Second explosion hits Iran

Welcome back to the Daily Briefing.

In today’s edition:

• Deadly explosion at gunpowder factory marks second detonation in Iran in days
• Europeans to meet with Iran's top diplomat ahead of next round of Iran-US talks
• Syrian minorities feel safer with Kurdish rule than Damascus government, locals tell Al-Monitor
• Lebanon's Aoun heads to UAE for economic assistance as Abu Dhabi remains wary
• Israel downs drone smuggling weapons, ammo from Egypt into Gaza

Thanks for reading,

Gabrielle (@gsdebinski)