This Week in War : 3rd week, July 2018

Eritreans wait to welcome their families at Asmara International Airport aboard the Ethiopian Airlines ET314 flight in Asmara, Eritrea. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri

3rd week, July 2018.

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.  

• Nicaraguan militia launches an “all-night assault” on university students protesting President Daniel Ortega.

• South Korea explores business opportunities in the North.

• Israel has passed a law declaring that only Jews have the right of self-determination in the country, described by the Arab population as verging on apartheid. 

• Trump and Putin meet in the Helsinki’s Hall of Mirrors. There will be no official record of the exchange.

• Accounts of War in Syria - Documentary : Four different accounts of the Syria’s historic battle for Aleppo in 2016.

• Nigerian police say eight Boko Haram suspects confess to 2014 Chibok abduction.

• Maria Butina has been arrested and charged this week for actively being a Russian spy in the US. She attempted to infiltrate the NRA.

• US President Donald Trump meets with Putin and denouncing the 'stupidity' of U.S. policy on Russia.

• The Cheat Sheet: This week's humanitarian trends and developments from around the world. 

• The International Monetary Fund (IMF) warns Trump trade war could cost global economy $430bn.

• Scores of displaced Syrians were turned back at Israeli borders.

• Who Is America? : New comedy show sheds light on how US Republicans endorse arming toddlers with firearms.

• Short Film - Born in ’48 : Five women, Israeli and Palestinian, born in the same year but irreconcilably divided by history and events.

• Donald Trump calls the EU a ‘foe’.

• Egypt passes bill shielding military officers from prosecution.

• Award-winning photojournalist, Nizar Saied is confirmed dead years after his arrest by Syrian forces.

• Israel blocks fuel shipment to Gaza.

• Eritrean embassy reopens in Ethiopia after an end to a 20-year war.

• The new Standing Rock? U.S. and Canada prepare to fight against the TransMountain Tar Sands Pipeline Project.

• Ecuador is melting back into the arms of the US and international financial interests. 

• Russia has claimed the summit between Trump and Putin as a win for Russia.

• BBC Video : Check out the inside the Syrian rebels' tunnel network.

• The Chinese community in Egypt has grown considerably as China and Egypt strengthen their commercial relationship.

• Israel passes law limiting Palestinians access to judicial courts in an effort to a “Judaization” of the Israeli-occupied West Bank.