Argentina
Egypt
Jihadi
War in Sinai - Yoram Schweitzer
and Shani Avita (Institute for
National Security Studies-Tel Aviv University)
Growing terrorist activity by Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis in Sinai, and the
tightening of its relations with non-Egyptian terrorist organizations
headed by ISIS and Salafi jihadi affiliates from Gaza, constitute a
strong challenge to the stability of the el-Sisi regime in Egypt.
Iran
Iran's
"Political Prisoner Cleansing" - Shadi Paveh
(Gatestone) Iran continues to hide behind the world's focus on
ISIS to accelerate political arrests, executions, "prison
cleansing" and above all, its program to achieve nuclear
capability.The "mainstream media" and so-called Human
Rights Groups have, as usual, remained silent.
Israel
Israel
Okays New Homes for Jews and Arabs in Jerusalem
(Times
of Israel) A
Jerusalem committee gave its final approval last week to advance the
construction of new housing in the southern Jerusalem neighborhood of
Givat Hamatos, Deputy Mayor Kobi Kahlon said Wednesday. The move was
largely symbolic, as the Jerusalem District Planning and Building
Committee had formally announced the project in 2012. Half of the
housing units will be designated for Arab residents, while the
remaining apartments will house Jews, Army Radio reported.
Palestinians
PA
honors murderers of 3 Israeli teens
- Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik (PMW)
Hamas
Seeks to Establish Islamic State in Place of Israel
(Xinhua-China)
Hamas
strongman Mahmoud al-Zahar announced Tuesday, "We don't want to
establish an Islamic emirate in Gaza; we want an Islamic state in all
Palestine." Al-Zahar vowed that his movement will follow "the
program of resistance," adding that "during the last war on
Gaza, we learned how to liberate all the occupied lands of
Palestine."
Qatar
The
Case Against Qatar – Elizabeth
Dickinson (Foreign Policy) They're
one of the US's Arab partners in the war with ISIS, yet they fund al
Qaeda in Syria, al-Nusra Front and Hamas.
Syria
Chechen
unit from Islamic State reportedly fighting at Kobane -
Bill Roggio & Caleb Weiss (Long
War Journal)
Photos
after U.S. Airstrike on Khorasan Group - a Unit of the Nusra Front
-
Jenan Moussa (Al-Aan
TV-Dubai)
United
Nations
Text:
Abbas' UN Speech
(Times
of Israel)
United
States
In
Iraq, Syria, US lifts rules meant to protect civilians –
Stuart Winer (Times of Israel)
Exacting standards designed to avoid unintended casualties do not
apply to fight against Islamic State, White House says
White
House Exempts Airstrikes in Syria and Iraq from Tight Standards on
Civilian Deaths
-
Michael Isikoff (Yahoo
News)
