The Mongol Transition to Islam
Hafsa Adil Chughtai History Home History Nomadic warriors, sophisticated weaponry, and brutal tactics: this moderately sums up what the Mongol Empire is widely known for. Their reputation as merciless fighters […]
Iran. Environmental diplomacy to help secure water rights
February 15, 2023 – TEHRAN – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has started environmental diplomacy with neighboring countries in a bid to secure water rights for the country’s wetlands. With […]
Tech advances offer new hope for easing looming Middle East water crisis
An aerial view of the drying-up marshes of Chibayish in Iraq’s southern Dhi Qar province. (AFP/File) ALI YOUNES February 16, 2023 WASHINGTON: As the effects of climate change are increasingly […]
Israel’s Crisis of Democracy “Netanyahu’s Party Consists Primarily of Extremist Ideologues”
Israel’s new right-wing government has plunged the country into its deepest crisis since its founding, argues sociologist Eva Illouz. She says it is time for the world to take notice […]
Right attitude needed in post-quake era: German NGO leader
BY ANADOLU AGENCY ADANA, TÜRKIYE FEB 15, 2023 – DAILY SABAH People and rescue workers stand on the rubble of a collapsed building following the deadly earthquake in Adana, Türkiye, Feb. […]
Quintet’s solid statement on Israel signals new opportunity for peace
DR. ABDEL AZIZ ALUWAISHEG February 15, 2023 Israel’s announcement on Sunday that it is advancing about 10,000 settlement units and intends to normalize nine illegal outposts in occupied Palestinian territories […]
Nearly 5 million foreign pilgrims performed Umrah during current Islamic year: Ministry
A total of 4.8 million foreign pilgrims have performed Umrah since the beginning of the Islamic year which started at the end of July 2022. (@ReasahAlharmain) Updated 15 February 2023 […]
Why is Israel struggling to maintain a coherent position in Russia, Ukraine?
Feb 15,2023 – JORDAN TIMES / Ramzy Baroud For a whole year, Israel has struggled in its attempts to articulate a clear and decisive position regarding the Russia-Ukraine war. The […]
Politics dividing East from West — once again
Feb 15,2023 – JORDAN TIMES / MICHAEL JANSEN At a time the entire world community should unite to provide aid to all victims of the massive February 6th earthquakes which […]
Saudi plane carrying aid lands in Syria, first in decade
By AFP – Feb 14,2023 – JORDAN TIMES Humanitarian aid relief packages provided by Saudi Arabia for victims of the February 6 earthquake are unloaded off of an Ilyushin Il-76TD transport aircraft […]
Aid official appeals for politics to be set aside to save lives, ease suffering in quake-hit Syria and Turkiye
01 Quakes couldn’t have come at a worse time 0 seconds of 1 minute, 21 secondsVolume 40% Updated 13 February 2023 ARAB NEWS February 13, 2023 DUBAI: In the early […]
More weapons, less refugees: Is Israel a neutral party in the Russia-Ukraine war?
RAMZY BAROUD February 13, 2023 For a whole year, Israel has struggled in its attempts to articulate a clear and decisive position regarding the Russia-Ukraine war. The reason behind the […]
International law and accountability lacking when it comes to Israel
CHRIS DOYLE February 13, 2023 A hundred days after the Nov. 1 election in Israel that led to the formation of the most far-right extremist coalition in the country’s history, […]
How Arabic literature and poetry have been influenced by themes of romantic love
SPECIAL The seventh-century story of Qays and Layla tells a tale of intertribal romance. (Supplied) RAWAN RADWAN February 13, 2023 JEDDAH: Romantic love, a recurrent theme amid the explosion of popular […]
Disaster of the century: Life after the ‘Big One’
BY HAKKI ÖCAL FEB 13, 2023 – DAILY SABAH People search for survivors at the intensive care unit of the collapsed state hospital in Iskenderun following an earthquake in Iskenderun, […]
Qatari emir heads to Türkiye, first leader to visit after earthquake
BY DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL FEB 12, 2023 – President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (R) receives Qatar’s emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, at Vahdettin Mansion in Istanbul, Türkiye, Feb. 12, 2023. […]
Saudi Arabia sending gender balanced astronaut team to International Space Station
Previous 1 / 2 Left to right: Saudi astronauts Mariam Fardous, Rayyanah Barnawi, Ali Al-Qarni and Ali Al-Ghamdi. (Twitter: @saudispace) 2 / 2 (Source: International Space Station)Next Updated 26 sec ago ARAB […]
Earthquake toll in Syria underscores urgency of peace efforts
DR. ABDEL AZIZ ALUWAISHEG February 12, 2023 The earthquake in Turkiye and Syria last Monday has had catastrophic effects in both countries that have been compounded by the failure to […]
Preserving a Palestinian refuge
Feb 11,2023 – JORDAN TIMES / Philippe Lazzarini EAST JERUSALEM — For nearly 75 years, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East has […]
Fears for remains of Jerusalem’s lost Mughrabi quarter
‘Israeli authorities use excavations for the Judaisation of the Old City’ By AFP – Feb 12,2023 – JORDAN TIMES Israeli occupation forces gather on a rooftop near t the Dome of the […]