July, 2020

• 21 July

  IDF prevents attempted terror attack near Nablus

  The IDF Spokesperson’s Unit announced on Wedensday that IDF soldiers had thwarted an attempted attack, arresting a squad of four alleged terrorists near the city of Nablus in the area of the Samaria Regional Council. According to the statement, two Molotov cocktails and one IED were seized from the four …

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• 21 July

  UN Frees Up 'Expense' Money for Several Declared Terrorists

  The United Nations has freed up “expense” money for several men designated as terrorists at the request of the Pakistani government, including one with a $10 million U.S. bounty on his head.

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• 21 July

  Turkish court sentences Germany-based journalist to jail on terrorism charges

  A Turkish court sentenced German-Turkish journalist Deniz Yucel in absentia on Thursday to jail for 2 years and 9 months for terrorism propaganda, his lawyer said, in a case that has strained ties between Ankara and Berlin.

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• 21 July

  Desperate Lebanese forced to look to Hezbollah

  The expected verdict in the Special Tribunal for Lebanon is now set for Aug. 7 after being delayed from May. It is already clear that the tribunal will issue a judgment concerning the four accused and not against the group to which they belong: Hezbollah. This means that each of …

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• 21 July

  EU must designate Hezbollah as terror organization, 230 lawmakers say

  In their letter, the lawmakers urged “the EU to end this false distinction between ‘military’ and ‘political’ arms”

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• 21 July

  The Rise of ‘Wolf Warrior’ Diplomacy from China

  Chinese diplomats have engaged in aggressive ‘wolf warrior’ public diplomacy in the last year, following instructions from President Xi Jinping to show more ‘fighting spirit’ in defending China on the world stage.

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• 21 July

  What’s behind the wave of mysterious incidents in Iran?

  On the 10th anniversary of the discovery of the Stuxnet computer virus, designed by the U.S. and Israel to target Iran’s nuclear program, the Islamic Republic is facing a new wave of unclaimed acts of sabotage. While military and nuclear facilities in Parchin and Natanz have been attacked, this latest …

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• 21 July

  Turkey’s Generation Z Turns Against Erdogan

  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s online address to students on June 26 was the latest sign that his efforts to shape Turkey’s young generation in his image have failed. Thousands of students joining the YouTube livestream disliked the video and used the comments section to criticize Erdogan and tell him …

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• 21 July

  Iran's Military Alliance with China Threatens Middle East Security

  Announcing Iran’s intention to build a new military base in the Indian Ocean, Admiral Alireza Tangsiri, the commander of the naval attachment of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), said that the base would be used to protect fishing and commercial vessels from piracy and “foreign ships”, a reference to …

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• 21 July

  Armenia-Azerbaijan

  Clashes broke out Sunday along the Armenia-Azerbaijan state border, killing four Armenian and eleven Azerbaijani soldiers, as well as an Azerbaijani civilian. It is the worst and most worrying escalation on this front since 2016, say Crisis Group experts Olesya Vartanyan and Zaur Shiriyev. Along the border, the shooting disrupted …

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