JMEPP Middle East Weekly Roundup

US Senate advances Yemen vote as belligerents prepare for peace talks, Israeli police charge Netanyahu and wife with corruption for third time, and Astana talks fail to realize Syria constitutional convention plans

Syrian activist Raed Fares was murdered in Idlib, rights monitors accuse Saudi Arabia of torturing women’s rights activists in prison, and civil servants strike with UGTT union in Tunisia over IMF-mandated wage cuts

Saudi public prosecutor seeks death penalty for five accused of Khashoggi murder, Hamas ceasefire triggers uproar in Israeli right-wing politics, and Libyan factions meet in Italy to discuss elections

Turkey releases the recording of Khashoggi’s murder, deadly flooding in Jordan, the Libyan National Elections are cancelled

Iran faces renewed US sanctions, the UN appoints a new Special Envoy for Syria, and Tunisian premier Chahed announces cabinet reshuffle

Saudi Arabia calls Khashoggi murder “premeditated,” European leaders call for ceasefire enforcement in Syria’s Idlib and constitutional progress, and Libyan National Oil Company holds Benghazi conference

Saudi Arabia admits to Journalist Jamal Khashoggi death in Istanbul’s consulate, Algerian parliament stages sit-in to protest speaker of parliament, and violence erupts in Palestinian refugee camp between competing militants in Lebanon