Morning recap

Good morning Middle East Eye readers, If you're just joining us, here are key developments from across the region: • US President Donald Trump has signed into law legislation extending existing US sanctions on Iran to 2031 and expanding sanctions, tariffs and other restrictions on Russia. • Explosions were heard in Riyadh on Saturday, AFP reported, while Saudi civil defence authorities issued, and later withdrew, alerts for several provinces. • Yemen’s Human Rights Ministry accused the Houthis of attacking and looting Saudi-funded humanitarian and medical facilities in al-Khawkhah and other areas along the western coast of the country. • Yemen's Houthis said that Saudi Arabia had launched 26 strikes against areas under their control in the past 24 hours, amid continuing fighting between the Iran-aligned movement and Yemen's Riyadh-backed government. • Turkey has revoked the operating licence of Iran’s Bank Mellat, which remains on the US Treasury’s sanctions list, as Washington intensifies economic pressure on Tehran. • Saudi Arabia has informed at least two oil refining customers in Europe that they will not receive crude oil allocations in October, as the war in the Middle East hits global energy markets. • Former Palestinian Authority minister, Sufian Abu Zaida, has said he acted as a go-between for Israel and Hamas before 7 October 2023, and has promised to disclose the message Yahya Sinwar asked him to pass on. • Three Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip, Al Jazeera reported, citing local hospital sources. • Yemen’s foreign minister, Afrah Alzouba, has said that Yemen is not “an Iranian bargaining chip” and that its future is “determined by Yemenis through their state and national path”. • Rear Admiral Abdullah bin Salem al-Shehri, commander of the Multinational Maritime Defence Coalition (MMDC), has said that protection of international waterways is an international responsibility, and warned that “any threat to international maritime security will be deterred”. • US Central Command (Centcom) said it has redirected 105 commercial vessels since the US enforced a naval blockade against Iran.