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The Ministry of Saudi Arabia announced the Sunday that an Aramco oil company building in Riyadh had been subjected to " attempted targeting " and to fragments, following the announcement by the Saudi-led Alliance of the interception of two ballistic rockets fired by Iranian-supported Yemenis in the direction of the capital. Continue our continuous coverage:
The Israeli President, Isaac Hertsog, was assigned to establish a new Government, after receiving a recommendation of 67 out of 120 in the Knesset. The former Chief of Staff faces the challenge of forming a coalition that will ensure the trust of Parliament. Who's Eisencot, and what's his political stand?
The Strait of the Friday Hirams again witnessed a rocket attack that killed a sailor on a Royal Greek oil tanker. This is in the midst of continuing diplomatic efforts in an effort to end the war between Iran and the United States. President Donald Trump said that his administration was holding talks with representatives of Iran. On another level, dozens of people were killed and others were injured on a popular market in south-west Yemen, while the Hawaii supported by Iran and the internationally recognized Yemeni Government shared accusations of standing behind the attack.
As part of the mediation efforts to end the war between Iran and the United States, Tehran submitted a " nuclear proposal " to Washington through Qatar, according to an Iranian official who confirmed that the consideration of the proposal was conditional on the fulfilment of seven Iranian demands, including the lifting of sanctions, the release of frozen assets and compensation for war. In the field, the Saudi-led coalition announced, Friday, that air defences had intercepted and destroyed two ballistic missiles launched by the Hutus towards Ngaran. Continue our direct coverage.
Fires broke out in five tankers and a seaboat in the Hirams Strait, as declared by Iran on Thursday, while a tanker was reported to have been attacked by unidentified ballistics north of Qatar. In the context of the continuation of the war, South Korea announced its intention to send a military mission to help secure navigation in the Strait, while Tehran intensified its diplomatic contacts with Russia, Saudi Arabia and Qatar, and oil prices declined for the fourth consecutive day in the midst of expectations of a decline in military escalation prospects.
Having received the recommendation of 67 Vice-Presidents in the Knesset, compared with 46 Prime Minister Benjamin Ntanyahu, former Israeli Chief of Staff Gadi Aisencott became closest to commissioning the next Government. President Isaac Hertzog is scheduled to announce his decision, Sunday, in the midst of complications regarding the positions of religious parties and the sessions of the two Arab lists supporting Iznkot, although his position on their reliance on them has not been resolved to form a government coalition.
Two Egyptian army officers were killed during a military campaign aimed at illegal gold mining operations on the southern border, according to a military spokesperson ' s publication Thursday on social media sites.
Israeli President Isaac Hertzog Algiers urged that the entire Arab society in Israel should not be challenged impartially because of the investigation of suspicions of corruption related to the receipt by Arab parties of foreign funding to influence the results of the elections. For his part, the Chairman of the Consolidated Arab List, Mansour Abbas, denied false accusations: " The list has nothing to do with false accusations, according to Israeli media. Continue our direct coverage.
Iran ' s Foreign Minister Abbas Aragi stressed Wednesday that Tehran continued its close contacts with mediators to review the implementation of the Tehran proposal to end the war in the Middle East. These statements come in a context of acute tension between the Houthi and Saudi Arabia and the Yemeni Government. Al-Huthyin said that a hit on the kingdom had resulted in 14 deaths.
The olive pole season in the occupied West Bank officially began on 15 October 2026. He was accompanied by a rise in settler and Israeli army violence against Palestinians, while Israeli settlers and soldiers were balancing settlement through social media.
Although the Likud party, led by Benjamin Netanyahu, and its allies, advanced in the preliminary results of the Israeli legislative elections, neither its camp nor the Gadi-Izencott-led opposition mass were able to harvest the necessary parliamentary majority to form the future Government. As votes continue, four possible scenarios emerge from the formation of a government coalition to organize new elections, or resort to a minority Government, if no blocs succeed in securing 61 seats.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Ntanyahu and his political greimah Gadi Ayzenkot confirmed their determination to form a new Government, despite the parties ' inability to secure the required representative majority on the first electoral benefit since the events of October 7 causing a massive shock inside Israel. According to data published by the Elections Commission, Ntanyahu ' s coalition is making slight progress on the opposition block after half of the votes, amid expectations of complex coalition negotiations that may last weeks, and a potential role for Arab parties in leveraging the capacity of a camp.
The candidacy of the United Arab Emirates Diplomacy for the post of Secretary-General of the United Nations raised criticism from Sudanese jurists and activists, against the background of its role in defending the foreign policy of Abu Dhabi and denying the role of the Emirates in fuelling the war in the Sudan. On the other hand, Tuesday ' s representative pledged to make the Sudan a top priority if it assumed office, to support accountability and ceasefire efforts.
Following Jordan ' s incursions into southern Syria and its disagreement over prior coordination and the loss of civilian casualties, Oman and Damascus announced agreement on the establishment of a joint security committee to determine the circumstances of the strikes. The Minister for Foreign Affairs of Jordan, Ayman al-Safdi, expressed regret that civilians had been killed, asserting that the raids had been aimed at neutralizing imminent threats to the security of the Kingdom. In parallel, Syria announced the return of travellers and commercial freight through a Sha ' a crossing point to normal as of Wednesday morning.
The candidate for the Israeli legislative elections seeking to overthrow current Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is a qualified character from the uprising of the media and a relatively new entourage on Israeli policy, in clear contrast to Netanyahu, the veteran leader who seeks to retain the rule of government. The former Chief of Staff of the Israeli Army belongs to the working class as yet another element of his gravity, as he will be the first Prime Minister of the Safarm Jews whose roots are in the Middle East and North Africa.
As Saudi-Houth confrontations escalate, the Yemeni community announced the targeting of the Ministry of Defence of Riyadh and the oil skirt, while the Saudi-led alliance confirmed the interception of ballistic missiles. In Yemen, military sources reported the killing of at least 97 combatants in combat near the Bab al-Mandaba Strait. In conjunction with the military escalation, diplomatic movements to contain tension continued, with Saudi and Pakistani officials holding talks with Iranian officials in Tehran, while the Emir of Qatar and the Iranian President discussed the regional war and the Harms Strait during a meeting in Moscow.
Israeli left leader Yair Golan, Wednesday, invited his allies in the opposition to cooperate with the Arab parties to overthrow Prime Minister Benjamin Ntanyahu, where voting results may lead to the need to support these parties to form a government coalition. According to data published by the Israeli Elections Commission, the Benjamin Netanyahu coalition is advancing on the opposition block after 50.1 per cent of the votes were cast. Preliminary results showed that the right-wing licod party had access to 56 out of 120 seats in the Knesset, as opposed to 49 seats for the opposition block and 15 for Arab parties. These partial results may change slightly. Keep covering.
The Israeli army, on Tuesday, declared that an Egyptian civilian had been arrested during the night after crossing the border fence from Egyptian territory to Israel near the Netzana area, while the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that it would continue to take the necessary steps to return him to Egypt, noting that the parties concerned had ascertained that he had been absent from his home since July last and that he was psychologically unstable. This incident occurs at a time when the border between the two countries is witnessing smuggling of drugs and weapons.
After casting his voice in Jerusalem, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed concern at the high rate of Arab voter participation in the Tuesday legislative elections, warning of the " election theft " . In a series of publications, Netanyahu highlighted the long lines in front of polling stations in Arab towns, and published a picture that said that she showed a vehicle, including women wearing necks, waiting to cast their votes. Arabs, mostly of Palestinian origin, accounted for about 21 per cent of Israel ' s 10 million population and were usually voting for less Jewish Israelis. For its part, the Legal Centre for the Rights of the Arab Minority was declared in E.
Many Palestinians and activists confirmed that there was an escalating use of drones by settlers and the Israeli army in the occupied West Bank after they were delivered directly by the Government of the Hebrew State. The likely objective is to harass and control Palestinians, destroy their property and render their daily lives unbearable.
