Middle East

• Al-Monitor: The Pulse of The Middle East2026-10-06✓ Read

  Three years after Oct. 7, Hamas’ grip on Gaza tests Netanyahu’s ‘total victory’

  Israeli intelligence assessments indicate that Hamas remains active, with the group estimated to have about 30,000 armed fighters, roughly the same as its estimated strength before the attack.

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• Iran International2026-10-06✓ Read

  Houthi gains reversed at Bab al-Mandab, but Iran’s leverage runs deeper

  Saudi-backed Yemeni forces on Monday reversed weeks of Houthi gains around Bab al-Mandab, the strategic strait linking the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden, exposing vulnerabilities in the Iran-backed group even as fighting elsewhere showed how far Yemen remains from a decisive shift.

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• Al Bawaba - Daily2026-10-06✓ Read

  Trump says Canada imposed 'secret tariffs' that only he knew about

  ALBAWABA - Before heading off to a rally in Nebraska, U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters outside the White House that Canada imposed 'secret tariffs' on the U

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• Al Bawaba - Daily2026-10-06✓ Read

  Trump says Canada imposed 'secret tariffs' that only he knew about

  ALBAWABA - Before heading off to a rally in Nebraska, U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters outside the White House that Canada imposed 'secret tariffs' on the U

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• Al Bawaba - Daily2026-10-06✓ Read

  Tanker attack off Oman injures 12 people

  At least 12 crew were injured after an attack on a tanker off Oman, India announced on Tuesday.India’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that

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• Al Bawaba - Daily2026-10-06✓ Read

  Tanker attack off Oman injures 12 people

  At least 12 crew were injured after an attack on a tanker off Oman, India announced on Tuesday.India’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that

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• Iran International2026-10-06✓ Read

  Tehran police warn cafes over live music, DJs and hookah

  Police in Tehran have warned cafes that they could face closure or lose their licenses for hosting live music, using DJs or serving hookah, extending a broader campaign of enforcement against businesses over entertainment, mandatory hijab rules and support for protests.

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• Al Bawaba - Daily2026-10-06✓ Read

  UK to expel Israeli diplomats over East Jerusalem consulate closure

  ALBAWABA - Britain is implementing a one-for-one expulsion strategy, promising to expel one Israeli diplomat for each British diplomat expelled from the British consulate in East Jerusalem

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• Al Bawaba - Daily2026-10-06✓ Read

  UK to expel Israeli diplomats over East Jerusalem consulate closure

  ALBAWABA - Britain is implementing a one-for-one expulsion strategy, promising to expel one Israeli diplomat for each British diplomat expelled from the British consulate in East Jerusalem

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• Al-Monitor: The Pulse of The Middle East2026-10-06✓ Read

  Yemen’s Houthis claim attack on Riyadh airport, deny losing territory

  Yemen's Houthis claimed an attack on the main airport in the Saudi capital while also denying on Tuesday losing territory to government forces, as fighting intensified. After declaring a counter-offensive, government forces claimed Monday to have pushed the Houthis out of the Bab al-Mandab area, a key shipping route in the Red Sea, as well as the port city of Mocha, which was captured last month. Claims by both sides have been impossible to independently verify with the situation on the ground moving fast and access for journalists difficult.

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• Al Bawaba - Daily2026-10-06✓ Read

  Boycott calls erupt for Andrea Bocelli's concert in Petra, Jordan

  ALBAWABA - Pro-Palestine and human rights activists in Jordan are calling for the boycott of Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli's upcoming concert in Petra over his history and strong ties with Israel

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• Al-Monitor: The Pulse of The Middle East2026-10-06✓ Read

  UK PM weighs delay to roadmap for higher defence spending, Times reports

  LONDON, Oct 6 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Andy Burnham is considering delaying an announcement on how and when Britain will raise defence spending to 3% of GDP, The Times reported on Tuesday, pushing back a key milestone on the path to meeting NATO's target of 3.5% by 2035. Britain is under pressure to spell out how it will meet the NATO commitment and respond to a heightened security threat. Burnham has pledged to meet the 2035 target, but his government has yet to set out the steps required to get there.

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• Al Bawaba - Daily2026-10-06✓ Read

  Soaring diesel drives 16 trucking companies to bankruptcy

  ALBAWABA - In just 30 days, 16 trucking companies declared bankruptcy due to record diesel prices in the U

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• Al Bawaba - Daily2026-10-06✓ Read

  Soaring diesel drives 16 trucking companies to bankruptcy

  In just 30 days, 16 trucking companies declared bankruptcy due to record diesel prices in the U.S. – Trump points to Ukraine hitting Russian

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• Iran International2026-10-06✓ Read

  Clothes, diaries, dolls: Iran forces raid slain protesters’ rooms

  Clothes, diaries, books and childhood dolls are being taken from the bedrooms of protesters killed in Iran, as security forces extend pressure on families seeking accountability into the most private spaces of their grief nearly nine months after the January 2026 killings.

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• Al Bawaba - Daily2026-10-06✓ Read

  New shocking secrets leaked about Flydubai's Omani co-pilot

  ALBAWABA - The incident on board the UAE's Flydubai plane remains center stage of attention across social media platforms after the start of the investigation into the Omani co-pilot who attacked the flight's main pilot

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• Al Bawaba - Daily2026-10-06✓ Read

  New secrets leaked about Flydubai's Omani co-pilot

  ALBAWABA - The incident on board the UAE's Flydubai plane remains center stage of attention across social media platforms after the start of the investigation into the Omani co-pilot who attacked the flight's main pilot

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• Iran International2026-10-06✓ Read

  Iran releases cleric who called for replacing Islamic Republic on bail

  Iranian authorities have released hardline cleric Mohammad-Bagher Kharrazi on bail after about a month in detention, the judiciary said on Tuesday.

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• Al-Monitor: The Pulse of The Middle East2026-10-06✓ Read

  Explainer-One year on, Trump’s Gaza plan has not stopped Israeli fire or disarmed Hamas

  JERUSALEM, Oct 6 (Reuters) - US President Donald Trump’s year-old plan to end the Gaza war has stalled, with Israel mounting near daily attacks and occupying around two-thirds of the shattered enclave where Palestinians face dire conditions. The initial phase resulted in a ceasefire on October 10, 2025 and secured the release of the last remaining hostages seized in Hamas’ 2023 attacks on Israel, along with freedom for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners and detainees held by Israel.

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• Al-Monitor: The Pulse of The Middle East2026-10-06✓ Read

  Britain likely to expel Israeli diplomats if Jerusalem consulate closes, sources say

  By Alexander CornwellTEL AVIV, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Britain is likely to expel Israeli diplomats if Israel carries out its order to shut the British consulate in East Jerusalem this week in a dispute over sanctions targeting Israeli settlements, four sources said.Israel on September 8 ordered Britain to close the East Jerusalem consulate within 30 days and remove its diplomats from the city, after Britain said it would impose a ban on trade of goods made in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.

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