🌅 COMBATE Morning Roundup | September 25, 2026

• Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Pakistan call emergency chiefs-of-staff meeting — Foreign ministers agreed in New York to convene military chiefs under the Mecca defense pact to back Riyadh. Yemen's Ansar Allah counts 1,018 Saudi strikes since the escalation; media say Saudi interceptors are running short as the kingdom's top cleric urges troops to ready to give their lives.

• US Senate rejects limits on Trump's Iran war powers — The measure failed 49-50; Sanders said Americans "overwhelmingly" want the war ended. Pezeshkian said it is now up to Washington to decide to end the war, refusing any deal extracted under strikes and sanctions.

• Ukraine drones strike Russian industrial cities — Overnight attacks hit Perm, Voronezh, Rostov and Ulyanovsk, wounding at least 25; a strike on a humanitarian convoy near Melitopol killed three volunteers from Omsk. Russia said it destroyed 18 vessels ferrying Western arms and drone-component plants near Kiev.

• North Korea threatens South; Seoul assails Kyiv — Pyongyang said the South becomes a "decisive target of collective punishment" if it turns into a hub of US-led collective defense. President Lee called Zelensky's disclosure of the transfer of two North Korean POWs a "betrayal."

• Trump and Xi toast a "new historical period" — At the White House state dinner Xi proposed "writing a new chapter" and continuing China-US dialogue on AI; RT DE assessed the summit as big show, few results beyond the extended tariff pause.

• Kremlin envoy met Witkoff and Kushner — CNN says Dmitriev discussed Ukraine and US-Russia cooperation with Trump's envoys; Peskov confirmed the idea of a trilateral meeting came up in the last Putin-Trump call, without details so far.

• Lavrov hands Guterres a Bucha "staging" report — Moscow demanded a thorough UN investigation into the 2022 events it says Kyiv staged.

• Israel grounds armed drones after deadly base blast — The chief of staff halted all armed-drone sorties on all fronts after two soldiers died when an Israeli drone exploded at their Gaza base; a report says 28% of police officers have quit under Ben Gvir.

• Judge suspends Trump's White House media ban — A court restored access for CNN, MS NOW and Politico for 14 days after the outlets were initially barred despite the order.

• Ansar Allah denies targeting Mecca — A senior figure rejected Saudi accusations over a drone near the holy city, saying the movement prays toward it and pointing to another party.

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