July, 2020

• 21 July

  Saudis angered as petrol prices rise 34%

  Saudi social media users rejected state-owned oil company Aramco’s decision to increase petrol and other fuel prices by 34 per cent this month.

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• 21 July

  Is the Saudi Government Plotting Against Another U.S.-Based Critic?

  In early May, officials with the C.I.A. reached out to Ali Soufan, a former F.B.I. agent who served as a lead investigator in the months before the September 11th attacks, to say they had learned that Al Qaeda militants were plotting against him. The officials asked Soufan not to disclose …

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• 21 July

  Mysterious Explosions Continue to Rock Iran

  The July 2 explosion at a key Iranian nuclear facility was likely an attack organized by an external actor.

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• 21 July

  Hezbollah financier 'freed by US after secret Iran talks'

  A Lebanese man convicted of financing Hezbollah was freed from jail in the US last month as a result of indirect contacts between Tehran and Washington that are expected to yield more releases, three senior Middle East officials told Reuters news agency.

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• 21 July

  Turkey Says 17,000 Terrorists Eliminated So Far; 1900 Only In 2020

  Turkish security forces have neutralized more than 17,000 terrorists since July 2015, the country’s defence minister said on Wednesday.

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• 21 July

  Jordan: Top court orders local Muslim Brotherhood group dissolved

  Reformist splinter group, which separated from Muslim Brotherhood in 2015, emerges victorious in landmark case

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• 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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