Israel needs the Arab world to be ruled by dictators
1st April 2020 In February, the chief of the Mossad, Israel’s global death squad, visited Doha, the capital of Qatar; Yossi Cohen was accompanied by Major General Herzi Halevi, the […]
Tunisia leads the way: New report exposes Israel’s false democracy
Mar 31,2020 – JORDAN TIMES – RAMZI BAROUD Tunisia is the Middle East’s greatest success story, according to the findings of the V-Dem Annual Democracy Report 2019. One of […]
Opinion / Israel’s Refusal to Test Its Arab Population for COVID-19 Is a Ticking Time-bomb
Dr. Nihaya Daoud Mar 31, 2020 Source: Haaretz Speaking on Channel 12 news on Sunday, the director general of Magen David Adom emergency medical services announced that there will be […]
Saudi Arabia’s Hajj and Umrah minister tells Muslims to wait for coronavirus clarity on pilgrimage
Source: Arab New The largest annual gathering of Muslims is scheduled to begin in late July RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has asked Muslims to wait for more clarity on the coronavirus […]
Prayers at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque compound suspended
Source: Swiss info JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Muslim prayers at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque compound will be suspended starting Monday and until further notice in an effort to prevent the spread of […]
Was The London Ritz Just Bought by a Qatari Billionaire?
The Ritz is pictured above. The Grade II listed hotel has a casino and the famous Palm Court tea room, while suites cost up to £5,450 a night. (AFP/File) World-renowned […]
Thanks to coronavirus, the war in Yemen may be forgotten entirely
The pandemic will enable the UK to continue avoiding scrutiny of its facilitation of this protracted conflict, writes Andrew Smith http://www.independent.co.uk @CAATuk 10 hours ago The imminent threat of […]
This is what Trump is doing in the Middle East while you’re distracted by coronavirus
While the news is dominated by the fight against Covid-19, the US president has taken the opportunity to start blackmailing his allies across the region Robert Fisk @indyvoices 3 hours […]
Heartbeats align during an Islamic ritual, new study finds
Researchers found that the hearts of Sufi devotees harmonized as one during a mystical practice. And this isn’t the first study to show heart synchronization between people. Molly Hanson […]
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman to chair extraordinary virtual summit of G20 leaders
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman will chair an extraordinary virtual summit of G20 leaders on March 26 to advance the global coordinated response to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. (SPA) Short Url […]
The Most Realistic Economic Forecast Is Awful
Predictions of a second-half rebound are based on dubious assumptions. By Narayana Kocherlakota March 21, 2020 This is rush hour.Photographer: David ‘Dee’ Delgado/Bloomberg Narayana Kocherlakota is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist. He is a professor of economics at the University of Rochester and was president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis […]
YPG/PKK continues to free Daesh prisoners in Syria
A total of 200 prisoners, most of whom are Daesh terrorists, were released from prisons by the YPG/PKK in Syria’s Hasakah and Raqqa provinces after some Arab tribes vouched for […]
Syrian Children Freeze to Death. Bombs Rain Down. And ‘Nobody Cares.’
The Syrian government’s assault on a rebel-held province has created one of the worst humanitarian emergencies of a brutal nine-year war. Nearly a million Syrians have fled toward the border […]
Mass panic worse than COVID-19
Mar 19,2020 -JORDAN TIMES – Shehab Al Makahleh The whole world is in a state of anxiety. The COVID-19 panic has been a result of the case of vagueness of the nature of the disease and how to contain it rather than how to cure patients who have fallen ill […]
The Middle East doesn’t deserve Trump and his troop ‘repositioning’ – at least have the guts to call it a retreat
The White House doesn’t have time to worry about Iraq and Afghanistan though. It has yet another war on its hands – against coronavirus Robert Fisk @indyvoices 6 hours […]
Saudi Arabia suspends prayers at mosques over coronavirus
RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia announced on Tuesday that mosques would no longer accept worshippers for the customary five daily prayers and the weekly Friday prayer, in exceptional measures intended […]
Jewish worshippers urged not to kiss Western Wall due to coronavirus fears
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The Jewish faithful should refrain from kissing the stones of the Western Wall, the chief rabbi of the Jerusalem site said on Monday, adding to measures that […]
Iraq military bases: US pulling out of three key sites
By Nafiseh Kohnavard BBC Persian, Iraq 16 March 2020 The US army is pulling out of al-Qaim and two other key military bases in Iraq in the coming weeks. […]
Love in the time of COVID-19: Virus threat silences wedding bells across Jordan
By Maria Weldali – Mar 16,2020 – JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — The Kingdom’s wedding industry has entered crisis mode in the midst of the current coronavirus distress, dimming engaged couples’ […]
Coronavirus: Ilhan Omar calls for lifting of sanctions on Iran amid outbreak
With more than 11,000 reported cases, the Islamic Republic is one of the worst affected by Covid-19 outside of China By Sheren Khalel in Washington By Sheren Khalel in Washington Published date: 13 March 2020 Congresswoman Ilhan Omar has renewed calls for the US to suspend sanctions against Iran, as […]
