Reporting on Middle East.
Iran war update: Hegseth meets Netanyahu, Lavrov and Munir visit Tehran, and Britain sends Typhoon jets to defend Saudi Arabia.
Full State Department transcript of Marco Rubio’s October 17, 2026 press remarks at Joint Base Andrews on Starlink, sanctions and the West Bank.
Lebanese and Israeli officers open Tampa talks at CENTCOM on Oct. 20 as the June framework stalls over Hezbollah disarmament and Israeli withdrawal.
Lavrov in Tehran: Russia’s top diplomat makes his first wartime visit after backing toll-free Hormuz passage in Manama. What the 2025 treaty does not promise.
Iran war update: Trump threatens to finish the job, a third Hormuz mine claim and Houthi missiles kill 20 Yemeni soldiers.
Trump endorses Netanyahu nine days before Israel votes, saying that with any other leader, “America will have to do this work ourselves” on Iran.
The first production Remote Modular Terminal jammers are rolling out as the Space Force estimates buying 32 to 56 L3Harris Meadowlands systems.
Iran war update: a second Hormuz mine claim, a Saudi helicopter lost near Yemen and Tehran’s new defense minister approved.
The Air Force says operational prototypes of its Massed Modular Aircraft, a low-cost MQ-9 Reaper successor, will field by 2028 after heavy Reaper losses.
Iran war update: IRGC declares Hormuz closed after a tanker mine blast, Riyadh blames Tehran for Houthi strikes, and Aden airport is hit.
Iran war update: Tehran keeps Hormuz shut after a record week of ship attacks, Israel raises its alert and Washington targets Iranian money networks.
Colombia opened its Jerusalem embassy on Oct. 14, capping a reversal of Petro’s break with Israel. Nineteen foreign ministers called on Bogotá to undo it.
Iran war update: Hormuz ship attacks hit a wartime high, US forces destroy a spy dhow, and Iran reportedly orders Hezbollah readiness.
A Conflict Armament Research report says Yemen’s Houthis imported Chinese-made motor and airframe parts to build Iran’s Kheibar Shekan missile.
Middle East war update: Aramco HQ hit as Houthi fire widens, Hormuz ships take new projectile strikes, and Iran executes a mountaineer.
Law-STEM fellows urge the US and Israel to warn civilians before IRGC strikes. We checked every Geneva and ICRC rule the open letter cites.
Death-row prisoner Reza Zanganeh, 27, was moved to solitary in Ghezel Hesar, HRANA says. He was sentenced over alleged Mossad ties; his appeal is pending.
Middle East war update: Houthis fire on Riyadh a third day, 29 nations back the UK’s Fairford blame on Iran, and Tehran readies its Hormuz reply.
Full Hansard text of Andy Burnham’s October 12, 2026 Commons statement on the UN, Ukraine, diesel, RAF Fairford and the EU, with MPs’ questions and key quotes.
Middle East war update: a second Riyadh airport strike kills one, a drone hits a tanker off Oman, and Tehran rejects the US Hormuz reply.
The Missile Defense Agency awarded Raytheon up to $6.3B for SM-3 Block IB interceptors. Only $454M is committed so far, and no missile count is public.
What sources show about the IRGC’s hold on Iran: executions, mosque statistics, GAMAAN polling, Reza Pahlavi’s stated plan and analysts’ views on collapse.
Middle East war update: a Riyadh airport strike kills 12, Trump weighs hitting the Houthis, and US jets disable a blockade runner.
Middle East war update: Iran claims a tanker strike, Yemeni forces take the Bab al-Mandab shore, and Moscow relays Tehran’s terms to Trump.
Houthi Grip on Bab el-Mandeb Raises Red Sea Shipping Risk
Israel Kills Hamas Northern Gaza Chief al-Beik; 6 More Die Next Day
Iran Stages Massive ‘Janfaday-e Iran’ Volunteer Rally in Tehran
Senate Rejects Iran War Powers Resolution, 49-50
Russia-Iran Sanctions Act Is Law: What It Requires
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