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  • Likud activists hang campaign posters of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu beside a billboard featuring opposition rival Gadi Eisenkot ahead of Israel's general election in Dimona, southern Israel, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
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  • People and security forces gather outside a Greek Orthodox Church in the village of Hammoud in Jordan's Karak governorate following a shooting on October 23, 2026. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images)
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    At least 9 people killed in unprecedented shooting at church in Jordan
  • <p>Israeli soldiers exchanged gunfire with a gunman at a checkpoint near Hebron in the occupied West Bank on Friday. In video obtained by Reuters, gunfire can be heard as an ambulance stands by. </p>
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    Israel begins demolitions in West Bank city after two soldiers killed in shooting attack
  • Former military chief and leader of the Yashar party, Gadi Eisenkot, delivers a statement to members of the press, near Kibbutz Mefalsim, close to Israel's border with Gaza in southern Israel, October 15, 2026. REUTERS/Amir Cohen
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  • A file photo of the Aramco headquarters in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, on December 8, 2019.
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    Headquarters of Saudi Aramco hit as Houthis and Riyadh trade strikes
  • Saudi air defense forces enhance their readiness to protect the airspace over the holy sites in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on March 15.
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  • An aerial view shows ships anchored off the coast of Khasab in Oman's Musandam Governorate, near the Strait of Hormuz, on October 2, 2026.
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    After oil increasingly left the Gulf, Iran is trying to regain its stranglehold on shipping
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  • A pro-Saudi-backed Yemeni government fighter fires a vehicle-mounted weapon during what government forces say was an advance against the Iran-backed Houthis, near Dhubab, Taiz Governorate, Yemen, in this still image taken from video released October 5, 2026. Southern Giants Brigades/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MUST NOT OBSCURE LOGO. VERIFICATION: - Location partially verified from the runway, airport control tower, road layout, shape of the mountains and coastline, that matched topography mapping, satellite and archive imagery. - Date could not be independently verified. - No older versions found posted online before October 5.
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    How a series of miscalculations restarted Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen
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    Alleged Flydubai hijacker said 9/11 attacks spurred him to become a pilot, early investigation finds
  • A member of Houthi security forces stands next to a poster of Houthi leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi at the site of a gathering of Houthi supporters to show solidarity with the movement as fighting intensifies across several fronts, in Sanaa, Yemen October 7, 2026.
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    Attack on Saudi airport kills 3 as Iran-backed Houthis warn of long conflict
  • King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on September 19, 2026.
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    Pakistan confirms it has troops in Saudi as conflict with Yemen’s Houthi rebels escalates
  • Saudi-backed Yemeni government soldiers ride in a pickup truck near the Jabal Han front, west of the city of Taiz, which the Houthis are trying to encircle.
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    Saudi-backed Yemeni forces attack Houthis near key global trade route
  • People disembark from a FlyDubai carrying Israeli passengers who had earlier been aboard another FlyDubai aircraft that made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia approaches Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2026.
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    Flydubai hijacking attempt exposes worrying gaps in aviation security
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  • Hero Flydubai pilot Smit Machchhar speaks to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a videocall
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    ‘I couldn’t let everybody else die,’ says hero Flydubai pilot Smit Machchhar
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  • Assaf Rajuan tells CNN’s Jeremy Diamond that passengers and crew quickly restrained the attacker while two off-duty British pilots helped stabilize and land the aircraft after the pilot was stabbed.
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    Video Attacker was ‘neutralized’ very quickly by passengers and flight crew, passenger says 1:17
  • FlyDubai airline planes are parked on the tarmac at Dubai International Airport in Dubai on March 2, 2026.
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    ‘Violent incident’ between pilots sparks diversion of Israel-bound flight to Saudi Arabia, sources say
  • A destroyed car sits outside a burnt house after Israeli settlers attacked the Tubasi family and Israeli security forces who were escorting them back to their home in Jalud. (Photo by Erik Marmor/Getty Images)
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    100 Israeli settlers drove a Palestinian family from home again. Netanyahu blamed a ‘handful of rioters’
  • Protesters burn tires and other debris to block a highway during a demonstration over fuel price increases in Maarat al-Numan, Idlib province, on September 13.
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  • Vessels are seen anchored between Iran's Qeshm and Larak islands amid disruptions to traffic through the Strait of Hormuz on September 11.
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    Iran says it is awaiting ‘definitive’ US response despite Trump rejecting latest proposal
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