As per reports, the updates on tensions in the Middle East as of Thursday (05 November) are as follows:
• Iran and US: On Wednesday (04 November), Mohsen Rezaei, head of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, claimed a strategic and political victory over the US following the American midterm elections, attributing Republican electoral losses to voter backlash against the war with Iran and rising domestic inflation.
• Yemen: On Wednesday (04 November), the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) delivered four trucks of essential medical supplies to Taiz city for the first time since 23 September, providing surgical kits to local hospitals amid ongoing intense fighting between Houthi rebels and Saudi-backed forces.
• Iran and US: On Wednesday (04 November), Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed to have shot down a US military MQ-1 drone over Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz, asserting it was the 15th such aircraft downed by Iranian forces during the conflict.
• Saudi Arabia and Yemen: On Wednesday (04 November), Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree claimed the group launched a ballistic missile strike against King Khalid International Airport (RUH) in Riyadh, declaring the facility unsafe and warning international airlines against operating within Saudi airspace outside of Mecca and Medina.
• Saudi Arabia and Yemen: On Wednesday (04 November), Houthi forces claimed to have shot down a Saudi Arabian Chinese-made armed reconnaissance drone over Taiz province, while also launching six ballistic missiles at Saudi forces in al-Jawf province and targeting military sites in Jizan and Najran.
• Iran: On Wednesday (04 November), thousands of marchers gathered in central Tehran for a pro-regime rally marking the 47th anniversary of the 1979 US embassy takeover, with participants demonstrating against the US and Israel while commemorating former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
• Palestine and Israel: On Wednesday (04 November), Israeli forces arrested 30 Palestinians, including two women and journalist Hazem Nasser, during wide-scale military raids across West Bank governorates, including Jenin, Nablus, Tulkarem, and Qalqilya.
• Iran: On Wednesday (04 November), IRGC senior adviser Mohammad Moghadamfar warned that Tehran would abandon proportional responses and directly target ‘enemy leaders’ and assets if Iranian commandos or leaders were targeted in future escalations.
Categories: External Threats - Cross-border Attacks / Clashes
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