<h1>Cross-border armed attack triggers approval of extended-range arms transfer, fuel export restrictions and a criminal investigation.</h1> A large-scale aerial assault using strike drones and missiles caused civilian deaths and injuries and damaged residential and diplomatic sites; a foreign government approved an arms transfer to bolster defense. Attacks on petroleum refineries produced fires and disrupted fuel supplies, prompting export restrictions and rationing. Separately, a former parliamentary speaker was fatally shot and an investigation was announced.