🇸🇦🇮🇷⚡️ — The Saudi Ministry of Defense says air defenses have intercepted four ballistic missiles in the Eastern Province.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️ — Vice President JD Vance is on standby to join the negotiations with Iran if backchannel talks progress to a direct meeting, according to POLITICO.

➡️ The discussions are currently being led by Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, with Vance expected to step in if enough progress is made, though it remains unclear what Iran would need to offer.

➡️ Vance is currently involved behind the scenes and in contact with intermediaries like Pakistan.

🇸🇦🇮🇷⚡️ — Scenes from the massive fire in Jubail Industrial City, Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province, following an Iranian missile strike.

➡️ The target is reportedly Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC), the Middle East’s largest petrochemical company.

🇮🇶🌞⚡️ — Several drones struck a PUK Peshmerga compound in the town of Chwarqurna, Iraqi Kurdistan, earlier tonight.

➡️ The compound hosts the 6th Brigade, the Command and Staff College, and a large PUK force designated as Command 2.

🇬🇧🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️ — Britain will not allow the U.S. to use RAF bases for strikes on Iranian bridges or power plants, according to The i Paper.

➡️ UK officials argue such attacks on civilian infrastructure could amount to a potential war crime, and any U.S. request to use British bases for this purpose would be refused.

🇺🇸🇮🇱❌🇮🇷 — Secondary explosions are being reported in the mountains near Najafabad, Isfahan province, following US/Israeli strikes.

🇸🇦🇮🇷⚡️ — The Saudi Ministry of Defence says it has shot down seven ballistic missiles launched toward its eastern region, with debris falling "in the vicinity of energy facilities," adding that damage assessments are ongoing.

🇸🇾🇮🇱🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️ — Syrians found a kill vehicle from a MIM‑401 interceptor of the U.S. THAAD anti-ballistic missile system in the Suwayda countryside, southern Syria.

🇮🇷🇺🇸🛢 — Iranian Light crude has risen to trade about $1 per barrel above Brent, marking a rare reversal from its usual discounted pricing, according to data from Argus Media.

➡️ It is now selling at a premium to the global benchmark for the first time since May 2022, driven by war-related supply disruptions and limited sanctions relief increasing demand.

🇺🇸⚡️ — WATCH: An AH-64E Apache attack helicopter employed a launched effect for the first time last month, executing a rocket-powered launch of an Anduril Altius 700 UAV during exercises at Yuma Proving Ground.