JMEPP Middle East Weekly Roundup

Gulf nations express solidarity with Saudi Arabia over Khashoggi disappearance case, Iranian parliament moves to impose restrictions on terror financing, and Turkish authorities release US pastor Andrew Brunson from house arrest

Turkish investigators accuse Saudi Arabia of sending team to kill exiled journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Egypt grants Mohammed Badie and other Muslim Brotherhood leaders retrial, and Libyan National Army forces capture Egyptian militant wanted on terror charges

Saudi journalist Khashoggi disappears in Istanbul after visiting consulate to obtain marriage license, Turkey-aligned Faylaq al-Sham becomes first Syrian rebel group to withdraw from contested Idlib, and Iraq elects new president despite former KRG President Barzani’s objections

Militants attacked a military parade and killed 25 in Iran’s Ahvaz, including bystanders – ISIL claimed responsibility. IDF soldiers killed one person and wounded twenty as Gaza protests intensified and talks with Hamas broke down. Renewed fighting in Yemen’s Hodeidah witnessed Saudi-led coalition forces strike a naval school in another bid to evict Houthi rebels from the city.

Turkey’s Central Bank raises interest rates in defiance of Erdogan, Morocco criminalizes violence against women in problematic legislation, and Saudi airstrikes target Yemeni radio station in an attempt to disrupt Houthi supply routes.