Aug 06,2016 – JORDAN TIMES The Golan Heights give reason to the region to worry. The deteriorating situation there, whereby 1,000 jihadists affiliating with Daesh chose Golan as their base, poses a tangible threat that requires prompt action. And with another 1,500 jihadists calling themselves Jabhat Al Nusra — which […]
The Syrian Democratic Forces have been fighting towards Manbij for two months Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden Rebel forces backed by the US-led coalition are reported to be in “almost complete control” of a Syrian city after driving Isismilitants out of their former stronghold. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) alliance has been […]
The quest for true happiness Mariam Anwer | Published — Friday 5 August 2016 http://www.arabnews.com HAPPINESS is the ultimate goal in life for almost all of us. It is the motive behind every action that is taken in this world. People eat, shop, study, work, marry or sometimes fall into […]
MOHAMMED RASOOLDEEN & FOUZIA KHAN | Published — Thursday 4 August 2016 RIYADH/JEDDAH: The first batch of Hajis from Pakistan, Bangladesh, South Africa and India arrived at Jeddah and […]
Aug 04,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – RAMI G. KHOURI Never in modern history has the Arab world experienced such a wide range of jarring political developments as it does today, including fragmenting states, refugee flows, a terrorism export industry and long-running devastating wars. These conditions did not suddenly emerge overnight. […]
Taken from – Ummah Forums Dreams and Dream Interpretations by Imam Anwar Al-Awlaki Ibn Qutaybah ad-Dinawari رحمه الله says in his book about dream interpretations, “There is nothing in which people deal with from the different sciences that is more obscure, delicate, exalted, noble, difficult and problematic than dreams because […]
Aug 3, 2016 (IraqiNews.com) Erbil – President of the Kurdistan Region Massoud Barzani on Friday promised to liberate the Christian lands, which are being presently controlled by ISIS. The promise […]
Jul 24, 2016 (IraqiNews.com) Baghdad- A well placed source in the Ministry of Interior has informed that security forces in Syria on Sunday arrested ISIS members who were disguised as […]
ISIS members. File photo. (IraqiNews.com) Baghdad – The National Security Committee of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan revealed that about 600 Kyrgyz citizens, including 100 women, have joined ISIS in Iraq and Syria. Spokesman of the National Security Committee of Kyrgyzstan Rashad Sulimanov said, “Over 600 Kyrgyz citizens, including 100 women, have […]
Aug 03,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – DAOUD KUTTAB The incident was tragic by any standard, but the response appears even more tragic. When Shadi Abu Jaber, a 17-year-old Jordanian, along with another passenger died in a car accident in Amman, social media users started talking about the young man whose […]
By Laila Azzeh – Aug 04,2016 – JORDAN TIMES Syrian refugees carry water at the Azraq camp, some 100km east of Amman and 20km west of the town of Azraq in Zarqa Governorate, recently (Photo by Muath Freij) AMMAN — More than half of the registered Syrian refugees […]
REUTERS | Published — Wednesday 3 August 2016 Ewan McGregor … call for help LONDON: Scottish actor Ewan McGregor called on Tuesday for greater efforts to help refugee children in Iraq, warning they are at serious risk of death, sexual violence, or recruitment into armed groups. Following a visit […]
Indian family of five say they are grateful to the Almighty – and the Emirates crew Image Credit: Supplied Relieved. Shaji Kochikutty with his wife and three daughters soon after they were evacuated from EK521. Published: 16:45 August 3, 2016 By Sharmila Dhal, Chief Reporter Add to My Gulf News […]
Recent wave accounts for about one-in-ten asylum applications since 1985 BY PHILLIP CONNOR A record 1.3 million migrants applied for asylum in the 28 member states of the European Union, Norway and Switzerland in 2015 – nearly double the previous high water mark of roughly 700,000 that was set in […]
Aug 02,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – HASAN ABU NIMAH Like the many annual Arab summits in the last decade, the latest in the Mauritanian capital Nouakchott was an unexciting event. Other than expressions of goodwill, empty promises and routine political rhetoric, the summit produced nothing that can be viewed as […]
By AFP – Jul 26,2016 – JORDAN TIMES QALANDIYA — Israeli authorities early Tuesday destroyed 11 Palestinian homes in an area on the outskirts of Jerusalem divided from the city by Israel’s separation wall, residents and an NGO said. A convoy of Israeli army vehicles and bulldozers carried out […]
28.05.2015 Deutschland, Islam, Terrorism/War, WorldJulia DR. JUERGEN TODENHOEFER: Dear friends, according to the US secret service, DIA, the Obama administration has known as early as August 2012 that Al Qaeda /AQI, IS, ISIS) and other extremists were heading the Syrian rebellion. As a result, the “possibility that a Salafist principality […]
By Mohammad Ghazal – Jul 30,2016 – JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — The Jordan Meteorological Department (JMD) is preparing to deploy Thai technology to make artificial rain, JMD Director Mohammad Samawi said on Saturday. “We have taken many steps towards the implementation of the experiment and these steps are in […]
ARAB NEWS | Published — Saturday 30 July 2016 JEDDAH: Hundreds of protesting Saudi Oger employees, demanding unpaid wages from the company for over seven months, were dispersed by police. The employees caused traffic disruptions in northern Jeddah and shut down a gas station. Col. Atti Al-Qurashi, Makkah region police […]
| Published — Saturday 30 July 2016 BEIRUT: Daesh has executed at least 24 civilians after seizing a village in northern Syria from a US-backed Kurdish-Arab alliance, a monitor said Friday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Daesh executed 24 civilians “in the last 24 hours” after taking […]