Why Trump doesn’t always get it wrong on the Middle East
At an Independent readers’ event this week, I espoused a perhaps unpopular opinion Patrick Cockburn @indyworld The Independent Voices Must one talk of Donald Trump? One must and not just […]
Exclusive: U.N. expert to lead international inquiry into Khashoggi murder
This content was published on January 24, 2019 By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions told Reuters on Thursday […]
Saudi releases 3 held in Ritz-Carlton 14 months ago
January 24, 2019 The Ritz Carlton, Riyadh, [File photo] The Saudi government has released some of the remaining detainees who were held in the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Riyadh […]
The Arabs are paying the price for peace with Israel
January 22, 2019 Mohammad Ayesh In the past few years, Israel, the alien state in the region, has been sleeping in peace in a way that it has […]
Three days in Baghdad
Jan 22,2019 – JORDAN TIMES – HASAN ABU NIMAH I spent the last three days in Baghdad participating in a round-table meeting organised by the Baghdad Policy Club, which convened […]
Israel thinks it can crush the life out of the Palestinian dream. We can’t let it
Israel’s occupation project is hostile to our freedom, humanity and dignity. Our only option is to continue to oppose it Ahmed Abu Artema Tuesday 22 January 2019 Palestinians in Gaza […]
Ticking time bomb: The water crisis which threatens chances for peace in the Middle East
Climate change and crumbling infrastructure are causing water shortages in Gaza, which could soon make the enclave uninhabitable, as Bel Trew reports The Independent A woman draws water from […]
Misusing Palestine’s growing international legitimacy
Source: Arab News By Ramzy Baroud The “State of Palestine” has officially been handed the chairmanship of the G-77, the largest group of developing countries in the UN. This is […]
Turkey planning international investigation into Khashoggi case – minister
Jan 22, 2019 – 08:40 FILE PHOTO: People protest against the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Turkey outside the Saudi Arabian Embassy in London, Britain, October 26 2018. REUTERS/Simon […]
A weakly inflated trial balloon
Jan 21,2019 – JORDAN TIMES – James J. Zogby This week, a well-known Israeli journalist revealed what he said were “new details about the Trump administration’s Israeli-Palestinian peace plan”. His report, […]
Will Jews become a persecuted minority?
Jan 21,2019 – JORDAN TIMES – HASSAN A. BARARI Benny Morris, the famous Israeli new historian, said in an interview with Ofer Aderet of Haaretz that “this place will decline […]
PM Imran Khan leaves for Qatar on 2-day official visit
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has left for Qatar on two-day official visit, where the Pakistani Premier will hold meetings with Emir of Qatar and his Qatari counterpart. PM […]
Saudi Prince Mohammed Bin Salman To Visit Pakistan, May Announce $15 Billion Investment: Report
The dates of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s visit to Pakistan are being discussed and considered for finalisation. World | Press Trust of India | Updated: January 08, 2019 […]
How Saudi Arabia’s 33-Year-Old Crown Prince MBS Rose to Power: A Visual Explainer
By Sissi Cao • 01/21/19 Over the past two years, Saudi Arabia’s 33-year-old Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, colloquially known as “MBS,” has dominated news headlines in the […]
Position of Authority – Hadith
Hazrat Abu Dharr, Allah be pleased with him, narrates that the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said: “Abdur Rahman, do not ask for a position […]
Ignorant wishful thinking has harmed our approach to Brexit – much as it did during the Arab Spring
The media scrum around College Green allows a sanitised version of events to rotate though the Westminster bubble Patrick Cockburn @indyworld The Independent Voices In the Arab Spring of 2011 […]
Divisions overshadow Lebanon’s Arab summit as few leaders come to Beirut
Jan 18, 2019 By Ellen Francis and Angus McDowall BEIRUT (Reuters) – Divisions among Arab states over Syria, and internal Lebanese disputes, have overshadowed a summit to be held in […]
Gaza: Give people the right to choose
Jan 16,2019 – JORDAN TIMES – Daoud Kuttab Just in case people forget, there is a territory in the Middle East called the Gaza Strip, where nearly 2 million Palestinians live […]
Algeria: suspended prison sentences on appeal for 27 Ahmadis
Article 144 bis of the Algerian Penal Code provides for a prison sentence of three to five years and a fine of $ 457 to $ 914 for “insulting the […]
The widow who asked eight French presidents for the truth
By Charlotte McDonald BBC World Service 17 January 2019 Josette Audin spent more than 60 years asking French leaders to admit responsibility for her husband’s death in Algeria. Finally, last […]