The UN aid coordination office recorded at least 160 Israeli settler attacks linked to the olive harvest in the first two weeks of October 2026.

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Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa received Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi at Damascus International Airport before holding official bilateral talks at the People’s Palace.

Senior officials from Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan held a four-way meeting in Tehran on October 26, 2026, with Iranian leaders to discuss Middle East security and the war.

Pakistani Army Chief Asim Munir presented a diplomatic proposal in Tehran, with authorization from United States President Donald Trump, offering Pakistan, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar as potential guarantors if Iran accepts.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian told Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on October 27, 2026, that Middle Eastern nations are capable of resolving regional problems without United States involvement.

Israeli border authorities held delegates from Progressive International for eight to nine hours, seizing their passports and subjecting them to individual interviews at the border crossing.

The international delegation attempting to cross from Jordan into Palestinian territory included representatives from France, Spain, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Greece, Holland, Ireland, the US, and the UK.

Delegates including Labour MP Clive Lewis and SNP MP Lara Bird stated that Israeli officials shouted during individual interrogations and accused Bird of hating Israel before turning the group back to Jordan.

Former Labour MP Sam Tarry stated that Israeli authorities barred the Progressive International delegation to prevent international representatives from witnessing West Bank conditions ahead of the Israeli national election.

The Israeli military announced the closure of all West Bank land crossings on October 26, 2026, as part of security measures ahead of national elections on October 27, 2026.

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz instructed officials earlier in October 2026 to pursue exclusion orders against international activists traveling to West Bank olive-harvesting areas.

Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband stated that the UK government was deeply concerned about British politicians being denied entry into the West Bank and raised the issue with Israeli authorities.

A spokesperson for the Israeli embassy in the UK claimed the delegation was turned away because members failed to cooperate with border officials and provided false information about their visit.

UN Commission Chair Muralidhar stated that the Palestinian Authority increased its use of unnecessary and disproportionate force following the October 7, 2023 Hamas-led attacks on Israel

The Jordanian military stated that its October 26, 2026 airstrikes in southern Syria were conducted in coordination with the Syrian government

No group has claimed responsibility for the October 23, 2026 Karak church attack, though Jordanian authorities described the three suspects arrested after the attack as having an extremist 'takfiri' ideology

The Nassib border crossing serves as Jordan's only commercial and passenger border crossing with Syria

Major General Obeidallah Al-Maaytah stated that all three suspects were injured during the October 26, 2026 shootout in Karak, with large caches of weapons and ammunition seized from the scene

Jordanian Interior Minister Mazen al-Faraya stated on October 26, 2026 that there was no indication of external contacts or foreign collaboration involving the three suspects arrested over the October 23, 2026 Karak church attack

Syria's civil defense service stated that five members of one family, including a woman and three children, were killed when a Jordanian airstrike hit a tent in the village of Al Tai in Daraa Province

The Syrian government denied prior coordination or notification regarding the October 26, 2026 Jordanian airstrikes and announced an investigation into the strikes