Is the IDF Ready for All-Out War?
By Yaakov Lappin January 10, 2019 BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,060, January 10, 2019 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The Israeli military’s state of readiness has dramatically improved, but it has a […]
Mission Accomplished? Donald Trump Wants to End America’s Endless Wars, but Military Says Victory Is an Illusion
By James LaPorta On 1/10/19 President Donald Trump wants to bring Americans home again. Seventeen years after the 9/11 attacks, U.S. troops are currently engaged in seven countries under outdated […]
Amazing: The most read article in The Muslim Times – guess what?
For quite some time the most read article on a daily basis in your favorite blog The Muslim Times has been https://themuslimtimes.info/2017/11/07/292676/ Islamic Dream Interpretations: here: Seeing a Snake in […]
There is a Palestinian people
Jan 09,2019 -JORDAN TIMES – MICHAEL JANSEN Ever since Britain issued the 1917 Balfour Declaration, extending the government’s support for “the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the […]
True to Form – The USA, Israel and the occupied Syrian Golan Heights
Jan 09,2019 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is pressing US President Donald Trump to outdo himself by recognising Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights. Netanyahu made […]
Erdogan threats against Kurds will not stop Syria withdrawal, Pompeo says
This content was published on January 9, 2019 By Raya Jalabi and Lesley Wroughton BAGHDAD/CAIRO (Reuters) – The U.S. troop withdrawal from Syria will not be scuppered despite […]
First bill of new U.S. Congress, on Middle East policy, stalls in Senate
This content was published on January 9, 2019 By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Legislation reaffirming U.S. support for allies in the Middle East, including a measure to punish Americans […]
Saudi Arabia’s grim discrimination against women is exposed by Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun’s startling bravery
Freedom of religion is not legally protected in the Islamic kingdom, and people who convert to another religion risk being charged with apostasy By Aisha K. Gill; @DrAishaKGill Source: The […]
US ultimate deal shelved again
Jan 08,2019 -JORDAN TIMES Once again, the so-called “ultimate deal”, US President Donald Trump’s long awaited plan for settling the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, has been delayed. The postponement was just announced […]
Pompeo, Bolton assurances to allies may be short-live
Jan 08,2019 -JORDAN TIMES – OSAMA AL SHARIF Two top US officials have been dispatched to the region on a salvaging mission aimed at calming allies and clarifying policy following […]
What’s Next for Fleeing Saudi Woman?
By RICHARD C. PADDOCK Mohammed Alqunun views her mobile phone as she sits barricaded in a hotel room at an international airport in Bangkok, Thailand. Alqunun says she […]
There is Nothing Inevitable About Dictatorships in Muslim States | Opinion
H.A. Hellyer On 1/8/19 Opinion Earlier this month, former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, who ruled Egypt as an autocrat for three decades, appeared as a witness against imprisoned former Egyptian […]
Father of Saudi teen asylum seeker in Thailand, seeks meeting
Jan 8, 2019 – 11:05 By Panu Wongcha-um BANGKOK (Reuters) – The father of an 18-year-old Saudi woman asylum seeker who fled to Thailand saying she feared her […]
Turkey cannot accept US condition of protecting YPG terorrists, Erdoğan says
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL U.S. President Donald Trump’s National Security Adviser John Bolton’s remarks regarding the PKK’s Syrian offshoot People’s Protection Units (YPG) are unacceptable, and Turkey cannot accept the U.S.’ […]
Spotlight: Inside the stricken court of crown prince Mohammed Bin Salman
From 21 June 2017 to 2 October 2018, Saudi Arabia’s millennial crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, briefly stood as a figurehead for a youth who yearned for change. Progressive […]
Named as a key Saudi suspect in Khashoggi killing, former top royal adviser drops out of sight
JEENAH MOON/BLOOMBERG Riyadh Saudi Arabia — Authorities here will not say what became of Saud al-Qahtani, a powerful royal adviser whom Saudi prosecutors allege played a major role in […]
Saudi lady is trapped at Bangkok airport after attempting to flee household amid fears they might kill her
By Theweeklyn – January 7, 2019 A Saudi lady who’s being held in Bangkok after attempting to flee her abusive household has instructed of her terror that she will likely […]
Deal with Syria regime ‘inevitable’ — Kurdish commander
The autonomous administration, the Syrian regime negotiate By AFP – Jan 05,2019 – JORDAN TIMES Redur Khalil, a spokesperson and senior official in the Syrian Democratic Forces speaks during an […]
‘The true-state solution’
Jan 05,2019 -JORDAN TIMES – Fares Braizat This title is not mine. It is by Daniel J. Arbess, who published a piece in the Wall Street Journal on January 2, […]
‘Walking in the Lord’s footsteps’ in Jerusalem’s Holy Sepulchre
The shrine was built under Constantine the Great in the 4th century By Reuters – Jan 03,2019 – JORDAN TIMES OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — It is 3 o’clock in the […]