Middle East

Yemen's Houthi rebels say they struck a Saudi oil facility in the port city of Jiddah early Monday with a new cruise missile. The kingdom acknowledged the attack hours later.

IDF and Shin Bet security agency arrest five Hamas activists, students at Birzeit University near Ramallah, involved in the scheme.

Author and Middle East commentator Ali Shihabi says Persian Gulf states could support a Biden White House if the Delaware Democrat "governs as a centrist" and addresses the weaknesses of the Iran nuclear deal.

“The Zionist regime is well aware that the era of hit and run is over, and therefore they are very cautious,” Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman says, days after Israel carries out air strikes on Syrian army and Iranian paramilitary targets in the country.

Seventy-nine of Gaza's 100 ventilators have been taken up by COVID-19 patients, said Abdelraouf Elmanama, a microbiologist who is part of the enclave's pandemic task force.

"Anyone who tries to destroy us and hurt us in any way will meet our resolve, and we are consistent: We will not let Iran act," Netanyahu says at annual event in memory of David Ben-Gurion.

Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud says any discussions with future US administration will "lead to strong cooperation." Riyadh is bracing itself for a new US president who has pledged on the election campaign trail to reassess ties with Saudi Arabia, a state Biden described as a “pariah” in 2019.

The ship carries truck-launched surface-to-surface missiles, anti-aircraft missiles and a helicopter pad.

"Today, across vast swaths of Syria and Iraq, the systemic indoctrination of IDP and refugee camp populations who are hostage to the receipt of ISIS ideology is an alarming development with potentially generational implications," says Marine Gen. Frank McKenzie, commander of US Central Command.