The Jerusalem Post Analysis: Saudi outreach to Hamas part of wider effort against Iran Profound splits between the Middle East's Sunni states over political Islam linger, however, with both Egypt and the United Arab Emirates, core members of Saudi Arabia's coalition against the Houthis in Yemen, resolutely opposed to the Brotherhood. Riyadh hopes its new formula of tolerating the movement's activities outside Gulf countries, coupled with its support for Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, will keep both countries engaged in its wider struggle against Iran. Read more: http://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Iran/Analysis-Saudi-outreach-to-Hamas-part-of-wider-effort-against-Iran-409661 The Journal of Turkish Weekly Azhar condemns suicide bombing in southern Turkey Al-Azhar, the highest seat of learning in the Sunni Muslim world, has condemned a suicide bombing in southern Turkey, which killed at least 32 people. Monday's attack in Suruc, a town in Sanliurfa province close to the Syrian border, targeted activists preparing to visit Kobani, a Syrian town devastated by fighting between Daesh militants and Kurdish forces. "Al-Azhar reiterates its full rejection of all forms of terrorism," the Cairo-based prestigious seat of learning said in a statement. Read more: http://www.turkishweekly.net/2015/07/21/news/azhar-condemns-suicide-bombing-in-southern-turkey/ The Economic Times First three of 24 French Rafale jets arrive in Egypt The first three of 24 Rafale fighter jets Egypt bought from France in a multi-billion-euro deal flew in on today, leading a formation flight over the Nile and the pyramids. Egypt took delivery of the aircraft yesterday at an air base in southern France as part of the 5.2-billion-euro (USD 5.6 billion) deal. Read more: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/48167308.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst Al-Manar News Egypt's Haykal Hails ‘Legendary Iran Resistance' A veteran Egyptian journalist and author says that Iran's "legendary resistance" against US pressure earned it a "nuclear agreement," and that Saudi Arabia and its allies are incapable of sabotaging it. Mohammad Hassanein Haykal told Lebanese daily Assafir on Monday that "this country (Iran) managed to strike a nuclear agreement with the Western powers, including the US, through its legendary resistance," adding that, "Saudi Arabia and [Persian] Gulf regional states are too weak to raise rebellion against the nuclear agreement and overshadow it." Read more: http://www.almanar.com.lb/english/adetails.php?eid=222341&cid=31&fromval=1
