Agony of Yazidi women torn between IS kids, or return home
published : 14 Jul 2019 Yazidi teenager Jihan Qassem faced an impossible choice after being freed from years as a hostage of the Islamic State group, abandon her three […]
Nearly 37,000 Hajj pilgrims arrive in Saudi Arabia via Makkah Route initiative
Nearly 37,000 Hajj pilgrims from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Indonesia and Malaysia arrived in Saudi Arabia aboard 90 flights between July 4 and July 11 as part of the Makkah Route initiative. […]
Germany says no to US request for ground troops in Syria
By AFP – Jul 09,2019 – JORDAN TIMES BERLIN — Berlin said Monday it had no plans to send ground troops to Syria, refusing a US request for Germany to […]
Germany must repatriate from Syria IS fighter’s wife and children – court
Jul 11, 2019 By Joseph Nasr BERLIN (Reuters) – A Berlin court has ruled that Germany’s foreign ministry should repatriate from Syria the German wife and three children of a […]
Trump’s hissy-fit over Darroch will blow a chill wind across Britain’s embassies in the Middle East
Voices The treatment of Sir Kim is so typical of this time in politics, it’s dangerous, says Fisk Trump’s hissy-fit over Darroch will blow a chill wind across Britain’s […]
Jordan caught between a rock and a hard place
ABDULRAHMAN AL-HUSSEIN Published 11.07.2019 Jordan stands at a serious crossroads, and its future remains tenuous. The U.S. and Gulf-backed Hashemite kingdom located between Saudi Arabia, Syria, Jordan and Iraq […]
Exclusive: New Kurdish PM says priority is stronger Baghdad ties, rather than independence
Jul 10, 2019 By Raya Jalabi ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) – Two years after a failed independence bid plunged Iraq’s Kurdistan Region into months of instability, the new regional prime minister […]
Who are more tolerant, the Sunnis or the Shias?
Well, let me speak here of my personal experience during my time in Baghdad, Iraq. (For more details see: https://themuslimtimes.info/2017/08/24/glimpses-into-the-life-of-a-global-nomad-part-nine/comment-page-1/ ) I give you a few examples of my inter-action […]
UAE’s new stance on Yemeni war
Jul 11,2019 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL The announcement of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) that it has changed its “military first” posture in the war-torn Yemen to a “peace first” […]
As Head of the Muslim World League, I See Islamic Leaders Calling for Tolerance More Than Ever | Opinion
Mohammad al-Issa On 7/10/19 As tensions mount in the Middle East, it might be easy from the West to imagine the Islamic world locked in an internecine political […]
The book of Palestine: National liberation vs endless negotiations
Jul 09,2019 -JORDAN TIMES – RAMZY BAROUD Those who are still hoping that the new American agenda on Palestine and Israel is temporary, or reversible, should abandon this false hope. Washington’s complete adoption of Israel’s messianic, extremist policies regarding occupied Palestine has been a long time in the making. And […]
Opinion from Iran: UAE evil plots against neighboring countries and the Arab world
By Mohammad Ghaderi July 8, 2019 TEHRAN – United Arab Emirates (UAE) is the name of a country that didn’t exist before 1971 when the area was called Emirates […]
‘Jordan will not accept any compromise or deal that neglects Palestinians’ rights’
Shtayyeh meets with Razzaz, says visit step towards ‘breaking ties with occupation’ By JT – Jul 08,2019 -JORDAN TIMES Prime Minister Omar Razzaz meets with his Palestinian counterpart, Mohammad Shtayyeh, […]
Hunt is wrong about sanctions. I’ve seen for myself how they hurt the poor yet leave leaders untouched
Sanctions will fail against Assad, just as they failed against Saddam Hussein 20 years ago, but they will do terrible damage to ordinary people Patrick Cockburn @indyworld The Independent […]
How honest are we?
Jul 06,2019 – JORDAN TIMES – Peter Singer MELBOURNE — You have lost your wallet. Inside are your business cards with your e-mail address. How likely is it that you […]
Jared Kushner should be ignored – but we should remember this startling US Middle East plan from 100 years ago
The US state department today has neither spine nor skull nor any other bodily form of existence. Trump long ago eviscerated the poor old thing by Robert Fisk, The Independent […]
4th of July; the Founding Fathers and the Challenge of Islam
Muslims have been an integral part of the United States since the country’s birth; an aspect of the declaration’s history often overlooked in modern American culture. By Celia Konstantellou – Rabat – Upon the declaration of the US independence on July 4, 1776 two of the first three states to acknowledge […]
Burying the Nakba: How Israel Systematically Hides Evidence of 1948 Expulsion of Arabs
Since early last decade, Defense Ministry teams have scoured local archives and removed troves of historic documents to conceal proof of the Nakba By Hagar Shezaf Jul 04, 2019 […]
Jordan condemns Israeli tunnel leading to Al Aqsa Mosque
Ministry reiterates ‘absolute rejection’ of attempts to alter Jerusalem’s identity By JT – Jul 01,2019 -JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Jordan on Sunday condemned Israel’s opening of the so-called “pilgrim’s road” […]
Jared Kushner’s ‘plan’ for peace in the Middle East is all show, no substance
Israel may be celebrating the seemingly friendlier relations with Bahrain, but the conference did nothing to solve the Israel-Palestine conflict Bel Trew @beltrew The Independent Voices It felt more like […]