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BREAKING: Saudi Arabia has offered the Houthis (Ansarallah) $1 billion in an Iran-mediated agreement aimed at ending attacks on the Kingdom, according to Israel Hayom, citing Gulf diplomatic sources. Saudi Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman traveled to Tehran to negotiate the arrangement, with one source claiming he brought the money aboard a military transport aircraft.

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BREAKING: Iran is rebuilding Eagle 44, a hardened underground airbase carved into the side of a mountain that can shelter fighter aircraft, drones, and potentially cruise and ballistic missiles, despite the remote facility absorbing at least three rounds of airstrikes this year. High-resolution satellite imagery captured by Planet Labs showed

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BREAKING: US Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent urged Iranians that anything they need for the winter, they should go and GET NOW. Bessent said there’s going to be a big heating fuel shortage and everyone should fill up their tanks now, clearly alluding that the US and Israel are preparing to destroy Iran's energy infrastructure

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BREAKING: Saudi Arabian state-backed oil company Aramco is nearing agreement with international banks on a $10 billion loan that would bolster its finances after just a few months of a war that engulfed Saudi Arabia, Bloomberg reports

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BREAKING: Egypt’s parliament has authorized the military to provide support to Saudi Arabia amid escalating Houthi (Ansarallah) attacks on the kingdom.

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BREAKING: The US is now prepared to launch new, potentially major, military operations against Iran "within 96 hours of receiving" an order from President Donald Trump, according to two US officials, per CNN

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BREAKING: Netanyahu pressed Trump to attack Iran before the election, but Trump refused because Washington was not yet ready; however, he promised that they would attack Iran soon, according to CNN.

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BREAKING: U.S. intelligence confirms that Iran has significantly increased its efforts to target U.S. personnel, according to a declassified memo addressed to Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Some of these efforts have reached ‘advanced stages’ in the Middle East and beyond.

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BREAKING: Two senior Iranian officials tell Reuters that Iran has drafted detailed plans to target undersea internet cables if the U.S. launch a new war against Iran. Iran would also attempt to prevent repairs to the undersea internet cables if they be successfully disabled

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BREAKING: Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu says Israel will stop receiving tens of billions of dollars in American assistance for their defense budget and urged the Israelis to prepare themselves. Because America has changed, not Israel. It's over. It's only a matter of time.

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BREAKING: Iran informed intermediaries that is going to target airports, pipelines, and other civilian targets in Gulf countries if attacks on it resume. Iran is now officially considering to directly target Israel’s highly secretive Dimona nuclear facility, per WSJ and Tasnm

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BREAKING: Trump is considering reviving his military campaign against Iran with strikes lasting several days, likely immediately after the midterm elections. He believes economic pressure is bringing Iran closer to the brink, and new strikes would push it to fall, per theAtlantic

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BREAKING: The US has begun a mass evacuation of diplomats and their families across the Middle East, while British, German, and other European authorities have ordered their diplomats to leave the region tonight after midnight. ABC reports the Israeli-US plan for attack is ready

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BREAKING: Iran now considers a preemptive attack and threatens to attack US bases if commercial vessels continue using the US-backed southern Omani corridor in the Strait of Hormuz, calling it a “serious warning” against “illegal” routes

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BREAKING: Donald Trump stated that there will be no further negotiations with Iran and that something big will happen soon—perhaps even after the midterms.

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BREAKING: The U.S. and Israel have reportedly developed plans for renewed attacks on Iran after the November 3 elections, according to the New York Times. Targets would likely include Iranian energy infrastructure, nuclear facilities, and missile/drone arsenals.