A dispatch from Sanaa: Yemen's ill-being, Saudi's well-being; but what about Egypt?
Ambiguity continues to shroud the extent of Egypt’s involvement in the Saudi-led coalition’s fight against rebel forces in Yemen.
The 10-member coalition has recently stepped up its campaign against the Iran-backed Houthi rebels, who control the capital of Sanaa. Forces have moved on from a months-long phase of extensive airstrikes that flattened the insurgents’ military holdouts — and inflicted grave civilian casualties — to a ground invasion, in which coalition troops are attempting to force Houthis back to their northern stronghold. Now the coalition seeks to battle an increasingly powerful Al-Qaeda presence in Yemen as well.
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Christian, Muslim Palestinians protest separation wall route
Hundreds of Muslim and Christian Palestinians protested Sunday morning in the West Bank town of Beit Jala against the future establishment of the separation wall that would cut them off from Jerusalem.
Protesters marched Sunday toward the work zone where the wall is route is being paved, just days after the army uprooted dozens of ancient olive trees to pave the route for the wall last week.
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ISIS is encouraging Turks to rise up and overthrow their government
This week, ISIS released a video in which a native Turkish speaker (later identified as Fatih Acipayam of Bursa) encouraged Turks to rise up in revolt against their government, claiming that democracy is an illegitimate system for Muslims to live under. The speaker went on to call President Recep Tayyip Erdogan a “devil” and Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu a “little devil.”
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