Qatar has been leading intense mediation efforts over the past 72 hours to prevent a new round of possible U.S. attacks on Iran after Tuesday's midterm elections. The uncertainty has the entire Gulf region on edge.

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SACHA PFEIFFER, HOST:

Meanwhile, the U.S. and Israel are planning for possible strikes on Iran after Tuesday's midterms, and Qatar has been leading intense mediation efforts over the past 72 hours to try to prevent that from happening. The uncertainty of what comes next has the entire Gulf region on edge. NPR's international correspondent Aya Batrawy is in Bahrain, and she's with us to talk about all this. Hi, Aya.

AYA BATRAWY, BYLINE: Hey, Sacha.

PFEIFFER: To start us off, a two-part question - what do these mediation efforts look like, and what has President Trump said, if anything, about how likely another attack on Iran is?

BATRAWY: All right. So Qatar has been really tight-lipped about what's been going on.…