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The intelligence department of Ilam province in western Iran announced, in a statement relayed by ISNA on Saturday, the arrest of 11 people in the Kurdish county of Malekshahi, saying they were organized in three groups and accused of firing on security forces, destroying property and taking part in the January 2026 protests, with links to the United States and Israel. Authorities offered no evidence for the accusations and did not disclose the detainees' identities, arrest timing, places of detention or legal status. They reported seizing weapons without detail and described the protests as a 'coup'.

Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty discussed with Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi on Saturday in Baghdad, on the sidelines of the 52nd Organisation of Islamic Cooperation foreign ministers session, ways to de-escalate, resume the diplomatic track and reach an agreement containing the current crisis. According to Egyptian foreign ministry spokesman Nader Zaki, Abdelatty stressed freedom of international navigation and orderly trade, and the need to stop and condemn all hostile acts against Saudi Arabia. The source does not report the Iranian side's response, specific outcomes of the meeting or details of the agreement discussed.

Citing Lebanon's Al-Akhbar newspaper, DPA reported on Saturday that President Joseph Aoun asked army intelligence to widen its investigation and that Cassation Public Prosecutor Ramy al-Hajj issued orders to detain Hezbollah liaison and coordination committee head Hussein Abdallah and his aide Ali Ayoub. The paper said Hezbollah, through MP Hassan Fadlallah, rejected giving up the explosives. It added that Aoun sought, per palace leaks, to push Washington to pressure Israel. The information is attributed to one newspaper, is not confirmed by officials or Hezbollah in the article, and no arrest is reported as carried out.

The article reports that more than half a ton of TNT and C4 explosives was seized in what is known as the explosives truck case, and that Government Commissioner to the Military Court Judge Claude Ghanem heard two detainees, with the seized material placed in the custody of the Lebanese military police. The source does not state the date or place of the seizure, the identities of the detainees or the party to whom the explosives belong. The case was covered in a report on President Aoun's reported request to widen the investigation, according to Al-Akhbar newspaper.

Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Saturday that a supertanker able to carry around two million barrels hit a naval mine and exploded while trying to leave the Strait of Hormuz by the alternative southern route after switching off its navigation systems. The statement gave no detail on the tanker's identity, flag, the time of the incident, casualties or damage, and the article offers no independent confirmation. Iran had announced the strait's closure again on 12 July and threatened to target ships using routes other than those it designated or crossing without permission.

Baghdad announced in September 2026, according to Anadolu Agency, that it had completed a draft agreement with Ankara to develop infrastructure and transport under the Development Road project, which aims to link Iraq's Grand Faw Port with Turkey and onward to Europe through roads and railways spanning 1,200 kilometres at an estimated cost of 17 billion dollars. In the same month, Prime Minister al-Zaidi urged neighbouring states and partners at the UN General Assembly to join. Iraq, Turkey, Qatar and the UAE signed a memorandum of understanding on the project in April 2024.

Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Falih al-Zaidi proposed on Saturday, at the opening of the 52nd session of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation Council of Foreign Ministers in Baghdad, an initiative to link energy, railway, transport and digital communications networks, and to develop digital payments, trade platforms and industrial integration. The statement did not name participating countries, costs, financing or a timeline, nor explain any link to the Development Road project. Al-Zaidi reaffirmed Iraq's position on Palestine, called for free trade and protected trade routes, and thanked Pakistan for defusing an unspecified crisis. The session runs 17 to 18 October.

Coalition spokesman Maj. Gen. Turki al-Maliki announced on Saturday via X the destruction of two ballistic missile launch platforms in Yemen's northern Saada governorate, without detail on the timing of the operation, the party that owned the platforms or the means of destruction. The source includes no Houthi comment or independent verification. The announcement came amid a military escalation between Saudi Arabia and the Houthis since July 2026 that has included attacks on civil aviation facilities and energy installations in the kingdom, according to Anadolu Agency.

Saudi Civil Defense announced on Saturday via X that the danger had passed in the city of Abha and Khamis Mushait governorate in the Asir region of southwestern Saudi Arabia, after the National Early Warning Platform issued an alert in both areas. The announcement did not explain the nature or source of the danger, and the source reports no losses. Anadolu Agency presented the news in the context of a military escalation between Saudi Arabia and the Houthis since July 2026, without explicitly linking the alert to a specific attack. No other party commented.

Quneitra Governor Ghassan al-Sayyid Ahmad met UN Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix on Saturday and called on the UNDOF force to monitor and document Israeli violations to protect residents. The two sides discussed the force's area of operations and the frameworks of the UN Charter, particularly Chapters VI and VII. The meeting comes amid continuing Israeli incursions in the governorate involving raids, searches, detentions of residents and temporary checkpoints, according to the source. The information is drawn from a governorate statement on Telegram, and Damascus demands Israeli withdrawal from Syrian territory.

At a graduation ceremony for military colleges on Saturday, Sisi called on the Egyptian parliament to hold an emergency session authorizing him to act on any intervention Saudi Arabia requests, saying such action requires parliamentary approval. He said Egypt would carry out any measure to protect and defend the kingdom, following the directives of King Salman and the crown prince. He thanked Gulf states for supporting Egypt after the 2013 events. On Thursday, according to the source, he said Egyptian and Saudi national security are linked and rejected any harm to Saudi security or the Red Sea.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi said on Saturday, at a graduation ceremony for Egyptian Military Academy students east of Cairo, that the end of his presidential term in 2030 is settled and that the constitution will not be touched. The remarks followed social media reports of a possible 2027 constitutional amendment that would let him run again; the source does not confirm those reports. He made the same point on Wednesday at a military seminar marking the October War anniversary, urging citizens to protect the state rather than the president from a 'conspiracy'.