Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa met with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh yesterday.

According to Hiba Nasr of Asharq News, citing unnamed sources, the two discussed potential Syrian involvement in the conflict with Yemen’s Houthis. However, no decision has been made on the matter as of the time of writing.

NOTAMs close airspace over Lublin and Rzeszów for unplanned military activity related to state security in response to Russian strikes on Ukraine.

Acting Secretary of the Army Adam Telle has ordered that former U.S. Army Major Nidal Hasan be executed by firing squad at Fort Hood, Texas, at 1 p.m. CST on December 3, 2026, according to an Army execution order dated October 6.

Hasan was convicted and sentenced to death for the November 5, 2009 shooting at Fort Hood that killed 13 people and wounded 32 others. The order states President Donald Trump approved the death sentence on October 2nd. The Pentagon announced Monday that Secretary of War Pete Hegseth had recommended death by firing squad and that Trump approved. The Commandant of the U.S. Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, where Hasan is held, will serve as the execution officer. It would be the first U.S. military execution since 1961 and the first by firing squad since World War II.

Syria may join the war in Yemen, with the idea under discussion but no final decision made, sources tell Asharq.

President Donald Trump on Iran:

“We have to finish up, and it’s only a question of which way we want to do it: the nice way or the not-so-nice way.”

“You will find out pretty soon.”

Venezuela’s Cardón Oil Refinery, the country’s second-largest, exploded and caught fire today.

The facility has reportedly halted operations following the incident, according to Reuters.

Ofir Akunis, Israel’s Consul General in New York, has invited Mayor Zohran Mamdani to watch the IDF’s 47-minute film compiled from GoPro footage recorded by Hamas terrorists during the October 7 attack.

U.S. officials told The Wall Street Journal that Washington warned Russia that failing to disclose details surrounding the death of a laboratory worker at a plague research center in Siberia would run counter to its international health obligations.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said two civilian vessels were struck in Bulgarian waters overnight, with one sinking and the other sustaining significant damage.

According to Zelenskyy, Ukraine’s Navy contacted its Bulgarian counterparts and confirmed that the vessels were targeted in a combined Russian attack involving naval and aerial drones.

Zelenskyy said Ukrainian Defense Forces conducted no operations in that area of the Black Sea and described the incident as part of Russia’s efforts to make the western Black Sea unsuitable for navigation.

Seven months before Israel’s pager attack, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah warned his fighters to stop carrying cell phones, calling them a major security vulnerability.

Nasrallah warned:

“Your cell phone is a lethal collaborator.”

“[Israel] does not need human collaborators, because people carry cell phones with them wherever they go.”

“Disable it, bury it, lock it in a metal box.”

“The cell phones you, your wife, and your children hold are the collaborators.”

Hezbollah subsequently shifted to using pagers instead.

Iran may be attempting to rebuild nuclear weapons-related development capabilities at the Minzadayi site, northeast of Tehran, following Israeli strikes on March 3, 2026.

High-resolution satellite imagery from September and October reportedly shows extensive cleanup, repairs, earthmoving activity, and renewed vehicle movements at the compound.

The IDF previously identified the site as a covert facility involved in developing key components for nuclear weapons.

The activity could indicate that Iran is attempting to restore elements of its nuclear warhead research and development program.

According to Middle East Eye, citing Turkish officials, as a part of their commitment to the now activated Turkish-Saudi-Pakistani Mecca Joint Defense Agreement, Turkey will deploy troops, air defense systems, and aircraft to Saudi Arabia to defend against increasing attacks on the Gulf nation from the Houthis.

Per the report, Turkey has forces, including technical teams, EW equipment, and aircraft defense systems, already in place since last year under a prior joint exercise agreement that allowed limited Turkish deployments to Saudi Arabia. The Turkish commitment to the Mecca Agreement expands the scale of Turkish deployments, now that the agreement has been activated.

Turkish officials maintain that the deployments are purely defensive in nature.