Oct 24,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – James J. Zogby Citizens in several Arab Gulf states appear to have a higher appreciation for the quality of life available to them in their countries than citizens in most European countries. This was one of the key findings of a Zogby Research Services (ZRS) […]
By JT – Oct 24,2016 – JORDAN TIMES His Majesty King Abdullah attends a ceremony where he honoured Muslim scholars participating in Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought conference in Amman on Monday (Photo courtesy of Royal Court) AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah on Monday honoured […]
By AFP – Oct 24,2016 -JORDAN TIMES Iraqi families, who were displaced by the ongoing operation by Iraqi forces against Daesh militants to retake the city of Mosul, are seen gathering in an area near Qayyarah on Monday (AFP photo) QARAQOSH, Iraq — Iraqi forces advancing on Mosul faced […]
From the Facebook Page of Dr. Juergen Todenhoefer: Dear friends, I am writing this text full of anger and shame. Almost every day it’s raining bombs on Mosul. 15.000 civilians were already killed in the region by air raids of the U.S. coalition. The world remains silent. The United […]
By AP – Oct 23,2016 – JORDAN TIMES Rebel fighters ride a military vehicle on the outskirts of the Syria Democratic Forces-controlled Tall Rifaat town, northern Aleppo province, Syria, on Saturday (Reuters photo) BEIRUT — A leading northern Syrian rebel coalition warned civilians in Aleppo to stay away from […]
By Hana Namrouqa – Oct 23,2016 – JORDAN TIMES The water in Qastal was found 1,200m underground, with salinity levels of 3,000mg and diverse unique therapeutic minerals (Photo by Osama Aqarbeh) QASTAL — Just 30km south of Amman, the hottest mineral water well in Jordan has been discovered, […]
Increasing evidence suggests Kingdom is not merely bombing civilians in neighbouring country, but systematically targeting infrastructure survivors will need to avoid starvation when the war is over Robert Fisk Middle East Correspondent @indyvoices Fire and smoke rise after a Saudi-led airstrike on a site near Sana’a AP The Yemen war uniquely combines tragedy, hypocrisy and […]
By Rudaw Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi (right) meeting with US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter in Baghdad on Saturday. Photo from AP video. ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Iraq has declined Turkey’s offer of assistance in the offensive to liberate Mosul from ISIS rule. “I know that the Turks want […]
İBRAHIM KALIN@ikalin1 A displaced woman, who fled from Daesh terrorists in Mosul, holding her baby at Deepaka camp in the northwest of Irbil, during an operation against Daesh in Mosul, Iraq, Oct. 20, 2016. Daesh rose to prominence because of a series of mistakes committed in the name of political […]
İBRAHIM KALIN@ikalin1 Published October 7, 2016 Strong and wise political leadership is needed to end self-destructive wars and conflicts in Muslim countries and protect them from external intervention and manipulations A number of deep-rooted problems are ravaging the Middle East and the larger Muslim world. It is as if the Muslim […]
HANI HAZAIMEH | Published — Saturday 22 October 2016 Smoke rises as Kurdish forces gather near a site of a Daesh attack in Kirkuk, Iraq. (REUTERS) JEDDAH: An airstrike killed 15 women on Friday at a shrine near the city of Kirkuk in northern Iraq, local officials and medics […]
ARAB NEWS | Published — Saturday 22 October 2016 This file photo shows the Pentagon in Washington. (AP) Just like misinformation led to a Saudi-led coalition plane targeting a funeral hall — and ultimately killing Yemeni civilians — earlier this month; yesterday’s airstrike on a Shiite shrine near the […]
ABDULRAHMAN AL-RASHED | Published — Saturday 22 October 2016 Abdulrahman Al-Rashed Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey Numan Kurtulmus recently warned against the risks of disagreements over the battle of Mosul. He said that this could even mark the beginning of World War Three. Despite the sectarian and ethnic nature of […]
by Tahir Nasser (RNS) This week, the assault on Mosul — the last stronghold of ISIS — began. As a student of religious history, it reminded me of the battles and horrors of first-century Judea. In 66 A.D. began a series of wars between the Jewish tribes of Judea and the superpower […]
Reuters International OCT 21, 2016 Iraqi army gather after the liberation of a village from Islamic State militants, south of Mosul, during an operation to attack Islamic State militants in Mosul, Iraq, October 21, 2016. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudan (reuters_tickers) By Michael Georgy QAYYARA, Iraq (Reuters) – Islamic State launched a […]
Friday 21st October, 2016 Militants armed with assault rifles and explosives have attacked targets in and around the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk in an assault claimed by the extremist Islamic State (IS) group. The October 21 attack comes as the Iraqi government and Kurdish forces are making a major […]
OCT. 17, 2016 (File) BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — At least five Palestinian minors have been imprisoned by Israel without being charged in recent months, after sharing social media posts that Israeli authorities alleged amounted to “incitement” to commit violence, according to a report released Monday by rights group Defense for Children […]
SWISS TV INTERVIEW OCT 20, 2016 – 11:38 Assad has said that taking the city of Aleppo from rebel forces would act as a springboard to ‘push terrorists back to Turkey’ (AFP) Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad told Swiss public television, SRF, that fighting ‘terrorists’ in Aleppo was the only […]
Oct 20,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Rami G. Khouri The battle for Mosul that has been unleashed this week will focus much attention in the immediate future on a set of conditions that are particular to northern Iraq. Yet, there should be no doubt in anyone’s mind that the evolution of […]
Reconstructed after the civil war, the army is the only totally non-sectarian force in the country. It’s also the only institution that still works. Without it, conflict may yet have reignited Robert Fisk in Beirut @indyvoices 132 comments ‘The identity of Lebanon is sectarian’: Hezbollah supporters demonstrate against the Lebanese Government, […]