- The US intelligence budget increased 11.6% this year. [Link]
- The brother of the king of Saudi Arabia returns to Saudi Arabia. [Link]
- Turkey claims Jamal Khashoggi was stranged as soon as he entered the consulate. [Link]
- Republican Senators tell Trump to suspend nuclear talks with Saudi Arabia. [Link]
- The PLO suspends recognition of Israel, withdraws from Oslo, and cuts security ties with Israel. [Link]
- Defense Secretary Mattis says over 1,000 members of the Afghan security forces were killed or injured during August and September. [Link]
- Over half of the Afghan population live in districts controlled or contested by the Taliban. [Link]
- Turkey’s president Erdogan vows to crush the Kurdish fighting force in Syria. [Link]
- Turkey begins an attack on US-backed Syrian Kurdish fighters in northern Syria. [Link]
- The Syrian Kurds suspend their anti-ISIS operations after Turkey attacked northern Syria. [Link]
- Defense Secretary Mattis calls for a ceasefire in Yemen. [Link]
- Libya’s IS affiliate group attacked a central Libyan city. The jihadists were able to hold the city for several hours before fleeing. [Link]
