Coverage of events across the Middle East region.
At least 11 people, including children and women, have been killed in Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon, in one of the deadliest escalations since the June ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah.
Kuwaiti authorities have arrested three suspected Daesh members accused of plotting attacks on a Shiite mosque and key national installations, according to a security source cited by AFP.
An alleged Houthi attack on a Tanzanian-flagged cargo vessel near Yemen’s Bab al-Mandab Strait in the Red Sea has killed six people, including four crew members and two rescue personnel. The UK Maritime Trade Operations confirmed that a cargo ship was struck by a projectile, while maritime security sources said the incident marked the first reported fatalities from a Houthi attack on a Red Sea vessel during the current regional conflict.
A former Mossad chief has revealed that Israeli spies visited Iran’s heavily fortified Fordow nuclear facility several times in the past to gather intelligence and better understand the site. Yossi Cohen, who headed Mossad from 2016 to 2021, did not disclose when the alleged visits took place or identify the operatives involved. He described the U.S. bombing of Fordow as “the fulfillment of my dreams.”
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.
