The US Secretary of State and the GCC ministers discussed Iran

"If Iran achieves its irreversible nuclear capability, it will be a deadly deal in the eyes of the US government," a senior US State Department official told Politico.

According to the Pentagon, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, in contact with senior officials of the GCC member states, praised their role in evacuating endangered Afghan nationals and foreign nationals from Afghanistan.

Bloomberg quoted two Turkish officials as saying that the country had sent thousands of troops to northwestern Syria to prevent the Syrian army from advancing on Idlib. Ankara worries that a possible attack by the Syrian army could cause many Syrian refugees to flee to Turkey

Saudi Arabia says its defense has destroyed a fifth drone fired by Iranian-backed Houthi militants into the city of Khamis. In the past few hours, four UAVs and a ballistic missile have intercepted and destroyed Iranian-backed Houthis, military officials said.

Two Republican and Democratic senators have proposed that Washington ask the European Union to recognize both the military and political branches of Hezbollah in Lebanon as a "terrorist group." Known as a "terrorist."