Middle East

According to the report, the plans focus on a short, intensive military operation that could last approximately three days and include strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities.

The Saudi Civil Aviation Authority said that material damage was under assessment.

"They are making a major effort to regain operational experience and return to peak combat readiness," a security official said about Hezbollah.

Later on Wednesday, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)-run Fars News Agency reported that the regime is operating on the assumption that a US-Israeli attack is a "certainty."

Khamenei has not been seen in public since late February, when he reportedly went into hiding after joint US-Israel strikes killed his father, former supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Al-Sisi said that Egypt would also defend the territory of any other Arab country if asked, but its military effort would not extend beyond the borders of the country it seeks to protect.

Lebanese Americans Tom Harb and John Hajjar, co-chairs of AMCD, argued that the 1955 law was being overextended beyond its original intent.

According to Iran Human Rights, at least 108 Baloch individuals were executed in Iran in 2024, accounting for 11% of all recorded executions.

Fighting between the Saudi-backed government and the Houthis since September has cut key supply routes, worsening shortages of water, food, and fuel in and around the city.

The lawmaker, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the mandate would be sent to parliament once a bill ratifying the accord has been approved.