Over a million rounds of 7.62mm ammunition confiscated from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps was transferred by the U.S. to Ukraine, the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) reported on Oct. 4.
In Yemen's southern Abyan province, five fighters allied with the Southern Transitional Council have been killed in battles with militants allegedly affiliated with Al-Qaeda.
Yemen's Iran-backed Huthi rebels left for Riyadh Thursday on their first publicly announced visit since a Saudi-led coalition launched hostilities in 2015, raising hopes of progress towards ending the conflict. An Omani plane carrying a 10-strong Huthi delegation and five officials from mediator Oman headed towards the Saudi capital for what a Huthi government official said would be a five-day visit.The talks, announced only hours earlier, come five months after Saudi officials held discussions
Iran's foreign minister met Friday with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman as part of his visit to the kingdom, a sign of how the two countries are trying to ease tensions after years of turmoil. Images of Iran's top diplomat, Hossein Amirabdollahian, sitting with Prince Mohammed would have been unthinkable only months earlier, as the longtime rivals have been engaged in what officials in both Tehran and Riyadh have viewed as a proxy conflict across the wider Middle East. The prince even went as far as to compare Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to Adolf Hitler at one point in 2017.