❗Conflict Overview: Day 215

▪This week’s attempts by Qatari mediators to broker a diplomatic breakthrough in relations between the US and Iran have collapsed, as neither side is willing to budge, Axios quoted sources as saying

▪Indirect talks between the US and Iran have entered a new phase, with the two sides discussing guarantees and the procedure for implementing the conflict settlement plan, Al Arabiya TV reported

▪The US has formally concluded Operation Inherent Resolve in Iraq, the Pentagon said

▪Trump confirmed the withdrawal of remaining US troops from Iraq, calling the operation "a very expensive excursion into hell"

▪Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi officially announced the end of the US-led international coalition’s mission in Iraq, calling it a victory and the start of "the stage of a sovereign Iraq"

▪The number of tankers attacked in the Strait of Hormuz on September 29 has risen to three, the UKMTO reported

▪Israeli investigators examining the incident aboard a Flydubai plane traveling from Dubai to Tel Aviv do not rule out that the pilot planned to crash into a skyscraper in Israel, The Telegraph reported, citing sources