Middle East round-up: Palestinian hunger striker dies

A Palestinian hunger striker dies in an Israeli prison, fighting in Sudan continues, and looking back at George W. Bush’s “mission accomplished” moment in Iraq. Adnan’s death, after he was found unconscious in his cell, led to anger among Palestinians, with a prisoners association in Gaza saying he had in effect been “executed in cold blood”. Briefly Syria agrees to curb drug trade in meeting with Arab ministers | US Senator urges release of new report on killing of Shireen Abu Akleh | Indians jailed for spying on Qatar for Israel | Kuwait parliament dissolved by royal decree | Al Jazeera journalist released from detention in Egypt | Erdogan says Turkey has killed suspected ISIL leader | Fan death, crowd trouble mar continental football games in Morocco and Tunisia | Israel launches air raid on Aleppo airport | ‘Even one American in Iraq is too many’, Iran’s Khamenei says | Israelis rally in support and against government judicial changes | Turkey’s Baykar to build new ‘highly autonomous’ combat drone | Why did Iran seize a US-bound oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman? | Israeli forces kill Palestinian teen in occupied West Bank | Pro-Kurdish HDP backs Erdogan’s rival ahead of Turkish presidential election | ‘State of terror’ hangs over Syrians in Lebanon amid deportations | Israel discussing possible direct Hajj flights to Saudi Arabia | Morocco recognises Berber New Year as official holiday Quote of the Week “There is a problem with large numbers of corpses arriving on the shore.