King, Bishop Azar discuss Israel’s new taxes on Jerusalem churches
His Majesty says Jordan to keep defending status quo of holy city By JT – Feb 12,2018 – JORDAN TIMES His Majesty King Abdullah meets with Bishop of the Evangelical […]
Astronomy in Medieval Jerusalem
By: David A King There can be no comparison with the established sophisticated astronomical traditions in Mamlûk Cairo and Damascus and Aleppo, with substantial numbers of capable astronomers, […]
A Secret History of Israeli Assassinations
In the Magazine SpyTalk A Secret History of Israeli Assassinations By Jeff Stein On 2/2/18 An Israeli air force drone is seen flying over Gaza as seen from the northern Gaza strip border April 9, 2011. Reuters/Darren Whiteside Share SpyTalk Israel Mossad Modern espionage literature is rife with authors […]
Trump tells Israel peace means compromise; US envoy under fire
By Reuters – Feb 10,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Palestinian demonstrators take cover during confrontations with Israeli troops near the Jewish settlement of Beit El, in the occupied West Bank on Friday (Reuters photo) OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — US President Donald Trump told Israel on Friday that it too would need to […]
Israel’s diabolic plan for Palestine
Feb 10,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Walid M. Sadi I suspect that while the international community is seemingly working in earnest for the two-state solution for the Palestinian conflict as the only just and sustainable solution for the Palestinian crisis, Israel’s planners could be contemplating another formula that would allow […]
Turkey’s resolve to eliminate YPG collides with US support for terrorists in Manbij
ŞEYMA NAZLI GÜRBÜZ, MEHMET ÇELIK ISTANBUL A US military vehicle= drives near the village of Yalanli, on the western outskirts of the northern Syrian city of Manbij, on March 5, […]
Lebanon signs offshore drilling deal with 3 oil firms despite dispute with Israel
COMPILED FROM WIRE SERVICES ISTANBUL Lebanese President Michel Aoun, center, speaks during the signing ceremony with an international consortium to start exploratory offshore drilling for oil and gas in […]
800 female Daesh terrorists detained in northern Syria
GERMAN PRESS AGENCY – DPA BERLIN Some 800 women who had joined Daesh are being detained in the Kurdish regions of northern Syria with their children, German newspaper Die Welt reported on Saturday, citing a terrorism expert from Human Rights Watch (HRW). Among the 800 were 15 German women, […]
Years late, Syria’s children of war learn to read and write
Reuters International This content was published on February 8, 2018 4:23 PMFeb 8, 2018 – 16:23 Hussein al-Khalaf, 13, reacts as he sits in a classroom at […]
Pakistan approaches Jordan as trade gateway, anti-terror partner
King holds talks with Pakistani premier, army commander in Islamabad By JT – Feb 08,2018 – JORDAN TIMES His Majesty King Abdullah holds talks with Pakistani Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan […]
King of Jordan arrives in Islamabad
ARAB NEWS | Published — Thursday 8 February 2018 In this file photo, Jordan’s King Abdullah meets with members of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee at the US Capitol in Washington, Feb. 3, 2015. (REUTERS) ISLAMABAD: King of Jordan Abdullah II has arrived in Islamabad, on Thursday, on […]
Lebanon vows to block border wall, Israel eyes diplomacy on gas field
Lebanese leaders accuse Israel of threatening stability of border region By Thomson Reuters Foundation – Feb 07,2018 -JORDAN TIMES An Israeli army vehicle (right) drives along […]
Do not forget Gaza
Feb 07,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Daoud Kuttab Sometimes man-made disasters can be worse than natural calamities. This certainly applies to the Gaza Strip, where humans are responsible for serious […]
Israel’s double game with Daesh
Feb 07,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Michael Jansen Israel is inadvisably but increasingly involved in conflicts raging in its northern and southern neighbours. In the north, Israel has for several years provided aid and comfort to Daesh, Al Qaeda, and other insurgents fighting the Syrian government. This began by offering […]
The Five Schools of Islamic Thought
Schools of Islamic thought (madhahib) are the paths people follow to the Noble Qur’an and Prophet Muhammad. Obviously, these schools of thought were founded considerably after the death of the Prophet; in fact, they never took shape until the time of the Umayyid Caliphate. The common phrase ahl al-sunnah wal-jama΄ah, […]
Aid groups warn against forced refugee returns
By AFP – Feb 06,2018 – JORDAN TIMES A child holds placard during the demonstration against discrimination of migrants in Cottbus, Germany, on Saturday. Sign reads ‘Thank you Cottbus’ (Reuters photo) BEIRUT — International aid groups on Monday warned countries hosting Syrian refugees in the Middle East and the West […]
Dental Care in Islamic Medical Science: Muhammad al-Aqkirmani (d. 1760) and his Risalah fi hukm al-Siwak
By: Mykhaylo Yakubovych Most of the oldest Muslim treatises on Siwak remain in a manuscript form. However, similar works on this issue have also appeared in later periods… Figure 1. Article Image Banner Dental care in Islamic history Figure 2. An illustration of Salvadora persica (Source) Among the corpus […]
Battle over bodies rages quietly in Iraq’s Mosul long after Islamic State defeat
. Reuters International This content was published on February 5, 2018 Local residents carry bodies taken from the rubble in the Old City of Mosul, Iraq January 17, 2018. Picture […]
Coping with the complex security challenges
Feb 04,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Amer Al Sabaileh The vacuum left by the recent fall of Daesh is being filled by new terror groups, who are forming and developing networks through existing criminal groups in order to raise money and transport weapons. This has led to an increase in […]
Syria Christians hold first prayer in years in ravaged Deir Ezzor church
Residents slowly trickle back to the city after recapture from Daesh By AFP – Feb 04,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch, Ignatius Aphrem II, gives a sermon […]