Middle East Theatre

Notable events of the day

• Tehran, Iran — Iranian President Pezeshkian says Muslims must unite and is ready to join the Mecca Agreement process, to end division among rival groups fighting each other.
• Khafiyat al-Salam village, Raqqa Countryside, Sy — A man threw a mine by hand, detonating it in Khafiyat al-Salam village, Raqqa countryside. Casualties and motive not reported.
• Bab al-Mandeb Strait coast, Yemen — WSJ reports IRGC officers directing Houthi ground operations to seize Yemen's Bab al-Mandeb coast, and Tehran supplying intelligence, weapons, training and targeting for strikes on Saudi Arabia.
• Strait of Hormuz, Persian Gulf — A second supertanker carrying about 2 million barrels of crude hit a naval mine and caught fire, per IRGC Navy. It had radar and tracking off on an 'unauthorized route'.
• Taybeh, Ramallah Governorate, West Bank, Palesti — Seven masked settlers on ATVs surrounded a convoy of French, Belgian and Polish diplomats in Taybeh, demanded IDs, threw stones and smashed a Belgian consulate car window.
• Cairo, Egypt — Sisi vows Egyptian measures to defend Saudi Arabia and seeks an emergency parliamentary session to approve possible military action.
• Washington, D.C., United States — US Vice President JD Vance says about 20 US soldiers and other personnel have been lost in the Iran conflict, questioning whether the war's benefits justify the sacrifice.
• Yemen (location not reported) — UAE reportedly agrees to resume payments to anti-Houthi forces in Yemen, with Saudi Arabia providing air cover, amid Houthi advances. Sources say the arrangement signals a narrowing Saudi-Emirati rift.

Sources

This brief is compiled from the day's verified events; each entry links to the event page with media, confidence score and original reporting.

• Iranian President Pezeshkian says Muslims must unite and is ready to join the Mecca Agreement process, to end (Statement, Tehran, Iran)
• A man threw a mine by hand, detonating it in Khafiyat al-Salam village, Raqqa countryside. Casualties and moti (Explosion, Khafiyat al-Salam village, Raqqa Country)
• WSJ reports IRGC officers directing Houthi ground operations to seize Yemen's Bab al-Mandeb coast, and Tehran (Report, Bab al-Mandeb Strait coast, Yemen)
• A second supertanker carrying about 2 million barrels of crude hit a naval mine and caught fire, per IRGC Navy (Artillery, Strait of Hormuz, Persian Gulf)
• Seven masked settlers on ATVs surrounded a convoy of French, Belgian and Polish diplomats in Taybeh, demanded (Report, Taybeh, Ramallah Governorate, West Bank,)
• Sisi vows Egyptian measures to defend Saudi Arabia and seeks an emergency parliamentary session to approve pos (Statement, Cairo, Egypt)
• US Vice President JD Vance says about 20 US soldiers and other personnel have been lost in the Iran conflict, (Statement, Washington, D.C., United States)
• UAE reportedly agrees to resume payments to anti-Houthi forces in Yemen, with Saudi Arabia providing air cover (Deployment, Yemen (location not reported))
• UKMTO reports an LNG tanker came under fire from a small boat with seven occupants, 140nm southeast of Al Muka (Combat, Gulf of Aden, offshore Hadhramaut coast,)
• Sisi pledges Egyptian measures to defend Saudi Arabia if Riyadh requests assistance, and says he will leave of (Statement, Cairo, Egypt)
• UKMTO reports a tanker struck by an unknown projectile about 68 nm northeast of Al Jubayl, Saudi Arabia. Attac (Cargo Ship, Persian Gulf, offshore northeast of Al J)
• Trump, citing his earlier 'excursion' to Iran, claims the US 'beat the shit out of' Iran, asserting military s (Statement, Washington, D.C., USA)
• Netanyahu says Iran explicitly seeks his elimination and that of other senior officials; vows 'everything nece (Statement, Jerusalem, Israel)
• Syrian Interior Ministry police graduates blindfolded, disassembling and reassembling weapons at a graduation (Military Exercise, Harem, Idlib Governorate, Syria)