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.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israel-arrests-two-prisoners-who-escaped-gilboa-prison-israeli-police-2021-09-19/ On Sunday, September 19, Israel recaptured the last two remaining Palestinian militants that escaped from their maximum security jail. The recapturing was accomplished by Israel raiding the city of Jenin in the northern west bank, a decision which caused violence to break out between Israeli troops and Palestinians. Upon exiting Jenin, rocks and explosives were thrown… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/hezbollah-brings-iranian-fuel-into-lebanon-al-manar-tv-says-2021-09-16/ The militant group Hezbollah started importing fuel oil from Iran into Lebanon on thursday, September 16. Hezbollah imported the fuel in order to try and ease the ongoing energy crisis in Lebanon. The Lebanese government claimed that Hezbollah did not request permission before importing the fuel, which is backed up by the claim that the tanker… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russias-putin-meets-syrias-assad-moscow-2021-09-14/ Syrian president Bashar al-Assad met with Russian president Vladimir Putin on Monday, September 13. The presidents met at The Kremlin in Russia, where they discussed the ongoing conflict in Syria between Assad’s regime and Insurgent groups. Assad thanked Putin for aiding him in the conflict, with Russia having deployed its air force in Syria since 2015,… Read more »
