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• BBC News2026-10-10✓ Read

  Injuries reported in attack on airport in Saudi capital Riyadh

  The US embassy said it was "aware of attacks on King Khalid International Airport". It comes days after Yemen's Houthis said they had struck it.

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• JPost.com2026-10-10✓ Read

  US pushed for lone Israeli Iran operation as midterm elections loom | The Jerusalem Post

  According to the report, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's position on the matter remains unclear, with his schedule described as "very security-focused."

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• JPost.com2026-10-10✓ Read

  Ethiopian-Eritrean fighting raises fears of escalation across the region | The Jerusalem Post

  Drone strikes in northern Ethiopia, competing claims over Red Sea access, and a new four-country diplomatic alignment threaten to deepen instability across the Horn of Africa.

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• JPost.com2026-10-10✓ Read

  Ex-Shin Bet research head: Hamas controls Gaza Strip, generates up to 5 million dollars daily

  Hamas "sells paid solutions in Gaza and is the main employment factor," she said, adding that it "determines who in the population will receive what, and creates dependency."

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• JPost.com2026-10-10✓ Read

  Iran can still produce missiles despite US-Israeli strikes | The Jerusalem Post

  Western intelligence assessments suggest Iran has preserved key weapons factories and can replenish its missile arsenal despite months of US-Israeli attacks.

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• BBC News2026-10-10✓ Read

  Flydubai attacker began drifting towards extremism in Australia, UAE says

  The United Arab Emirates' attorney-general also alleges the co-pilot was trying to crash the plane into Tel Aviv's airport.

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• BBC News2026-10-09✓ Read

  Three Saudi nationals killed in Houthi attacks on Riyadh airport

  The missile attacks come amid an escalation in fighting between the Iran-backed group and Saudi Arabia, which backs Yemen's government.

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• JPost.com2026-10-08✓ Read

  Flydubai passenger recounts terrifying dive: Did we learn the wrong lesson? | The Jerusalem Post

  Uri Pintov, who was aboard flight 1073 with his wife and three children, told the Post that passengers were certain they would die.

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• BBC News2026-10-08✓ Read

  Tanker hit by multiple projectiles in Gulf off Qatar, UKMTO says

  Casualties have been reported on the vessel, identified by a maritime intelligence firm as the oil and chemical tanker, Acers.

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• BBC News2026-10-08✓ Read

  Most UK diplomats to leave East Jerusalem consulate, Israel says, as Miliband says ‘vital services’ to remain

  Israel said in September it would act in response to UK sanctions on illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank.

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• BBC News2026-10-08✓ Read

  ‘Every day there is killing’: Gazans face Israeli strikes despite ceasefire as peace deal stalls

  Many Palestinians are still living in cramped tent cities, with the US plan to end the war largely stalled.

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• BBC News2026-10-08✓ Read

  US and Lebanon protecting wanted Syrian general, BBC finds

  Bassam al-Hassan is being sheltered in return for information - including about abducted US reporter Austin Tice.

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• BBC News2026-10-08✓ Read

  Three people killed in attacks on Saudi Arabia airports, officials say

  The Houthis have claimed responsibility for the attacks, which mark an escalation in the conflict.

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• BBC News2026-10-07✓ Read

  Israelis mourn 7 October attack victims three years after deadly Hamas raid

  Memorial events have taken place in Israel on the third anniversary of the Hamas-led attack that sparked the devastating Gaza war.

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• Al-Monitor: The Pulse of The Middle East2026-10-07✓ Read

  Golf star Rahm quitting LIV tour over ‘unacceptable’ terms

  Jon Rahm is quitting LIV Golf due to "unacceptable" terms, the star's lawyer said on Wednesday, dealing a significant blow to the divisive breakaway tour as it attempts to relaunch itself after declaring bankruptcy. Along with Bryson DeChambeau, double major winner and former world number one Rahm was arguably the most prominent golfer to defect from the PGA Tour and join the free-spending Saudi-backed league. But LIV filed for bankruptcy protection last month after its deep-pocketed Middle Eastern backers pulled the plug.

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• Al Bawaba - Daily2026-10-07✓ Read

  Trump says Russia plague death unlikely linked to bioweapon

  ALBAWABA- US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that American officials do not believe the death of a laboratory worker in Russia is linked to a biological weapon, while calling for greater transparency from Moscow

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• Al-Monitor: The Pulse of The Middle East2026-10-07✓ Read

  Syria weighs military aid for Saudi Arabia amid Yemen war, sources say

  By Timour AzhariRIYADH, Oct 7 (Reuters) - Syria is carefully considering providing military assistance to key ally Saudi Arabia amid an escalating war against the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen, a US official and a Syrian military official briefed on the matter said.Options being considered include defensive aid to protect the kingdom from attacks, or deployment of forces in an offensive capacity to help Saudi-backed Yemeni troops fight the Houthis,

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• Iran International2026-10-07✓ Read

  Kayhan attacks Ghalibaf’s role in talks. Didn’t Khamenei approve it?

  An editorial questioning Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf’s role as Iran’s lead negotiator has raised an awkward question in Tehran: who exactly is Kayhan criticizing, given that senior officials have said the parliament speaker was given the job with the Supreme Leader’s approval?

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• Al Bawaba - Daily2026-10-07✓ Read

  Two killed, 28 injured in Houthi strike on Saudi Arabia’s Abha airport

  ALBAWABA- Two people were killed and 28 others were injured after a Houthi attack targeted Abha International Airport in southwestern Saudi Arabia, the kingdom’s General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) said Wednesday, as the conflict between Saudi Arabia and the Houthis entered a new phase of escalation

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• Al-Monitor: The Pulse of The Middle East2026-10-07✓ Read

  Bulgaria halts rescue operation for crew of sunken ship

  By Alex Lefkowitz SOFIA, Oct 7 (Reuters) - Bulgaria has halted its search for the missing crew of a ship that sank after being hit by a drone about 70 nautical miles (130 km) off its coast, Vice-Admiral Rumen Nikolov of the Maritime Administration Executive Agency said on Wednesday. Early on Tuesday, two ships were hit in a drone attack in Bulgaria's Black Sea exclusive economic zone. One sank and the other was damaged. The crew of the damaged ship were rescued, but the crew of the sunken one remain missing.

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