The True Story of an Iranian Sportsman's Fight for Life - Nicolas Messner and Pedro Lasuen (International Judo Federation)

The US-Taliban Negotiations: A Deadly Qatari Trap -  Yigal Carmon (MEMRI)

The Afghan ‘peace’ deal will not bring peace to the Afghan people - Sahar Halaimzai   & Horia Mosadiqi (AlJazeera)

Russia 'arming the Afghan Taliban', says US  - Justin Rowlatt (BBC) 

EU to Give PA $27 Million to Pay August Salaries (Middle East Monitor-UK)

Hezbollah and Iran (Honest Reporting/Youtube Video)

Hamas Chief Thanks Ayatollah Khamenei for Support (Fars-Iran)

Palestinian Authority Declares End to Division of West Bank according to Oslo Accords - Jack Khoury  (Ha'aretz)

Palestinian Authority Must Pay $3.61 Million in Torture Case - Ahmad Melhem  (Al-Monitor) 

Palestinian Children Stage Mock Kidnapping of Israeli Boy at Kindergarten Graduation Ceremony - Chris Pleasance (Daily Mail-UK)

Syria Imported 17 Million Barrels of Iranian Crude in Past Year (Maritime Executive)

U.S. forces strike Syrian al Qaeda facility - Defense Dept (Reuters)

The Return of Doomsday The New Nuclear Arms Race—and How Washington and Moscow Can Stop It - Ernest J. Moniz And Sam Nunn (Foreign Affairs)

What the HBO Series "Our Boys" Doesn't Want Us to Know - Jonathan S. Tobin (JNS)