Afghanistan

Taliban overruns another district in northern Afghanistan – Bill Roggio (The Long War Journal)

 

 

Bahrain 

Bahrain Disrupts Bid to Smuggle High-Grade Explosives - William Maclean (Reuters) The two suspects admitted receiving the shipment from Iranian handlers, and that one of the two had received military training in Iran.

 

 

Iran 

Will Iran Self-Inspect Its Nuclear Program?- Jonathan S. Landay and William Douglas (McClatchy)

 

 

Lebanon

Hizbullah Chief Warns Arab States Against Fostering Ties with Israel - Daniel Siryoti  (Israel Hayom)

 

 

Middle East 

Fences Rise Across Middle East as Jihadi Threat Escalates - Salma El Wardany and Caroline Alexander (Bloomberg Business)

 

 

Partners for Peace? 

Israel Foreign Ministry: Sunni Arab Nations Are "Allies" (JTA)Palestinian Cleric: Our Main War Is with the U.S. and Europe (MEMRI)

July 25 was the end of the Jewish holiday of Tisha B'Av which commemorates the destruction of The Temples in Jerusalem.

Palestinian Authority: Jerusalem never had a Jewish Temple - Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik (PMW)

Palestinian Rioters Attack Police on Temple Mount. (Times of Israel)  The "Al-Aksa is in Danger" Libel: The History of a Lie - Nadav Shragai (Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs)

 

 

Russia 

How to Scam ISIS (Clarion Project) Three Chechen women pretended to be jihadi brides through fake social media accounts, but kept the travel money ISIS sent them instead.

 

 

Turkey 

What Turkey Wants in Syria - Burak Bekdil (Gatestone Institute) In all reality, Prime Minister Davutoglu wants to replace extreme Islamists with less extreme Islamists.

 

 

United States of America

A CSP Poll from June reported that 38% of Muslim-Americans say Islamic State (ISIS) beliefs are Islamic or correct.

Pollard Required to Remain in U.S. for Five Years after Release (Attorneys for Jonathan Pollard-IMRA)

A Washington Official, and the Washington Post, Fabricate Israeli Praise for the Iran Deal (CAMERA)

A Call to Formally Label ISIS Attacks on Christians, Yezidis as Genocide – Abigail R. Esman (IPT)

Amnesty Protests "Staggering Execution Spree" in Iran (AFP)

Iran's Prison Archipelago - Lawrence A. Franklin (Gatestone Institute)

Where's the Coverage? Under Nuke Deal, US and West to Protect Iran from Israel (CAMERA) The latest untold story: A provision in the nuclear deal with Iran obligates the U.S. and Western allies to protect the Iranian nuclear program from... Israel.

Kerry: Khamenei’s anti-American remarks ‘disturbing’ - Tamar Pilegg (Times of Israel)

Iran dismisses Germany’s call for Israel recognition (Times of Israel)

Text of Ayatollah Khamenei's Speech on July 18, 2015 (Ayatollah Khamenei-Iran)

How Hizbullah Is Preparing for the Third Lebanon War - Ronen Bergman (Ynet News) Hizbullah is speeding up its preparations for the third Lebanon war, and this time it has no intention of settling for firing rockets at Israel.

Lebanon’s Self-Defeating Survival Strategies (Crisis Group)

Report on PA Education System Shows Widespread Glorification of Terrorism (Palestinian Media Watch)

Saudi Press: We Must Have a Military Nuclear Program within a Decade (MEMRI) 

Responding to the nuclear deal, Saudi Arabia forms Sunni alliance with Hamas and Brotherhood - Al-Masry Al-Youm (Egypt Independent)

U.S. State Dept. Bars Christians from Testifying about Persecution – Raymond Ibrahim (Gatestone Institute)

Iranian Officers Interrogate Prisoners in Yemen - Arafat Madabish (Asharq Al-Awsat-UK) 

China

The China-Iran Nuclear Pipeline: How to Shut It Down - Orde F. Kittrie (Foreign Affairs)

Egypt
Egypt Accuses Turkey of Subversion - Col. (ret.) Dr. Jacques Neriah (Institute for Contemporary Affairs-Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs) The Egyptian military revealed on July 8, 2015, that it had captured Turkish intelligence officers who were actively involved in the guerrilla war waged by the Islamic State in Sinai and inside Egypt itself against the Sisi regime.

ISIS-Linked Terrorists Set Egypt Navy Vessel Ablaze Off Sinai (Al Jazeera)

England

BBC Shocker: ‘Iran Not a Threat to Israel’ - Simon Plosker (Honest Reporting)

BBC Reporter Explains Why Yemen Gets Less Coverage than Gaza (CAMERA) Saudi bombardment of Yemen has inflicted higher civilian casualties than Israeli operations in Gaza, but gets less coverage, according to a BBC correspondent, because it is less safe and less accessible for reporters.

'This Isn't Justice, This Child Is Being Terrorized': Meet the UK Teens Facing Deportation to Afghanistan - Maeve McClenaghan (Vice News)

Iran

Iran Bans U.S. Inspectors from All Nuclear Sites - Adam Kredo (Washington Free Beacon)  Other parts of the agreement include a promise by the U.S. to help Iran combat nuclear sabotage and threats to its program.

Iran's President Rouhani Describes Iran's Gains in Nuclear Deal - Thomas Erdbrink (Twitter)  "Our objective was to have the nuclear program and have sanctions lifted. At first they wanted us to have 100 centrifuges; now we will have 6,000. They wanted restrictions of 25 years; now its 8. First they said we could only have IR1 centrifuges, now we can have IR6, 7, and 8, advanced centrifuges. Heavy water plant at Arak had to be dismantled; but now it will remain with heavy water under conditions. Fordo had to be closed; now we will have 1,000 centrifuges there." 

Partners for Peace

Israeli Imam Supports ISIS(MEMRI)

 "Palestine is more precious than my sons," says women's rights activist - Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik (PMW)

Syria

Assad bombing civilians to turn them against rebels (Middle East Eye)

United Nations surprise: UN Calls on Palestinians to Provide Information on Missing Israelis - Edith M. Lederer (AP)