"Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But, I repeat myself." -- Mark Twain
Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, November/December 2026, pp. xx-xx
Special Report By Elizabeth Murray
A NEW FREEDOM FLOTILLA, led by the aptly named Tenacity, set sail from Bristol, UK in September and headed for Gaza in yet another attempt to break Israel’s siege and blockade of Gaza.
by Tyler Durden
Update(1604ET): There are reports that possibly several parked aircraft were damaged or destroyed after the earlier Thursday Houthi ballistic missile attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh. And now international reports are saying a slew of airliners are suspending flights to the city, some tentatively for up to a week:
US military aid and arms transfer continue unchanged, as US public sentiment shifts.
aljazeera.com
Washington, DC – Three years into Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza, little has changed in terms of official US support.
by Dave De Camp, antiwar.com
Syria is considering sending troops, including foreign jihadists, to help Saudi Arabia fight against Ansar Allah in Yemen, according to media reports, as Riyadh continues to seek international support for the war, which it reignited in July by bombing the Sanaa International Airport.
By STEPHEN M. LEPORE, US SENIOR REPORTER, dailymail.co.uk
Moshe Feiglin, leader of the Zehut party, has allied with Bezalel Smotrich's Religious Zionism party for the upcoming elections
By Dave De Camp, antiwar.com
Israeli politician Moshe Feiglin, the leader of Israel’s Zehut party, who has a clear path to a seat in the Knesset in the upcoming election, has said in a new interview that it would be “moral” to kill babies in Gaza.
by Tyler Durden
Russia has just wrapped up hosting mass military drills involving troops and defense technology from eight countries which state media hailed as applying lessons learned from the Ukraine war.
The Tsentr-2026, or Centre-2026, drills ran throughout all last week into Saturday, located in the central western Chelyabinsk region, which is situated in the southern Ural Mountains - with on Friday President Putin being on hand to observe the exercise.
by Dave De Camp, antiwar.com
While oil exports from the Middle East have reportedly exceeded pre-war levels, attacks on tankers in or near the Strait of Hormuz have also risen over the past week, with at least 11 coming under attack since last Monday, according to a count from The New York Times.
Posted by Tyler Durden: Authored by Larry C. Johnson via SonarIntelligence (Sonar21),
Kelley Beaucar Vlahos, responsiblestatescraft.org