October 30, 2026 — ‘We sympathize with our Israeli and Jewish friends,’ diaspora Iranians continue to say even three years after Oct. 7. “We Iranians have no better friends in this world than the Jewish people and will always unapologetically stand with them,” Fred Saberi, an Iranian activist in Sweden, told JNS.

October 30, 2026 — Who is Levi Salem Musa Marhabi, the Yemeni Jew held hostage by the Houthis? Marhabi was arrested in March 2016 for helping a Jewish family and an 800-year-old Torah leave Yemen. In March 2018, he was sentenced to three and a half years in prison.

October 29, 2026 — Sporting visible scars, hero flydubai pilot honored by president of UAE. Emirati President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan awards Smit Machchhar and colleagues First Class Order of Zayed for thwarting Omani copilot’s attempt to crash plane full of Israelis

October 28, 2026 — Saudi Arabia reportedly offers Houthis $1 billion in Iran-brokered deal to halt attacks. Diplomatic sources in the Gulf say Saudi Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman traveled to Tehran to negotiate a ceasefire with the Houthis that would see Riyadh transfer $1 billion to the group through Iran.

October 27, 2026 — Declaration of war’: Houthis threaten Egypt over Saudi military support. Senior Houthi official Mohammed Ali al-Houthi condemns Cairo’s approval of defensive military assistance to Riyadh, accusing Egypt of serving Israel’s interests; President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi insists any Egyptian involvement would be limited to protecting Saudi territory

October 26, 2026 — Are Lebanon’s Shiites turning their backs on Hezbollah? A dramatic poll has sparked a war of competing narratives in Beirut: 66% of Shiites support transferring Hezbollah’s weapons to the state, while 71% say the government alone should decide on war and peace.

October 26, 2026 — New smuggling route into Gaza – drone carrying large quantity of hard drugs intercepted. The drone fell near Kibbutz Nahal Oz carrying pills containing hard drugs. Officials say a single successful run is enough to pay for the operation.

October 22, 2026 — How Iran’s strategy has shifted from nuclear denial to bomb threats. For years, Tehran invoked a religious decree banning nuclear weapons even as it pursued a clandestine program to develop them.

October 16, 2026 — ‘Egypt will never pose a threat’: Netanyahu questioned Egypt’s military expansion, Sisi says. Sisi emphasized that Egypt’s military expansion is not directed against Israel but is intended to safeguard national security and preserve peace in an unstable region.

October 16, 2026 — Yemen’s government needs weapons, but they can’t come from the US or Israel, expert tells ‘Post.’ Though an expert from the Royal United Services Institute said that the Houthis needed to be defeated, he insisted this could only come about by empowering the legitimate government – not airstrikes.

October 16, 2026 — Rubio urges Lebanon to not return confiscated explosives to Hezbollah, US official says. Rubio urged Aoun to hold accountable those who ordered, financed, and directed the shipment of of hundreds of kilograms of explosives from Hezbollah.

October 16, 2026 — Iran tells Hezbollah to increase readiness, prepare for potential conflict – report. According to the sources, all full-time Hezbollah members who receive monthly salaries were summoned, although it was emphasized that these directions were only preparations for a near-term scenario.