FYI - I was wondering what happened to Bret Stephens column in the Wall Street Journal - turns out with much brouhaha he's landed at the New York Times!
IS affiliated militants slaughter woman, kidnap her family in Rafah (Egypt Independent) The incident is the third one to take place against a woman in North Sinai.
Iran Is Building Two Land Corridors to the Mediterranean - Ehud Yaari (Foreign Affairs)
U.S. Gesture (Under Obama) to Iran Undermined Its Own Counterproliferation Efforts - Josh Meyer (Politico)
Jordanian Journalists: Hundreds Of Thousands Of Young Jordanians Support ISIS – And The Authorities Aren't Dealing With It - Z. Harel (MEMRI)
Fatah and Hamas Agree, Israel Has No Right to Exist - Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik (Palestinian Media Watch)
Human Rights Watch Condemns Hamas Treatment of Two Israeli Civilians (Human Rights Watch) Two Israeli men with serious mental health conditions who crossed separately from Israel into Gaza in 2014 and 2015 have apparently been held by Hamas, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday.
Thousands of Palestinians Rally in Ramallah for Islamic Caliphate - Bassam Tawil (Gatestone Institute)
Beheadings of Indian soldiers (by Pakistani army) prove Pakistan Army still the main destabilising force in South Asia - Rajeev Deshpandel (Times of India)
Qatar's Support for Terror - Jonathan Schanzer (New York Post)
Russia is Arming the Taliban- Michael J Totten (World Affairs Journal) The Russians say they are arming Al Qaeda’s ideological twins so that the Taliban can fight ISIS. It’s a dubious claim. Heavy Russian machine guns are showing up in Taliban hands far from ISIS positions. More important is that Russia isn’t even denying that it’s arming the Taliban.
Chinese Jihadis' Rise in Syria Raises Concerns at Home - Bassem Mroue and Gerry Shih (AP-Washington Post)The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said there are about 5,000 Chinese fighters in Syria, but Li Wei, a Chinese terrorism expert, said the number was about 300, who brought with them about 700 family members.
Explainer: The 'Very Bad History' Of Safe Zones - Alan Crosby (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)
On (Israel) Independence Day, UNESCO okays resolution ignoring Jewish links to Jerusalem- Raphael Ahren and Alexander Fullbright (Times of Israel)
U.S. Battling ISIS Drones with Electronic Warfare Counter-Drone Capabilities - Mark Pomerleau (C4ISRNET )
