Jordan: Model in stability
JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL The ranking of Jordan as the ninth safest country globally and second among Arab countries is an enormous feat that all Jordanians should be proud of. This envious […]
‘Jordan cannot tolerate sectarian militias across north border’
By Ahmed Bani Mustafa – Aug 13,2017 – JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — The security of Jordan’s borders with Syria is not only a Jordanian concern, but there are other […]
Lion rescued from Syrian zoo gives birth hours after arriving in Jordan reserve
ASSOCIATED PRESS SOUF, Jordan A lion cub was born just hours after its mother Dana was released into a wildlife reserve in Jordan after being rescued from a defunct […]
Jordan 9th safest country worldwide, 2nd among Arab states
Pundits laud achievement, urge anti-poverty, joblessness fight By Mohammad Ghazal – Aug 12,2017 – Jordan has a long track record as a safe a country, a fact highlighted by […]
A view from Saudi Arabia: Kuwait, Saudi Arabia between two crises
Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Published — Saturday 12 August 2017 Saudi Arabia’s King Fahd, may he rest in peace, could have done what Qatar’s then-Crown Prince Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa did following Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait. Back then, during a Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) meeting in Doha, Sheikh Hamad tried to […]
Great memories: The old neighborhoods of Makkah
SAUDI ARABIA TARIQ AL-THQAFI | Published — Saturday 12 August 2017 A Saudi security officer sprays water over pilgrims to beat the heat in Makkah. (AP file photo) MAKKAH: Residents […]
Slain Palestinians’ relatives to perform Hajj as king’s guests
SAUDI ARABIA RODOLFO C. ESTIMO JR. | Published — Saturday 12 August 2017 Hundreds ofworshipperslisten toa Fridaysermon atthe GrandMosque inMakkah.(SPA) RIYADH: Preparations are complete for the arrival of 1,000 relatives of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces to perform this year’s Hajj as guests of King Salman. Abdullah Al-Madalj, secretary-general of […]
Women Dealing with Health during the Ottoman Reign
by: Nil Sari In the history of Islamic civilization, many hospitals were founded by women, either as wives, daughters or mothers of sultans. All health personnel were male at these […]
Women recruits prepare to join Syria’s Raqqa battle
By Reuters – Aug 10,2017 -JORDAN TIMES A people protection unit (YPG) fighter takes a selfie in the old city of Raqqa, Syria, on Wednesday (Reuters photo) HASAKA, […]
Austria’s Conchita Wurst cancels Edinburgh show after Syrian musicians denied visas
FRENCH PRESS AGENCY – AFP VIENNA Conchita Wurst representing Austria poses with the trophy after winning the 59th annual Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) at the B&W Hallerne in Copenhagen, on May 10, 2014. (REUTERS Photo) Austria’s bearded drag idol Conchita said Friday she had cancelled her headlining act at the […]
Lack of support
Aug 10,2017 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL The resignation of veteran war crimes investigator Carla Del Ponte from the UN’s Independent Commission of Inquiry on Syria is a serious setback for efforts […]
The growing Mideast fraternity of media-control thugs
Aug 10,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Rami G. Khouri The Israeli government move to close Al Jazeera television network’s operations in the country is not surprising in itself, given that the government’s irritation with Al Jazeera for the past two decades of comprehensive, live coverage of events in Israel and the […]
Islamic State still a threat as Mosul residents return to city in ruins
Reuters International THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON AUGUST 9, 2017 An Iraqi boy sells water in front of destroyed houses on a street in Western Mosul, Iraq August 7, 2017. Picture taken through a glass window. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem (reuters_tickers) By Raya Jalabi MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – Abu Ghazi stood […]
If you’re wondering why Saudi Arabia and Israel have united against Al-Jazeera, here’s the answer
There are still honourable Israelis who demand a state for the Palestinians; there are well-educated Saudis who object to the crazed Wahabism upon which their kingdom is founded; there are millions of Americans, from sea to shining sea, who do not believe that Iran is their enemy nor Saudi Arabia […]
Jordan issues first-of-its-kind work permit to Syrian refugees
By ILO News – Aug 09,2017 – JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — The General Federation of Jordanian Trade Unions (GFJTU) has begun issuing the Arab region’s first non-employer and non-position-specific work permits for Syrian refugees since the Syrian crisis erupted in 2011. The temporary permits are issued for a minimal […]
Syria’s traditional oud-making on the decline
By AFP – Aug 08,2017 – Antoun Tawil, one of Syria’s last traditional lute makers, tunes an oud, an instrument his country was once renowned for producing, at his workshop in Tekkiyeh Sulamaniyeh, in the capital Damascus, on July 9 (AFP photo) DAMASCUS — Antoun Tawil, one of Syria’s […]
Woe betide the Kurds of northern Syria when the war is over
One Syrian told me, ‘These Kurdish groups are liars. We gave them weapons to fight the terrorists – now we no longer give them weapons to protect themselves. We did not give them weapons so that they could make states. Now they are fully supplied by the Americans’ Robert Fisk […]
Netanyahu’s failed game of brinkmanship
Source: Arab News: It took a diplomatic crisis with Jordan, following Sunday’s killing of two Jordanians by an Israeli Embassy guard in Amman, to finally shift Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s position on Al-Haram Al-Sharif — two weeks after his far-right government took the controversial decision to install metal detectors at […]
Woman beats man with shoe after he ‘made lewd advances’ in Dubai mall
Source: Arab News DUBAI: A Bahraini woman beat a man with her shoe after he stopped her in a mall in Dubai and asked her for sex, she told the Dubai Court of First Instance this week. The 28-year-old Algerian man, who was visiting Dubai, has been jailed for six […]
Refugee crisis: A closer look at the media’s role
İBRAHIM ALTAY Published July 16, 2017 Instead of pointing out the failures of western media on the Syrian refugee crisis, the Turkish media, which is by no means innocent on covering this humanitarian issue, should look of itselfs and analyze it’s own failures The Syrian refugee crisis is one of the […]