🌆 COMBATE Evening Roundup | October 18, 2026

• Second supertanker hits Hormuz mine; Iran offers seven-day reopening — The IRGC said a second supertanker carrying over two million barrels of crude struck a mine on an unauthorized transit, its engine room exploding. Araghchi said Tehran passed Qatar a seven-day plan to restore shipping and the choice now rests with Washington.

• Egypt's parliament to vote on defending Saudi Arabia — President Sisi gets an emergency Sunday session to authorize any measures to defend the kingdom if Riyadh requests it; he also pledged to leave power in 2030. Yemen's parliament speaker warned Cairo against joining the war.

• Iran drones strike Kurdish separatist HQs in Erbil — The IRGC said strikes hit Komalah positions in the Alaneh valley, the Kurdish Democratic Party's Soran headquarters and posts of what it called Israeli-linked operatives in Iraq's Kurdistan region.

• Yemen downs Saudi Apache, presses Jawf offensive — Saree said an Apache was shot down near Najran and a fourth Karial drone over Hajjah. Yemeni forces killed a brigade commander and destroyed nine vehicles at al-Yatama; alerts sounded in Riyadh and Dammam airport suspended flights.

• IRIB: US sought symbolic strike on Iran nuclear site — Tehran says Washington asked to attack the Pikas Mountain plant without Iranian retaliation; the offer was rejected.

• Israel's Katz threatens Iran's energy infrastructure — The war minister said Israel is fully ready to attack Iran and all energy targets would be struck, aimed at setting the country back 40 years.

• France arrests 1,200 as protest wave sweeps Europe — The prime minister reported 1,200 detained and 150 officers hurt as Limoges's historic city hall collapsed after burning and Marseille's city hall was stormed. Unrest spread to Belgium, Portugal, Milan and a fifth day of Albanian riots.

• Zelensky calls Starlink caps a deliberate operation — Tests show drone links capped at 161 km/h with full cutoff above it, he said, contradicting US talk of technical faults. Russia took Dobropolje and Velikomikhailovka; Romanian F-16s downed two Black Sea drones.

• Settlers beat French mayor, attack EU diplomats — Masked Israelis assaulted diplomats from France, Belgium and Poland visiting Taybeh near Ramallah, beating 78-year-old French mayor Bernard Baudoux.

• Sall quits UN race; Pope leaves hospital — Macky Sall withdrew his secretary-general candidacy to ease a consensus choice, while Pope Leo XIV was discharged four days after lung surgery and appears Sunday.

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