LCCC Latest analysis, editorials from miscellaneous sources published on August 15-16/15 For Syria, August is the cruelest month/Hisham Melhem/Al Arabiya/August 15/15 Is Abadi’s revolution a storm in a teacup/Abdulrahman al-Rashed/Al Arabiya/August 15/15 Let’s not forget the fate of the Yazidi rape survivors/Yara al-Wazir/Al Arabiya/August 15/15 Syrian Alawis Getting Ready for the Day After Assad/Samir Altaqi/Esam Aziz/Middle East Briefing/August 15/15 Islamophobia: Fact or Fiction/Denis MacEoin/Gatestone Institute/August 15, 2015 Assad and ISIL Can Make the Political Solution in Syria Obsolete/Samir Altaqi/Esam Aziz/Middle East Briefing/August 15/15 Iraq and the Question of the Nation State in the Middle East/Samir Altaqi/Esam Aziz/Middle East Briefing/August 15/15 Rival Peace Plans Won’t Save Syria/Jonathan Spyer/The Jerusalem Post/August 15/15 Israel’s first ever arms deal with an Arab country – drones for Jordan to fight ISIS/DEBKAfile/August 15/15
LCCC Bulletin titles for the Lebanese Related News published on August 15-16/15 Cease-fire with Hizbullah Over as Shelling Resumes in Syrian Towns General Security Arrests Fugitive Cleric al-Asir before Fleeing to Nigeria Report: No Political Connotations for Qahwaji-Roukoz Lunch Relatives Fail to Meet Arsal Captives Report: Military Officers Term Extension Knot Could be Resolved
LCCC Bulletin Miscellaneous Reports And News published on August 15-16/15 At Least 40 Migrants ‘Suffocated’ in Hold of Boat off Italy Yemen Loyalists Take Back Another Province from Rebels Defense Appeals Death Sentence for Egypt’s Morsi Egypt Rejects HRW Call for U.N. Probe into Protest Deaths A Palestinian Shot after Stabbing Israeli Soldier Shelling hits Syrian towns as ceasefire breaks down