Middle East Observer

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⚡️🚨 Yemeni Armed Forces spokesman Brigadier General Yahya Saree says six ballistic missiles hit Saudi mobilizations at the Kharaz camp and other sites in Ras Al-Arah and Kharaz, Lahj governorate, according to unconfirmed reports. Saree claims the strikes left dozens dead and wounded; this has not been independently verified.

🗞 Middle East roundup · 13:28–16:28 UTC IRAN & THE US ✅ Iran's IRGC spokesman Mohebbi says Iran will hit the enemy in any arena it enters and will reveal new battlefield surprises. ✅ Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Rezaei says the IRGC Aerospace Force is ready for new surprises, and cites a new missile city. ✅ Kremlin says Putin's talks with US envoys Witkoff and Kushner in Moscow have concluded. ⚪ Bloomberg reports oil prices rose after Trump said the US does not need a deal with Iran. GULF & YEMEN ✅ Yemeni Armed Forces spokesman Yahya Saree says Saudi warplanes carried out 98 strikes in 24 hours on Lahj, Taiz, Saada, Al-Jawf and Marib. ⚪ UKMTO reportedly says a tanker 14 nautical miles northwest of Ras Al Khaimah was hit by an unknown projectile in the engine room. LEBANON & SYRIA ✅ Israeli forces carried out explosions in Zawtar Al-Sharqiya and Kafr Tibnit, and shelled Beit Leif and the Nabatieh Al-Fawqa area. ✅ Israeli warplanes struck Al-Mansouri, Hadatha and Houla in southern Lebanon. ✅ An Israeli patrol set up a checkpoint and searched passersby in the Quneitra countryside.

⚡️🚨 Saeed bin Ma'ili, commander of the First Special Missions Brigade in forces loyal to Saudi Arabia, has been killed, according to reports from Sanaa. He was killed by unknown gunmen in Wadi Ubaidah district, east of Marib city, which is under the control of the Presidential Council government.

Yeah the spy wasn't Chinese

🎥 President Pezeshkian says Iran is in the right and the enemy will kneel, referring to US and Zionist regime crimes against the country, while speaking on the sidelines of talks in Antalya with the Turkish and Brazilian presidents.

🎥 Yemeni Armed Forces release footage of the targeting of Saudi mercenary forces and their equipment in Marib.

These people don't live in the same dimention as we do

📰 Channel 13: Police and prosecutors disagree on the charge against a lawyer suspected of smuggling a prisoner's sperm into Nitzan Prison. Police seek a tougher fraud charge; prosecutors want a lesser offense.

⚡️🚨 Iran's Army says two more oil tankers caught fire this afternoon east of the Strait of Hormuz after hitting naval mines. The Army says the ships had entered a prohibited area despite warnings with their radar off.

📰 Bloomberg: Trump says the US doesn't need a deal with Iran and has instructed Vice President JD Vance to focus on domestic issues rather than negotiations with Tehran.

⚡️🚨 According to local reports, 11 people have been killed by Israeli drone strikes across the Gaza Strip since dawn, including people killed near Al-Shifa Medical Complex and in Deir al-Balah. Reports also describe several other people wounded, some seriously.

There are no ongoing negotiations between the USA and Iran There's an exchange of letters, where Iran is demanding the USA to meet its 7 conditions before going to negotiations. US media talks about negotiations is market manipulation to reduce oil price. Not real.

📰 CNN: At least four people have been shot in Washington, DC's Logan Circle neighborhood, and a shelter-in-place order is in effect while the situation remains active, police say.

🎥 IRGC Ground Force's Hamzeh Seyyed al-Shohada Headquarters says an ambush in the border heights of Sardasht County, West Azerbaijan, killed a two-person PJAK team that had tried to enter the northwestern border; it warns of a response.

🗞 Middle East roundup · 10:30–13:28 UTC IRAN & THE US ✅ Iran's Assembly of Experts says withdrawal from the NPT and a review of Iran's defense doctrine are now unavoidable. ✅ The Assembly of Experts says any new attack would meet an immediate, unrestricted response without geographical limits. ⚪ Senior US officials reportedly say Netanyahu is expected to order an immediate military operation in Iran over unusual intelligence. ⚪ Trump reportedly says the US does not need an agreement with Iran and controls the Strait of Hormuz. 🟠 A Qatari negotiating team's plane has left Tehran after arriving this morning. GULF & YEMEN ⚪ Fires are reportedly seen at Saudi Aramco's Zuluf oil project and on Gulf drilling platforms, and a massive fire in Yanbu. ⚪ Iran's IRGC Navy reportedly says two oil tankers were hit by explosions on an unauthorized path in the Strait of Hormuz. LEBANON & SYRIA ✅ Israeli airstrikes and shelling hit Kafr Tibnit, Al-Qantara and Qatirah in southern Lebanon. PALESTINE ✅ Israeli strikes killed two people, including Mervat Al-Hallaq, at the gate of Al-Shifa Hospital, and one more near Deir al-Balah.

⚓️ UKMTO WARNING 204-26 – ATTACK UKMTO has received a time-late report of an incident 14NM northwest of Ra’s al Khaymah, UAE. A tanker was struck by an unknown projectile in the engine room. No casualties have been reported and all crew have been evacuated safely. Fire-fighting efforts are currently ongoing. 🕐 11 Nov 2026, 18:00 UTC

⚡️🚨 Reports say attacks hit forces commanded by Saudi officer Fares Al-Shammari, destroying a number of armored vehicles and tanks east of Madghal district in Marib. The reports do not identify the attacking side.

⚡️🚨 An Israeli strike on the surgery department of Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza, at dawn killed 6 people, including a child and medical staff, and wounded dozens, according to Gaza hospital sources. The complex's director says the attack has halted four main departments and the center faces a severe shortage of medical equipment and supplies. 📷 Unverified image circulating online

🎥 US Democratic Senator Abdul El-Sayed says the war in Iran has no logic and that Americans elected lawmakers to end a war they have no reason to join, one that is raising gasoline and food prices.