🌅 COMBATE Morning Roundup | October 12, 2026

• Saudi Arabia near exhaustion of interceptor missiles — WSJ — Officials said the kingdom struggles to protect energy sites and royal palaces as war costs deepen the budget deficit and risk recession; Mohammed bin Salman now moves between fortified palaces and wants the channel with Iran kept open.

• Iran-US message exchange continues via mediators — Foreign Ministry spokesman Baghaei said Tehran is reviewing US proposals on a seven-day plan to restore Hormuz security through Pakistani and Qatari mediation, but Iran's conditions are unchanged; the Cairo nuclear understanding is now "part of history."

• Riyadh airport toll: one Pakistani killed, 11 wounded — Saudi civil aviation announced the figures as King Khalid airport's closure was extended another 24 hours; South Korea urged its citizens to leave the kingdom.

• Yemen strikes Khamis Mushait and Abha — The missile attacks on the southern cities came as Saudi warplanes pounded Sanaa and Taiz provinces, wounding six children and hitting roads and homes.

• Aramco warns oil stock rebuild may take two years — The CEO said world commercial crude stocks are below six billion barrels and supply pressure will grow until Hormuz reopens; Brent topped $106 a barrel.

• Drone attack confirmed on tanker off Oman — UKMTO reclassified the Sohar incident as an attack; India condemned the tanker strikes as two sailors remained missing.

• EU adopts 22nd anti-Russia sanctions package — About 1,600 defense-linked companies and individuals were blacklisted; Russia's trade surplus rose 16.4 percent to $102.9 billion in January-August.

• US threatens to halt Ukraine weapons over refinery strikes — European officials said Washington demands Kiev stop long-range attacks on Russian energy or lose weapons supplies; Putin offered to suspend strikes on Ukraine's election day if a vote is held.

• North Korea launches multiple ballistic missiles — Seoul's military said the missiles, fired from near Pyongyang, flew over 900 km into the Sea of Japan, with data shared with Washington and Tokyo.

• Iran executes Jaish al-Adl operative — Omar Dorostaran was hanged for logistics support to attacks on Rask and Chabahar bases; police also dismantled a terrorist team behind recent assassinations in Sistan-Baluchestan.

• India floods Delhi with 20,000 security forces — Over 2,000 demonstrators protesting the removal of 130 million names from voter lists were detained over the weekend.

• Germany's SPD orders full leadership re-election — Labor Minister Bas quit her party posts and SPD chief Klingbeil called a new vote for the entire leadership as Chancellor Merz's coalition wobbles.

• Seventy-two killed in Sudan gold mine strikes — A jurists' collective accused Egypt's air force of the attack near the border, unconfirmed independently.

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