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