卡塔尔外交部发言人：伊朗需展现善意，停止对阿拉伯海湾国家的威胁，并开放霍尔木兹海峡，才能使调解努力取得成功。

Egypt's parliament on the 26th approved providing military support to Saudi Arabia to help defend against attacks by Iran-aligned Houthi forces in Yemen. The vote, held after three closed-door sessions and two delays, completes the constitutional approval required for overseas troop deployments. It remains unclear what form the support will take; a deployment of Egyptian ground forces would be the country's first overseas operation since the 1991 Gulf War and could, if it occurs, risk broadening military confrontation across the Middle East.

Brazil's finance ministry canceled the fixed-rate government bond auction originally scheduled for Oct. 29.