Iraq Signs Deal to Buy Arms from Iran, Breaking UN Arms Embargo - Ahmed Rasheed (Reuters)

Sharp Rise In HIV Infections In Iran (World Crunch)
Iranian diva sings for gay rights -Aron Dónzis (Times of Israel)

Egypt's Move towards Russia Hints at Shifting Regional Alliances - Ahmed Eleiba (Al-Ahram-Egypt)
Back into an Embrace with the Russian Bear - Zvi Mazel (Jerusalem Post)
Seven Egyptian Christians Found Murdered in Libya (Al-Ahram-Egypt)
Egyptian Army Claimed It Invented Miracle Cure For Hepatitis C And HIV Viruses (MEMRI)

100% rise in Palestinian  "family honor" killings - Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik (PMW)
Pew Survey: Palestinians Dislike America More than Any Other Group (Algemeiner) Palestinians living in the West Bank and Gaza dislike the U.S. more than any other group, with 76% describing America as an "enemy."
Saeb Erekat's Fabrication Exposes 'Palestinian Narrative' - Eric Rozenman (CAMERA)
Terrorist planned attack in order to receive PA salary - Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik (PMW)
Israel: PA Water Supply Has Increased by 50 Percent Since Oslo - Ariel Kahana and Dalia Mazori (Ma'ariv-Hebrew)
Where's the Coverage? PA to Increase Payouts to Terrorists - (CAMERA)

Which Israeli will Europe and Arabs Target Next? - Timon Dias (Gatestone Institute) While the rest of the Dutch Arnhem-based soccer club, Vitesse, attended a training camp in Abu Dhabi, the team left one of its Israeli-born defenders at home.

Turks Stage Protests Demanding Erdogan's Resignation (Xinhua-China) Thousands of Turks took to the streets in 11 cities on Tuesday demanding the resignation of Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan. An audio recording disclosed on the Internet on Monday suggested the Turkish prime minister ordered his son Bilal Erdogan to dispose of vast amounts of cash just after a graft probe was launched on Dec. 17 when police raided sons of three ministers. Erdogan labeled the leaked recording as "fake." The leader of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), Kemal Kilicdaroglu, claimed that the leaked phone conversation is genuine.