Houthis attack Riyadh, Hamas prepares operation, Türkiye-Pakistan-Saudi Arabia in collective defense

The Houthis said they had struck Riyadh's airport and a refinery of Saudi energy giant Aramco, as well as several sites in the south of the Kingdom. The attacks "targeted the international airport", said the military spokesman of the Yemeni rebels, Yahya Saree. Several planes have received a new warning not to land at Riyadh airport, Iranian news agency Tasnim reported. During Sunday evening's Israeli military-political cabinet, Shin Bet chief David Zini presented ministers with a specific and worrying intelligence alert: Hamas is intensifying efforts to mount a complex attack or targeted kidnapping operation. According to assessments, Hamas aims to launch the operation close to the October 27 elections or immediately thereafter. According to Israeli sources, Israel was ready to shoot down FlyDubai1073 flight with all passengers on board after the Omani co-pilot attacked the captain. The fighters had taken off and were recalled as the plane made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia. Meanwhile the co-pilot confesses: "I wanted to avenge Gaza".

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The agreement, signed last August, unites NATO's second largest army, Turkey, with the Islamic world's only nuclear-armed state, Pakistan, and the leading Gulf power, Saudi Arabia. Representatives of the three countries gathered in Riyadh today for an emergency meeting focused on the recent attacks against Saudi Arabia, particularly those against the holy cities of Mecca and Medina. The three countries "reaffirmed their unequivocal rejection of any attack or threat against the security and territorial integrity of the Kingdom", read a joint statement in which the Houthis, supported by Iran, were not directly mentioned. The statement adds that at the meeting it was decided to "immediately move towards the practical application of collective defense commitments and take the necessary measures to provide the agreed military forces and capabilities and ensure their rapid deployment in the Kingdom". The statement does not specify what kind of role the Turkish and Pakistani military forces will have once they arrive in Saudi Arabia.

Donald Trump says the US has withdrawn all B1 bombers from the RAF base at Fairford due to "certain threats". "There have been threats and instead of tempting the enemy, we will capture and beat the enemy, but why leave them there? So we moved them a little bit, not very far," he said in response to questions from reporters at the White House. Asked whether he thought there was a risk that Iran had brought combat drones to the UK, he then replied: "I can't tell you that, but if they have done so they will suffer enormously."