This Week in War: 5th Week, May 2018

A Free Syrian Army fighter prays after eating his iftar (breaking fast) meal during the holy month of Ramadan in the rebel-held town of Dael, Syria. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Faqir

5th week, May2018.

This Week in War:  A Friday round-up of what happened and what’s been written in the world of war and military/security affairs this week.  

• A boat carrying Palestinian patients, students and activists was captured by Israeli warships. The boat was attempting to break an Israeli-imposed siege.

• An evacuation bid for a Yemeni port city under imminent attack has been denied.

• A transgender migrant is dead after being placed in an “ice box” for 5 days by ICE in US custody while seeking asylum from MS-13.

• A lost generation: No education, no dreams for Rohingya refugee children.

• More than 100 have died during a government crackdown on students and others in Nicaragua.

• Denmark passes law banning the burqa and niqab in public spaces.

• Occupied Territories in Palestine experience second-highest number of attacks on health workers after Syria.

• Israel launches attacks in Gaza after 'projectiles’ fired.

• 2 men attacked the Saudi military base after killing a policeman and seizing his car.

• Israel has approved construction of more than 14,000 settlement units since US President Donald Trump came to office.

• Judge denies Michael Cohen's request for more time to review seized materials in the Donald Trump-Stormy Daniels case. 

• The US is moving ahead with tariffs on aluminium and steel imports from Canada, Mexico, and the EU who are their main allies.

• The Two Koreas make progress, agree to talks on military, and family reunions.

• Kim Jong Un's right-hand man meets US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo in New York to discuss the North Korea Summit.

• If Israel reciprocates, Hamas says armed groups will agree to a Gaza ceasefire.

• U.S. military looking at deploying anti-missile system in Germany.

• London law firm of trying to ‘financially cripple’ the murdered Maltese journalist, Daphne Caruana Galizia.