Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

	Daily Briefing

'Guests of God' pay high price

MADAWI AL-RASHEED for Al-Monitor Has the commercialization of the pilgrimage to Mecca overshadowed the Saudi leadership’s goal of serving Muslims?

Zarif testifies before parliament’s nuclear deal committee  ARASH KARAMI FOR AL-MONITOR Iraq’s government, society struggle with widespread bribery  WASSIM BASSEM FOR AL-MONITOR Four lessons that Netanyahu must learn from his failed strategies  AKIVA ELDAR FOR AL-MONITOR Will Herzog join Netanyahu's government?  BEN CASPIT FOR AL-MONITOR Why some Lebanese say arrest of Assir was not enough  SAMI NADER FOR AL-MONITOR Defying Palestinian law, many still seek work in West Bank settlements  AHMAD MELHEM FOR AL-MONITOR Livestock prices soar in Gaza  AHMAD ABU AMER FOR AL-MONITOR Did Jabhat al-Nusra kill 'allied' FSA Commander Radoon?  SHELLY KITTLESON FOR AL-MONITOR Syria's new capital … Istanbul  MEHMET CETINGULEC FOR AL-MONITOR Turkey, PKK clashes continue, but will there be a winner?  METIN GURCAN FOR AL-MONITOR Is Turkey ignoring Islamic State threats against Christians?  SIBEL HURTAS FOR AL-MONITOR