Links to six reports: from the Associated Press, Middle East Eye, Middle East Monitor, and the Cradle; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials. (Scroll down for today’s IRAN and GAZA, and for YEMEN 10-8-26.) — MCM

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Saudi Arabia responds to drone and cruise missile attacks, and other Mideast developments. From AP.  Saudi forces have responded to a drone and cruise missile attack on the Kingdom from Yemen, according to state-run media. Meanwhile, the Iran-backed Houthi rebels said airstrikes  on two districts in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa and in the country’s north killed 10 people and wounded 19 others. Report with photos is HERE. A second from AP is HERE. Other AP news from the Middle East is HERE. Click HERE for AP reports in Spanish. Click HERE and HERE for Oct. 11 and 12 reports from Middle East Eye and Middle East Monitor.

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Iran offers to mediate as Saudi-Houthi conflict escalates. From Middle East Eye. Iran has urged Saudi Arabia to avoid a military approach and pursue a political solution to its escalating conflict with Yemen’s Houthi group, offering to help facilitate dialogue after deadly attacks on Saudi airports intensified regional tensions. READ MORE.

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Saudi energy conference loses Shell, Exxon, BP execs amid Yemeni strikes. From the Cradle. Several top energy executives were dropped from the schedule of Saudi Arabia’s ongoing WPC Energy Congress in Riyadh today, as the kingdom insists on holding the conference despite the threat to the capital posed by the Ansarallah-led Yemeni Armed Forces. READ MORE.

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