Coverage of events across the Middle East region.
Mossad chief Roman Gofman has reportedly dismissed two senior officials allegedly linked to a covert plan to overthrow Iran’s Islamic Republic government through support for Kurdish groups and mass protests.
A Houthi missile and drone attack on Yemen’s Red Sea port city of Mokha killed seven people, including four members of the internationally recognized government’s armed forces and three civilians, while 30 others were wounded. Yemen’s military said 11 armed drones used in the attack were shot down by air defense systems.
Iran-backed Houthis say attacks against Saudi Arabia and its allies in Yemen are continuing, with at least 11 people killed and 32 wounded in Sunday’s attacks.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan, insisting that Israeli forces will not withdraw from Gaza until Hamas is fully and genuinely disarmed.
Turkey says its defense pact with Pakistan and Saudi Arabia resembles NATO’s Article 5, with an attack on one member considered an attack on all.
UN envoy Hans Grundberg warns that Yemen faces its greatest risk of renewed large-scale war since the 2022 truce amid escalating Houthi attacks and regional tensions.
At least 10 people were killed in Houthi attacks in Yemen’s oil-rich Marib province, including eight government forces and two civilians.
Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey have signed a historic trilateral defense agreement under which an armed attack against any one of the three countries will be considered an attack against all three, marking a major expansion of security and defense cooperation among the three regional powers.
At least four people were killed and 13 others injured after a bomb planted inside a passenger minibus exploded in the Damascus suburb of Jaramana on Thursday. Syrian authorities said the blast was caused by an explosive device hidden in the vehicle, while no group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.
Saudi Arabia has appointed Rear Admiral Abdullah bin Salim Al-Shehri to command its new multinational maritime defense alliance, established to protect shipping and energy routes in the Red Sea.
Two Israeli soldiers were killed in an explosion in southern Lebanon, marking the first Israeli military fatalities since the June ceasefire with Iran-backed Hezbollah. The blast also wounded four soldiers, while Israel said it later carried out airstrikes on Hezbollah targets after accusing the group of violating the ceasefire.
