Link to article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/10/14/egypt-italy-regeni-murder-trial-suspended On Thursday, October 14, Italian judge Antonella Capri ruled that the trial of four Egyptian officers would be suspended. The four officers were accused of kidnapping, torturing, and muder of Giulio Regeni, a doctoral student from Italy. The ruling came from the fact that if the trial were to continue, the defendants would be tried in… Read more »
Link: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/10/13/qatar-taliban-iran-nuclear-talks On Wednesday, October 13, Qatar’s foreign minister Sheikh Mohamad Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani delivered a speech at the Global Security Forum in Doha, Qatar in which he discussed the strengthening of the Gulf Cooperation Council as well as the area’s relationship with Iran, the U.S., and Afghanistan. Earlier this year, the nations involved with the GCC decided… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/pro-iran-militias-warn-forceful-response-after-israeli-strike-syrias-palmyra-2021-10-14/ On Thursday 14, Iran-backed militias in Syria issued a response to the Israeli drone strikes in their areas the night before. The drone strike was an example of Israel’s attempts to reduce Iranian presence in Syria, specifically Hezbollah. This has been an effort since the civil war in Syria started in 2011. According to an anonymous… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/10/17/shooting-in-syria-could-mark-new-phase-in-israeli-campaign A Syrian lawmaker was killed on Saturday by a sniper. Though unconfirmed, many are speculating that it was an Israeli sniper. The man who was killed, Midhat Saleh, lived along the Israeli frontier in the occupied Golan Heights. Israeli media had been reporting that he was assisting the Iranian military against Israel, which would give reason… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/10/15/afghanistan-footballers-qatar-fifa Qatar and FIFA have teamed up in an effort to evacuate almost 100 footballers, many of them women as well as their families, from Afghanistan following the invasion of the Taliban. The flight they left on, which held 357 passengers, was Qatar’s largest evacuation flight from Kabul out of the 8 that have been carried out…. Read more »
Link to article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/10/17/settler-attacks As olive harvest season officially begins in Palestine, attacks by Israeli settlers on Palestinian farmers have increased drastically. Attacks consist of both physical attacks, including assault, stoning, and pepper spray, as well as attacks on their livelihoods through the burning and uprooting of hundreds of olive trees. Between 80,000 to 100,000 Palestinian families rely on olives… Read more »
Link: https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2021/10/11/bberdogan-seeks-biden-meeting-to-discuss-us-warplane-deal-source On September 30, 2021 Turkish president Tyyip Erdogan sent a formal request to the United States of America to purchase new military aircrafts. They sent out a request for 40 new F-16 Block 70 aircrafts, they also wanted 80 kits from Lockheed Martin Corp to modernize their F-16’s they already have had. The deal would be around 6… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/10/13/us-blinken-normalising-ties-syria-al-assad After a conference held on Wednesday, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has stated that The United States will not attempt to normalize ties held with Syria or its president. This statement comes after a shift amongst Arab allies of the US, who are attempting to revive all economic and diplomatic ties. For example, Jordan, a… Read more »
Link: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/10/13/turkey-says-it-will-do-what-is-necessary-after-syria-attacks On October 13, 2021 the top Turkeys top diplomat spoke out about cross border attacks from Syria. The recent attack from Syria that killed two Turkish police officers. Turkey said that two areas of Karkamis were hit with guided missiles that launched from YPG-controlled areas of Turkey. YPG is currently an organization backed by the United States of… Read more »
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2021/10/egypt-seeks-brazils-support-nile-dam-dispute The states of Egypt and Ethiopia are locked in disagreement and reproach due to the ensuing conflict from the planning of the GERD ¨Grand Ethiopian Resistance Dam.¨ This dam that the Ethiopian government plans on constructing will limit and cut off thousands of gallons of water per week to the Nile River Valley, drastically impeding on agricultural and energy… Read more »
