Eight years on, Syria army conscripts pack bags for home
By AFP – Jun 08,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Syrian soldier Mohammad Damour takes a selfie at a street market in Damascus after he was discharged from the Syrian army on […]
Syrian conflict : Carla Del Ponte: ‘We didn’t achieve anything; I’m angry’
By Renat Kuenzi This content was published on June 5, 2018 Against tax fraud, the Mafia, and war criminals: Carla Del Ponte fights tirelessly for justice. (Keystone) Swiss prosecutor […]
Lebanese FM Lashes Out at UNHCR For ‘Intimidating’ Syrian Refugees Return
Lebanese FM Lashes Out at UNHCR For ‘Intimidating’ Syrian Refugees Return Published June 8th, 2018 – 10:00 GMT via SyndiGate.info Lebanese Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil pledged to take certain steps […]
Lebanon’s mountains are being wiped from the map – but does anyone care?
‘We had a court order for the quarries to stop but after five days the trucks came back and the local police facilitated them’ Robert Fisk Tarshish, central Lebanon @indyvoices A quarry cuts into an entire hill in the Lebanese mountains at Tarshish (Nelofer Pazira) ( ) Rarely are journalists […]
How to get rid of stress (?)
One young man to the other: I felt very stressed ! And: what did you do? I went to Mosque. Did prayers help? Not really. I mixed up all the […]
Saudi Arabia experiences a rise in volunteerism during Ramadan
Lina Tahlawi’s team selects neighborhoods in the city and walk through the narrow streets to reach out to the destitute. (AN photo by Huda Bashatah) Nada Hameed June 07, 2018 […]
Saudi Arabia, UAE boost cooperation as multiple joint projects announced
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed signed the agreements. (SPA) The first meeting of the Saudi-Emirati Coordination Council in Jeddah. (SPA) Arab News […]
Turkey says troops closing in on Kurd stronghold in Iraq
By AFP – Jun 05,2018 – JORDAN TIMES ISTANBUL — Turkish troops are advancing on the mountainous Qandil region of northern Iraq where the leadership of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party […]
Palestinian teen jailed over slap loses bid for release — supporters
By AFP – Jun 07,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Israeli lawyer Gaby Lasky speaks with Ahed Tamimi, her client, in the military court at Ofer Prison, on January 1 (AFP photo) […]
Pre-war Syria remains Syria: pluralistic, multi-ethnic and secular
Jun 06,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Michael Jansen It is both amazing and highly significant that The New York Times journalist Eric Schmitt wrote an account of the campaign against […]
#DroneFrontier: How drones are transforming humanitarian aid
By Celia Luterbacher in Boston This content was published on June 5, 2018 Unmanned aerial vehicles can help provide relief in disaster situations, but there are logistical challenges as well as […]
1001 Cures: Contributions in Medicine and Healthcare from Muslim Civilisation
By: The Editorial Team 1001 Cures: Contributions in Medicine and Healthcare from Muslim Civilisation tells the fascinating story of how generations of physicians from different countries and creeds created a medical […]
The Vast World of Islam, in 300 Recipes
The writer and chef Anissa Helou has just released her ninth cookbook: “Feast: Food of the Islamic World.”CreditVincent Tullo for The New York Times By Mayukh Sen June 5, 2018 […]
Ramadan – fasting …
With the grace of Allah today we are going through the twenty second day of fasting and are in the third ashra (ten days) of Ramadan. According to a saying […]
Evidence shows coalition attacks on Syria’s Raqqa broke law — Amnesty
By Thomson Reuters Foundation – Jun 05,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Women walk past rubble of damaged buildings in Raqqa, Syria, on May 14 (Reuters photo) BEIRUT — There is evidence […]
The economic crisis in Jordan erupts
Jun 06,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Hasan Abu Nimah Protests have been ongoing in many parts of Jordan for days and there are renewed calls for another strike this week […]
US, Britain and France inflicted worst destruction ‘in decades’ killing civilians in Isis-held city of Raqqa, report says
Air and artillery strikes by the US and its allies inflicted devastating loss of life on civilians in the Isis-held city of Raqqa, according to an Amnesty International report. It […]
Israel’s top court meets on contentious settlement law
By AFP – Jun 03,2018 – JORDAN TIMES The photo taken from the West Bank city of Hebron on February 7, 2017 shows a view of the Israeli settlement of […]
‘Qatar will not ‘fuel a war’ against Iran‘
By AFP – Jun 04,2018 – JORDAN TIMES SINGAPORE — Qatar will not be dragged into any conflict with Iran, a senior Qatari official said on Sunday. Defence Minister Khalid […]
First Saudi women get driving licences
By AFP – Jun 05,2018 – JORDAN TIMES A Saudi woman poses for a photo after having a driving lesson in Jeddah, on March 7 (AFP photo) RIYADH, Saudi Arabia […]