President Trump Phone Call with Chinese President Xi Jinping + France, UK, & Germany Reimpose Snapback Sanctions Against Iran + IDF Continues Gaza City Campaign; Egypt Massing Forces on Gaza Border + More

For review:

1. IDF Continues Gaza City Campaign; Egypt massing military force on border with Gaza.

2. PA President Abbas to Speak Virtually at UN General Assembly.

3. The Trump administration has told Congress it plans to sell nearly $6 billion in weapons to Israel. The planned package includes 30 AH-64 Apache helicopters, and 3,200 infantry assault vehicles for the Israel Defense Forces, according to a US official.

4.  France, UK, & Germany Reimpose Snapback Sanctions Against Iran (will take effect on September 28).

The European governments have said they will not delay the reimposition of UN sanctions unless Iran resumes full cooperation with the IAEA and reopens nuclear talks with the United States.

5. President Trump Phone Call with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

6. Estonia summoned a Russian diplomat to protest after three Russian fighter aircraft (MIG-31s) entered its airspace without permission Friday and stayed there for 12 minutes, the Foreign Ministry said.

7. China cautioned Papua New Guinea against “undermining” its interests and sovereignty in signing a mutual defense pact with Australia widely seen as a counter to Beijing’s growing influence in the Pacific.

8. Breaking Defense Opinion Article by Foundation for Defense of Democracies - Mariam Wahba and Ryan Brobst.

Title: As Beijing beckons, is Washington sleepwalking on Egypt?

Mariam Wahba is a Research Analyst at Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), where Ryan Brobst is the Deputy Director of the Center on Military and Political Power. FDD is a Washington, DC-based, nonpartisan research institute focusing on national security and foreign policy.