Afghanistan
Kabul Art Project – Shamsa Hassani who told Art Radar: I want to make Afghanistan famous because of its art, not its War.
EU
EU Funding Illegal Palestinian Building, Report Claims -Jake Wallis Simons (Daily Mail-UK) The EU is acting illegally by funding more than 400 unauthorized Palestinian homes in 17 locations in Area C of the West Bank, which was placed under Israeli jurisdiction during the Oslo Accords
European 'No-Go' Zones: Fact or Fiction? Part 2: Britain – Soren Kern (Gatestone Institute)
Iran
Pentagon: Islamic State a Top U.S. Challenge, Iran Faces No Barriers to Producing a Nuclear Weapon- David Lerman and Anthony Capaccio (Bloomberg)
How Iran Is Making It Impossible for the U.S. to Beat ISIS- Michael Weiss and Michael Pregent (Daily Beast) There are more than 50 "highly ideological, anti-American, and rabidly sectarian" Shia militias operating in Iraq today, and recruiting more to their ranks, all with the acquiescence of the central government. Iraq's Vice President for Reconciliation, Ayad Allawi, a secular Shia, told the Guardian that pro-government forces have been ethnically cleansing Sunnis from Baghdad. Thus, Sunni tribesmen are given a choice between cutting a pragmatic deal with ISIS or embracing Shia death squads.
Iraq
Anbar Tribes Form Joint Coalition Against ISIS - Manaf Al-Obaidi (Asharq Al-Awsat-UK)
Partners for Peace?
Israeli, PA Security Forces Cooperate Against Islamic State- Avi Issacharoff (Times of Israel)
Abbas' Fatah promotes rocket attacks against Israel - Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik (PMW)
Why Is Hamas Smiling? - Khaled Abu Toameh (Gatestone Institute) The Palestinian Fatah faction is currently embroiled in a bitter and violent power struggle between PA President Mahmoud Abbas and his major rival, Mohamed Dahlan. The streets of Gaza have become scenes of violent clashes between supporters of Abbas and Dahlan.
Russia
Security Council Condemns Killing of Spanish Peacekeeper, But Not Killing of 2 IDF Soldiers - Cara Anna (AP) A council diplomat said Russia blocked a French-drafted statement on Tuesday that would have condemned the Hizbullah attack on the Israeli soldiers as a violation of the resolution that ended the 2006 war.
Syria
Crowds in Syria Cheer While Watching 'Burning of Pilot' Film (The Clarion Project)
United States
U.S. Seen in Middle East as Ally of Terrorists - Khaled Abu Toameh (Gatestone Institute)
Vaccines, Racists, and the Discriminatory Standard (CAMERA) In the United States, government often penalizes those who don't vaccinate their children, for example, by barring the children from attending public schools. Why, then, hasn't U.S. immunization policy been described as racist in the pages of major newspapers? Both The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal have relayed the absurd charge that Israel's policy penalizing families that don't immunize children amounts to anti-Arab discrimination.
Uruguay
Uruguay Expels Iranian Envoy Suspected of Helping Place Bomb near Israeli Embassy - Barak Ravid (Ha'aretz)
Yemen
Houthis attempting to control Yemen's Bab El-Mandeb strait (Asharq Al-Awsat)
Implications of the Houthi coup-detat in Yemen – Josheph Karam (Foreign Policy)
