Middle east events and news

Saudi Court Begins Trial Of Six ISIS Members Accused Of Planning To Kill Foreigners From U.S., Denmark, And France
On March 15, 2018, the Saudi daily newspaper Al-Sharq Al-Awsat reported that a court in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, had begun hearing the case of six Saudi members of the Islamic State (ISIS) accused of shooting at a Danish citizen and planning to kill U.S. citizens in the city of Tabouk, Saudi Arabia, of planning to kill a French woman in Tayma’a province, and of planning to kill a secret service agent and a former government official in other locations.
Al-Qaeda Leader Ayman Al-Zawahiri: Al-Baghdadi Rejected Our Proposal To Join Forces Against The U.S.
On March 18, 2018, Al-Sahab, the Al-Qaeda media outlet, published the first part of the tenth episode of “The Islamic Spring” lecture series featuring the leader of the organization, Ayman Al-Zawahiri. This episode was published about a year and a half after the ninth episode was released. The first episode in the series was released in September 2015.
EXCLUSIVE: On Telegram, ISIS Supporters Discuss Permissibility Of Joining Enemy Military, Police Forces To Receive Training
On March 6, 2018, several members of an English-language pro-Islamic State (ISIS) Telegram group discussed whether it was permissible to join an enemy military or police force only to receive training.(by memri org)