York Times reports that US Central Command has a strike plan on Iran ready, tied to three carriers…
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Middle East & North Africa
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Middle East & North Africa
Mojtaba Khamenei after the US midterms: those expecting a change of course are making “a grave mistake”; a new attack will bring a far bigger response
Iran’s Supreme Leader said anyone hoping Washington will change course after the Republicans’ midterm defeat is making a grave mistake,…
Middle East & North Africa
Saudi Arabia: Houthis claim strikes on Abha airport and an air base; the coalition says it intercepted three drones
The Houthis said on November 3 they hit Abha airport and the King Khalid air base at Khamis Mushait. The…
Land Forces
Lebanon: IDF 7th Brigade says it killed about 400 Hezbollah fighters and destroyed 3,500 sites; an underground complex nearly two kilometres long
After eight months of operations in southern Lebanon the IDF’s 7th Brigade completed its mission, the Israeli army said on…
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…
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,…