Russian Major General Anton Grunis, commander of the 4th Motor Rifle Brigade, was killed in a Ukrainian special forces operation, according to footage released by Ukraine's SBS. Grunis commanded forces on the Bakhmut and Kostiantynivka axes.
Iranian-backed militias in Iraq have raised their alert status and evacuated several headquarters over concerns that the United States and Saudi Arabia may strike inside Iraq, the Hezbollah-affiliated Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar reports. A...
Iranian-backed militias in Iraq have raised their alert status and evacuated several headquarters over concerns that the United States and Saudi Arabia may strike inside Iraq, the Hezbollah-affiliated Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar reports. A senior militia official told the paper that brigades were instructed to vacate some command sites for two to three days, following information that Riyadh, with American support, could launch strikes in response to attacks on Saudi oil facilities fired from Iraqi territory.
Overnight, 12 out of 15 sorties of PLA aircraft, 8 PLAN vessels, and 2 official ships crossed the median line and entered Taiwan’s northern, southwestern and eastern part ADIZ.
Overnight in the southern West Bank, naval commandos from the Israeli Navy's Shayetet 13 unit were filmed rappelling from a helicopter into the town of Yatta, near Hebron. The footage was published by Palestinian media.
The IDF has not commented on the video or on what the unit was doing there.
Western European military assessments see little chance of Saudi-backed forces recovering Mokha. The Red Sea port fell to the Houthis last week, and the advance has not been slowed.
Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree claims Saudi jets flew 52 airstrikes over the past 24 hours against civilian targets, including schools, bridges and roads in Taiz, along with sites in al Jawf, al Bayda, Saada and Amran.
An Islamic Jihad rocket squad commander was killed in Khan Younis over the weekend, per the IDF. Mohsen Farid Said Abu Hadaf crossed into Israel on October 7 and raided the Kissufim area.
Tanker transits through the Strait of Hormuz are now running in daylight, a U.S. official told Axios. Escorted crossings by the U.S. military and Gulf states had been kept mostly to night hours until now.
Footage of the supertanker El Gaia have been released by Iranian media. It claimed the vessel reportedly ran into an incident while trying to cross a restricted zone south of the Strait of Hormuz.
The IRGC Navy claims the strait is closed and under its control, warning that ships using unsafe routes would face "incidents."
Iraqi security forces are guarding the convoys of international coalition troops pulling out of the Kurdistan region, an Iraqi security source told Al Hadath.
The Yemeni Government Forces say they bombed Houthi military gatherings north and west of Marib. In a second statement, they reported striking Houthi missile platforms, radar systems and communications equipment in Marib province.
Japan's Air Force lost contact Tuesday with an RQ-4B Global Hawk surveillance drone off the northwestern coast. It disappeared from radar 50 km off Tottori. The drone is one of three based at Misawa Air Base. Its mission was not disclosed. - AP
Ready-to-use launchers were found in southern Lebanon's security zone, left there before the ceasefire took effect. The IDF's 55th Brigade combat team carried out the operation.
Saudi Arabia recruited hundreds of Syrian extremist fighters and moved them into Yemen through its territory to replicate the fall of Assad, Houthi sources claim to the Hezbollah-linked Al-Akhbar.
The sources allege Turkey helped route the fighters to the Ma'rib, al-Jawf, Aden and Hadramawt fronts, and that Syrian factions were trained in the Saudi areas of al-Wadiah and Sharora.
Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree: Saudi Arabia carried out 54 airstrikes across Yemen in the past 24 hours, flown by Typhoon and F-15 aircraft operating out of the Khamis Mushait and Taif bases.
In a separate message, Saree claimed the Houthis launched surface-to-air missiles at Saudi warplanes over Saada province in northern Yemen, the group's stronghold, forcing them to turn back.
Saree warned the "aggression will not pass quietly."
The Houthis have taken Mocha, Dhubab and Mayyun Island, giving them positions along both sides of the Bab al Mandeb. They have also deployed forces to Zuqar and the Hanish Islands farther north.
...
YEMEN AND SAUDI ARABIA: WHERE THINGS STAND
The Houthis have taken Mocha, Dhubab and Mayyun Island, giving them positions along both sides of the Bab al Mandeb. They have also deployed forces to Zuqar and the Hanish Islands farther north.
The Houthis now threaten the Red Sea route Saudi Arabia increasingly depends on after Iran closed Hormuz. Traffic through Bab al Mandeb has already fallen 46%, while oil prices have climbed above $100.
The rapid government withdrawal also left the Houthis with a major weapons haul. Footage shows them capturing U.S. supplied Oshkosh M ATVs, multiple mine resistant armored vehicles, weapons and ammunition previously delivered to Saudi backed Yemeni forces. The full inventory remains unclear.
Saudi Arabia is responding with a major air campaign. The Houthis claim more than 300 strikes across Yemen over 5 days, although Riyadh has not formally acknowledged the operation.
The Houthis are also striking inside Saudi Arabia. They claim missile and drone attacks against King Khalid Air Base and the Sharurah base. Saudi authorities confirmed that a projectile struck Al Tuwal, wounding 2 people and damaging a mosque and nearby buildings.
On the ground, Yemen’s Aden based government forces are trying to recover western Taiz and the Red Sea coast. Units that withdrew from Mocha are regrouping in Marib, but divided command remains a major problem. The government camp still operates through roughly 8 competing military structures.
Nearly 86,000 people have been displaced since the fighting intensified, with more than 2,000 crossing into Djibouti.
The frozen Yemen war is over. The Houthis now control the Red Sea coast, are striking Saudi territory and have captured U.S. supplied equipment while positioning themselves across the kingdom’s most important alternative oil route.
SUDAN WAR UPDATE: Sudan is sliding toward partition.
The army, led by Abdel Fattah al Burhan and supported by Muslim Brotherhood aligned militias, controls Khartoum and most of northern, eastern and central Sudan. The RSF, led by Hemedti, ...
SUDAN WAR UPDATE: Sudan is sliding toward partition.
The army, led by Abdel Fattah al Burhan and supported by Muslim Brotherhood aligned militias, controls Khartoum and most of northern, eastern and central Sudan. The RSF, led by Hemedti, controls most of Darfur and operates a parallel government from Nyala.
Sudan is especially important because it sits along more than 800 kilometers of Red Sea coastline, overlooking the shipping route connecting the Suez Canal with Bab el Mandeb and the Indian Ocean.
Kordofan is now the decisive front. The army (SAF) has recently advanced in North Kordofan, while the RSF still holds positions farther west and uses drones to strike deep inside government territory.
At least 59,000 people have been killed, although the real toll is likely far higher. Around 13 million have been displaced, while parts of Darfur and Kordofan face famine.
Egypt, Iran, Pakistan and Turkey support the SAF. The RSF has been reported to receive support through networks linked to the UAE, Chad and Libya. The UAE denies arming it.
Saudi Arabia wants to host a national dialogue, frustrating Burhan, who wants the process held inside Sudan under his control. Meanwhile, the U.S. is pushing to expand the Darfur arms embargo across the entire country, covering the RSF and SAF, combat drones and loitering munitions.
Neither side is close to total victory. The immediate danger is a permanent division between an army controlled east and an RSF controlled west.
Two UAE servicemen, Major Abdalla Shamis Almenhali and candidate Saeed Abdalla Alshamsi, were killed during a training mission inside the country today. - UAE Ministry of Defence
