Palestinian family makes use of unique power house
By AFP – Apr 12,2017 – JORDAN TIMES A Palestinian farmer hoses off the udders of cows at the Jebrini dairy farm in the West Bank town of Hebron, […]
Deir Yassin, over and over again
Apr 12,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Michael Jansen On April 9, Palestinians in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, Gaza and the diaspora commemorated 69 years since the Deir Yassin massacre, when scores of Palestinians were killed by Zionist militias after Israel’s underground army, the Haganah, encircled the village. Bodies were left […]
Iraqis celebrate Palm Sunday near Mosul for the first time in three years
Reuters International APR 9, 2017 – Iraqis attend the first Palm Sunday procession in the burnt out main church of the Christian city of Qaraqosh since Iraqi forces retook it […]
Saudi Arabia, Pakistan alliance’s main objective to serve Islam: Minister
ARAB NEWS | Published — Sunday 9 April 2017 Islamic Affairs Minister Sheikh Saleh bin Abdulaziz Al-Sheikh. RIYADH: Islamic Affairs Minister Saleh bin Abdulaziz Al-Sheikh highlighted the deep relations linking Pakistan with Saudi Arabia at a conference held by the Pakistani Association of Muslim Scholars in Peshawar on the occasion […]
WHAT TO DO IF A NUCLEAR DISASTER IS IMMINENT!
This guide is for families preparing for imminent terrorist or strategic nuclear attacks with expected blast destruction followed by widespread radioactive fallout downwind. (If attack NOT imminent, then first go […]
The US air strikes say more about the Vladimir Putin-Donald Trump relationship than the Middle East
The pictures out of the town of Khan Sheikhun are terrifying, but Trump and his Secretary of State Rex Tillerson have the thorny problem of working out how to deal with Russia […]
Kurds ‘re-energise’ independence referendum plan for post-jihadist Iraq
Reuters International APR 6, 2017 FILE PHOTO: Kurdish Peshmerga forces celebrate Newroz Day, a festival marking spring and the new year, in Kirkuk March 20, 2017. REUTERS/Ako Rasheed/File Photo (reuters_tickers) […]
Mosul humanitarian crisis deepens as displacement peaks
By AFP – Apr 07,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Iraqis, who have fled the city of Mosul due to the ongoing fighting between government forces and Daesh, wait to receive […]
How many more dead before peace?
Apr 06,2017 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL The chemical attack on a small town in the province of Idlib, in northern Syria, one of the last strongholds of rebels fighting the […]
Russia, Syria hit back as pressure builds over ‘chemical attack’
At least 86 people killed early Tuesday in rebel-held Khan Sheikhun By AFP – Apr 07,2017 – JORDAN TIMES A picture taken on Thursday shows 40-year-old Hassan Youssef, a victim of Tuesday’s suspected toxic gas attack in Khan Sheikhun, receiving medical care in a hospital in the nearby northwestern […]
Assad has forced his secret police into the army to fight for Syria – and it will bring him closer to Trump
Source: Independent UK The very embodiment of the regime is now on the front line. This is Washington’s path to Assad Robert Fisk @indyvoices Isis is on the retreat in […]
The changing global religious landscape
April 06, 2017 The changing global religious landscape Muslims are projected to be the world’s fastest-growing major religious group in the decades ahead. By 2035, the number of babies born to Muslims is expected to modestly exceed births to Christians. Christians remain the world’s largest religious group, but they are […]
The African, and Muslim, Discovery of America – Before Columbus
Dr. Abdullah Hakim Quick (Adopted with permission from the book, Deeper Roots, Muslims in the Americas and the Caribbean from before Columbus to the Present, by Dr. Abdullah Hakim Quick, […]
Iraq reopens hot springs spa amid Mosul war chaos
Reuters International APR 4, 2017 – An Iraqi man bathes in a sulfur pond at Hammam al-Alil city south of Mosul, Iraq April 3, 2017. Picture taken April 3, 2017. […]
Syrian crisis stretched Jordan to the limit — Mulki
PM tells EU-hosted Syria conference that direct cost incurred by Jordan since 2012 amounts to $10.6b By JT – Apr 06,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Prime Minister Hani Mulki holds […]
Bombing is easier – Mosul update
Iraq At the Battle of Mosul, the anti-IS alliance does not pay much attention to civilians. An eyewitness account Bombing is easier by Dr. Juergen Todenhoefer When I visited the Islamic state together with my son two years ago, we had a security guarantee from the “Caliph” as the self-proclaimed […]
Watch: Trump holds press conference with Jordan’s King Abdullah II
Breaking News http://www.cnbc.com/watch-live/partner?channel=cnbc_live_event_1&autoPlay=true [The stream has ended.] President Donald Trump held a joint press conference with Jordan’s King Abdullah II on Wednesday afternoon, where he condemned an alleged chemical attack […]
Syrians risk all in flight from Raqqa
By Reuters – Apr 05,2017 – JORDAN TIMES A displaced Syrian woman, who fled Daesh group stronghold of Raqqa, reacts as she arrives at a temporary camp in the […]
EU denounces Israel’s West Bank demolitions policy
By Reuters – Apr 05,2017 – JORDAN TIMES A bedouin Palestinian girl carries a goat outside her family’s dwelling in Al Khan Al Ahmar village near the West Bank city of Jericho on February 23 (Reuters photo) OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — The European Union has expressed frustration with Israel over […]
How Israel understands the Arab Peace Initiative
Apr 04,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Ramzy Baroud Once more, the Arab Peace Initiative of 2002 is taking centre stage. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas insisted during his speech at the recently concluded Arab League summit, that the initiative is the only solution on the table, asserting that it will not be changed or […]