1. Ankara gives formal approval to Washington to use the Incirlik airbase in southern Turkey for raids against ISIL Takfiri terrorists.
2. Saudi Arabia’s Interior Ministry says a policeman has been killed and two others wounded in an attack in the oil-rich Qatif area in Eastern Province.
3. President Rouhani tells the French foreign minister that the nuclear agreement between Iran and the 5+1 group should lead to better cooperation with E-U countries.
4. Bahrain’s main opposition movement al-Wefaq National Islamic Society slams the ongoing crackdown and what it calls “collective punishment” of Bahrainis.
5. French authorities are deploying 120 additional police officers to secure the Euro-tunnel site in the port city of Calais.