Politics

The Houthis have launched another wave of missile and drone attacks on Saudi Arabia, targeting the Khamis Mushait airbase and wounding 13 civilians as fighting across Yemen intensifies.

A planned event connected to the wedding of Ali Hassan Khalil’s son at Sursock Palace sparked a political storm, with critics questioning the optics of an upscale celebration while hundreds of thousands remain displaced from southern Lebanon.

More than 300,000 Lebanese remain displaced despite the June ceasefire, as Israeli forces continue demolitions and military operations across parts of southern Lebanon.

Saudi Arabia has shut its vital East-West oil pipeline after a drone attack, just as Yemen’s Houthis seized Perim Island in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.

Yemen’s Houthis have seized the strategic port of Mocha and are advancing toward the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, giving them greater leverage over one of the world’s most important shipping routes.

Israel says it has destroyed Hezbollah’s two-kilometer underground complex beneath Ali al-Taher after taking operational control of the strategic ridge. The site contained command rooms, weapons stores and infrastructure built over roughly two decades with Iranian support.