July, 2021

• 16 July

  Wojciech Tumidalski: Kto kogo bardziej zawiesi, o konflikcie polskiego TK i TSUE

  

  Zanim Trybunał Konstytucyjny odebrał unijnemu sądowi prawo wkraczania w polski ustrój sędziów, TSUE uprzedził wyrok i zawiesił Izbę Dyscyplinarną. Klincz się zacieśnia. Rzut oka na środową transmisję z posiedzenia TK z zajętymi 5 z 15 foteli sędziowskich. To był smutny widok. Najważniejszy sąd w Polsce, w jednej trzeciej składu, orzekł, …

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• 16 July

  IDF concerned crisis in Lebanon could have repercussions along the border

  

  411th Battalion Commander Lt.-Col. Raz Haimlich said that it “can go either way.” With the Lebanese economy in a free fall, the IDF is concerned there may be an increase of drug smuggling and infiltrations of migrant workers or refugees along the northern border. “The Lebanese economy is not good, …

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• 16 July

  IDF requests billions in budget increase to boost Iran attack capabilities

  

  Israel considers Iran’s nuclear program as the number one concern. It would take one year to make a nuclear bomb – intel reports. The Israeli military has reportedly asked for a major budget increase so that it can strengthen its attack capabilities should it need to attack Iran’s nuclear program. …

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• 16 July

  Iranian dissidents to visit Israel next week – why?

  

  Iranian expats support Israelis in light of the latest attacks by Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, which are sponsored by Iran. A delegation of Iranian dissidents and expatriates plans to pay a solidarity visit to Israel next week with officials from the Trump administration. The mission is being organized by …

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• 16 July

  Taliban targeting Afghanistan’s crucial power, IT infrastructure

  

  The Afghan IT sector, one of the few success stories from the war-ravaged nation, now threatened by continued conflict. When 30-year-old Ali Atayee enrolled for his first computer lessons as an Afghan refugee child growing up in Iran, he knew then this is what he would like to pursue as …

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• 16 July

  The Pentagon is helping State identify Afghan interpreters for evacuation

  

  Operation Allies Refuge will start evacuating Afghan interpreters and fixers by the end of the month, the Biden administration announced on Wednesday, but it remains to be seen how many of the tens of thousands who aided U.S. troops over the past 20 years will be able to complete that …

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• 16 July

  U.S. to begin evacuating Afghan helpers this month

  

  U.S. officials will begin evacuating Afghan allies by the end of this month to a safe third-country while their visa applications are being processed, an administration official confirmed on Wednesday. President Joe Biden is expected to formally announce the effort, dubbed “Operation Allies Refuge,” later on Wednesday. Tracey Jacobsen, former …

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• 16 July

  IDF nabs dozens of Hamas activists after solidarity visit to terrorist’s village

  

  Army says roughly 30 detained outside Turmus Aya are members of Hamas student faction at Birzeit University and include individuals directly involved in terrorist activity The IDF said it arrested dozens of Hamas activists Wednesday after they paid a solidarity visit to the West Bank village of a Palestinian man …

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• 16 July

  Iraqi Shiite leader Sadr to sit out October election

  

  Muqtada al-Sadr also said he would withdraw his support for the current government and its replacement. Influential Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr says he will boycott Iraq’s upcoming general election, announcing that he is withdrawing support from the current and future governments. “In order to preserve what is left of the …

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• 16 July

  Hayat Tahrir al-Sham kicks Chechen jihadis out of Idlib

  

  After Hayat Tahrir al-Sham told the Chechen jihadi group Jund al-Sham it could either join its ranks or leave Idlib, the group’s members evacuated their military positions in the countryside of Latakia. Well-informed sources among jihadi groups told Al-Monitor that the Chechen Jund al-Sham (Soldiers of the Levant) group has …

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