It’s no secret that journalism is a difficult career in the Arabic world – but Al Jazeera changed things, and if it folds now, we could see the whole of the Middle East go backwards Fatima el Issawi The newsroom at the headquarters of the Qatar-based Al-Jazeera satellite channel in […]
Sep 09,2017 -JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL According to recent UN reports, Gaza has become a sinking boat, with poverty, unemployment and environmental concerns reaching unprecedented dangerous levels. Reports now say overall unemployment in the coastal Palestinian enclave has topped 41 per cent; more alarmingly, unemployment among the youth, a huge, restive, portion […]
Qatari and Saudi leaders express willingness to start talks in phone call, but apparent protocol dispute causes hiccup. Mohammed bin Salman and Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani [Getty] Saudi Arabia says plans to hold talks with Qatar have been suspended, shortly after the emergence of reports that a phone call […]
By AFP – Sep 09,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Iraqi mechanics work in a garage in east Mosul on Wednesday, as they repair vehicles that were damaged during the offensive to retake Iraq’s second-largest city from Daesh (AFP photo) MOSUL, Iraq — Two months since Iraqi forces recaptured Mosul […]
Saudi Arabia says it has suspended dialogue with Qatar, shortly after a phone call between the Qatari leader and the Saudi crown prince. The two sides had discussed holding talks […]
The UN human rights office urges international investigation as new figures reveal an escalation in hostilities, with children as young as 10 recruited to fight Boys stand in front of an artillery shell partially buried in the ground following an airstrike in Sana’a. Photograph: Mohamed Al-Sayaghi/Reuters Global development is […]
While we’re all waiting for Trump to start World War Three, we’ve not spotted that the military map of the Middle East has substantially, bloodily changed. It will be years before Syria and Iraq (and Yemen) are rebuilt – and the Israelis may have to go to Putin to clear up […]
09/01/2017 LONDON—It went up in July, a 100-foot-tall testament to the fearless and fearsome warrior who became a god. And now it’s wrapped in a gigantic white sheet. The statue of Guan Yu – a third-century Chinese General revered for his bravery and loyalty – met its undignified fate last […]
REUTERS LUXEMBOURG Reuters Photo The top court of the European Union roundly rejected complaints from Slovakia and Hungary about the EU migration policy Wednesday, upholding Brussels’ right to force member states to accept asylum seekers. In the latest twist to a divisive dispute that broke out two years ago […]
Sep 05,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Hasan Abu Nimah There is no question that the war in Syria is approaching its end. The certain outcome is a military victory for the Bashar Assad regime that stood its ground, with support from regional and international allies, against all the forces that […]
By AFP – Aug 31,2017 -JORDAN TIMES This file photo taken on July 29 shows a Palestinian woman preparing bread during the few hours of electricity supply they receive every day in Gaza City (AFP photo) JABALIA, Palestinian Territories — UN chief Antonio Guterres called for the blockade of Gaza […]
AISHA FARID & NADA HAMEED | Arab News Staff | Published — Monday 4 September 2017 JEDDAH: As Hajj winds down, congratulations poured in regarding the Saudi Arabian […]
Aug 31,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Daoud Kuttab Telling partial truth or untruths is prevalent with politicians. Although it should not be so, political leaders have a tendency to exaggerate, minimise and at times tell total lies in order to support a political point of view. But even lying politicians […]
Reuters International PUBLISHED ON SEPTEMBER 3, 2017 Muslim pilgrims leave after casting stones at a pillar that symbolises Satan during the annual haj pilgrimage in Mena, Saudi Arabia September 2, 2017. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem (reuters_tickers) By Mahmoud Mourad and Stephen Kalin MECCA/RIYADH (Reuters) – Even at Islam’s holiest sites and […]
By Reuters – Aug 31,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Qatar’s Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman Al Thani shakes hands with Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov after a joint news conference in Doha, Qatar, on Wednesday (Reuters photo) DOHA — Qatar’s foreign minister said on Wednesday that his country was […]
Next 1 of 15 Over a billion Muslims around the world celebrate Eid al-Adha with joy Friday marks Eid al-Adha, or Qurban Bayram as it is known in Turkey, a Muslim holiday when animals are ritually sacrificed and their meat is delivered to the poor. The festival starts with prayers […]
By AFP – Aug 31,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Muslims pray at the Grand Mosque ahead of the annual Hajj to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on Tuesday (Reuters photo) MECCA, Saudi Arabia — More than 2 million Muslims from around the world began the Hajj pilgrimage at Islam’s holiest sites […]
Aug 31,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Michael Jansen Israeli occupation forces demolished Palestinian schools in four West Bank communities ahead of the new scholastic year, depriving several hundred children of proper classrooms and forcing some to meet under the sun or in makeshift tents. All the schools were destroyed under the […]
Instead of serious political advice, the West, especially the US and their proxy Arab allies in the Gulf, then poured weapons into Syria – enough arms to destroy Syria but not enough to overthrow the regime, as one ex-rebel told me Robert Fisk @indyvoices 23 comments Bashar al-Assad has clung […]
Mahmoud Moura MECCA (Reuters) – Seven women sit in front of computer screens fielding distress calls from across Mecca ahead of the annual haj pilgrimage this week, in a first […]