🟡 Hourly Updates (-ve): October 18, 2026

🇾🇪 Yemen

— Saudi airstrikes reportedly targeted the Matar Al-Qadim neighbourhood in western Taiz after AnsarAllah’s reported advance. Three additional Saudi airstrikes were reported in the Dhaneen area near the headquarters of the 35th Armored Brigade.

— Saba agency reported that three civilians were martyred in a Saudi airstrike on the Al-Urdi area of Dhubab coastal district, southwest of Taiz.

— Yemeni health authorities in Sanaa reportedly said seven civilians, including three children and a woman, were injured by Saudi artillery shelling and sniper fire in Ta’iziyah and Al-Misrakh in Taiz.

— Reports from Taiz said 13 civilians were killed and 29 others injured, including women and children, in Saudi airstrikes and artillery shelling by Saudi-backed forces since dawn.

— Saudi aircraft reportedly bombed the telecommunications network in the Al-Nashamah area of Ma’afir District, south of Taiz.

— Saudi aircraft reportedly carried out three airstrikes against the Al-Masahin area in Al-Shamaytin District, south of Taiz.

— Multiple civilians were reportedly trapped under the rubble of their homes following Saudi attacks on residential areas in the Himyar al-Jabal area of Maqbanah, Taiz. A separate report said nine people, including women and children, were martyred and 16 wounded in four Saudi airstrikes targeting homes in the same area.

— Saudi forces reportedly carried out an airstrike on Bani Hayyan.

— The Yemeni Speaker of the House of Representatives in Sanaa, Yahya Ali Al-Ra’i, warned Egypt against becoming involved in military movements supporting Saudi operations in Yemen. He said such involvement would pose a serious risk to Egypt’s national security and internal stability and called on Cairo to maintain a role in efforts toward a political resolution.

🇸🇾 Occupied Syria

— An israeli occupation patrol reportedly infiltrated the villages of Al-Razaniyah and Saida al-Hanout in the southern Quneitra countryside.

— israeli occupation forces reportedly arrested a young man during an incursion into Saida al-Joulan in the Quneitra countryside.

— israeli occupation forces reportedly established a temporary checkpoint near Beit Tima in the Damascus countryside, around 32 kilometres from Damascus, while israeli drones were reportedly flying over the area.

🇮🇷 Iran

— US media reportedly suggested that the israeli air force may have been behind the attack on a Popular Mobilization Forces weapons depot in Baghdad.

— Sistan and Baluchestan reportedly experienced heightened security activity following attacks and ambushes targeting Iranian security forces in the Rask and Tafilian areas. Iranian security and intelligence forces reportedly raided villages, conducted house-to-house searches, and arrested dozens of Baluch youths. Reports also alleged disruptions to internet and cellular networks in affected areas. #BorderThreats

— An Iranian fighter jet was reportedly seen flying over Tehran, southwest of the Jeyhoun River.

🇮🇶 Iraq

— An explosion was reported in Soran in Erbil Governorate, Iraqi Kurdistan. A separate report said a one-way attack drone targeted the headquarters of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan in the Wadi al-Nah area of Khlefkan District.

🇱🇧 Lebanon

— Israeli forces reportedly carried out an airstrike in the Wadi al-Salouqi-Qabrikha area. Artillery shelling was reported in Al-Mansouri, Wadi al-Salouqi, Aita al-Jabal, Wadi al-Hujeir, the outskirts of Baraashit, Kafr Tibnit, Beit Yahoun, Wadi Zibqin, Sarbine, the Marjayoun Plain, the outskirts of Kfar Shouba, Hadatha, Zawtar al-Sharqiyah, and the outskirts of Mayfadoun.

— Israeli forces reportedly carried out explosions between Aita al-Jabal and Beit Yahoun, as well as in Yohmor al-Shaqif, Ainatha, Beit Yahoun, Zawtar al-Sharqiyah, Houla, Al-Khiam, and the area between Zawtar al-Sharqiyah and Kafr Tibnit. Sound bombs were also reported over Zawtar al-Sharqiyah.

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