Daily News Issue Date:
October 16, 2014
News:
News:
PM Hamdallah [1] tells an IMF delegation that the reconstruction of Gaza [2] cannot take place if Israel's blockade continues. (Ma’an/Jerusalem Post)
Hamas leader Abu Marzouk [3] says indirect ceasefire talks between Hamas and Israel will resume at the end of October. (Ynet)
The New York Times [4] looks at Jewish settlement activity in occupied East Jerusalem is raising tensions. (New York Times)
Israeli authorities prevent exporting Gaza products to the occupied West Bank [5]. (Ma’an)
PA security forces kill a Palestinian man in Hebron [6] during a raid in the occupied West Bank. (Ma’an)
Gen. Allen [7] says the US is bombing ISIS targets in Kobani [8] for humanitarian purposes. (Reuters/Washington Post)
A Syrian Kurdish [9] official calls on the international community to allow weapons into the border town of Kobani. (AP)
Syrian Kurds are giving the US [10] target coordinates to try to halt an ISIS [11] assault in Kobani. (Reuters/New York Times)
The Pentagon [12] says US-led airstrikes have killed several hundred ISIS fighters around the Syrian town of Kobani. (Reuters)
PM al-Abadi [13] is facing a war against ISIS and is also battling critics in his own party. (New York Times)
ISIS [14] is nearing a strategic town about 25 miles west of Baghdad [15]. (New York Times/Washington Post)
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid al-Hussein [16] compares the ebola outbreak and ISIS [17] by labelling them “twin plagues.” (AP/Times of Israel)
A suicide [18] attack in Baghdad kills at least eight people. (AP)
FM Zarif says international nuclear talks in Vienna [21] with representatives of the P5+1 were difficult but progress has been made. (Times of Israel)
Commentary:
Matthew Levitt, Oula Abdulhamid Alrifai and Kelsey Segawa [22] say Hamas is going through a “rough patch.” (The Hill)
Danny Danon [23] says Palestinian “lawfare” will backfire. (JTA)
David Pollock [24] says Egyptians, Saudis and Lebanese overwhelmingly reject both ISIS and the US. (Times of Israel)
Mohamad Bazzi [25] says the tribal system is Iraq’s key asset in the fight against ISIS. (The National)
The National [26] says hunger is the latest effect of Pres. Assad’s war. (The National)
The New York Times [27] says the Pentagon allowed highly dangerous chemical weapons to be left behind in Iraq. (New York Times)
Joyce Karam [28] says the buildup of militias will be a threat even after ISIS is defeated. (Al Arabiya)
Eyad Abu Shakra [29] says the US has no genuine comprehensive strategy for the Middle East. (Asharq al-Awsat)
Front Page Features