April 23, 2016 President Obama’s foreign policy legacy will have a lasting impact on the U.S. international security in general and the Middle East in particular for years to come. Obama opines that warmongering is no longer an option and the U.S. is better off coming to grips with realities […]
MUFTI TAQI USMANI Published — Friday 22 April 2016 Rajab is the seventh month in the Islamic lunar calendar. This month was regarded as one of the sacred months (Al-Ashhur Al-Hurum) in which battles were prohibited in the days of the Holy Prophet. It is also a prelude to […]
The ancient al-Qarawiyyin Library in Fez, founded in 859 by a woman, is the oldest working library in the world, holding ancient manuscripts that date as far back as 12 centuries and will reopen in May after a major renovation. World Bulletin / News Desk The Moroccan Ministry of Culture […]
Apr 21,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – DAOUD KUTTAB The cycle of violence in Palestine is so predictable that almost anyone following the news can easily forecast what happens next. This ability to anticipate what happens if the cycle of violence is not broken is perhaps the most concrete proof that […]
By Reuters – Apr 21,2016 – JORDAN TIMES President Barack Obama, with Saudi Arabia’s King Salman (right), speaks after a Gulf Cooperation Council session at the Diriyah Palace during the Gulf Cooperation Council Summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Thursday (AP photo) RIYADH — The United States will deter and […]
The Independent: Male, 26, single, quite well-educated but not an expert on the Quran – this is the profile of an average fighter joining Isis. Analysis of thousands of entry documents leaked from the terrorist group has provided vital new insight into the background and expertise of its international jihadists. […]
Source: CNN By Kevin Liptak, CNN White House Producer Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (CNN)A day after his longer-than-planned talks with Saudi King Salman partially eased some long-simmering tensions, President Barack Obama was working Thursday to persuade other Gulf leaders to take a more muscular role in stabilizing their region. During a […]
Israel PM wants to send Russia a message that it will not be forced into peace talks with Syria A UN peacekeeper holds a position near the border with Syria in Golan Heights.Image Credit: AP Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (centre) poses with ministers.Image Credit: AFP ( 1 of 2 […]
The information came from a Daesh defector who handed over some 11,000 personnel files to US television network NBC Image Credit: AP Thousands of apparent Daesh registration documents were leaked in January to a Syrian opposition news website and in March German daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung. Published: 12:20 April 20, 2016 […]
COURTESY: SCIENCEANDQURAN.COM Published — Friday 15 April 2016 Allah Almighty says: “And the Moon is eclipsed, and the Sun and the Moon are fused together, on that Day man will ask: “Where can I run?” No indeed! There will be no safe place. That Day, the only resting place will […]
MARK LEONARD ARABNEWS.COM Published — Thursday 21 April 2016 We have entered the age of migration. If all the people who live outside the country of their birth united to form their own — a republic of the rootless — it would be the fifth-largest country in the world, […]
Apr 20,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – MICHAEL JANSEN The world cannot afford to waste time over ending the war in Syria. When US President Barack Obama leaves the White House in January, peacemaking could come to an abrupt halt. His successor, motivated by the desire to curb Russian and Iranian […]
Saudi Arabia’s million barrel a day output, plus its strategic location in the Middle East, means the West must pay obeisance to the regional head-choppers Robert Fisk @indyvoices President Barack Obama shakes hands with Saudi Arabia’s King Salman at the start of a bilateral meeting at Erga Palace in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, […]
Apr 19,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Hasan Abu Nimah I did not pay much attention to a recent news report quoting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as saying that Israel will never leave the Syrian Golan Heights. His statement was made on the occasion of holding an Israeli Cabinet meeting on the […]
By Agencies – Apr 18,2016 – JORDAN TIMES In this July 23, 2015, photo, two Palestinian boys stand outside a tent (background) watching workers rebuild a house which was destroyed during the 2014 summer war between Israel and Hamas, as the long-awaited reconstruction began in Shijaiyah neighbourhood, eastern Gaza […]
By Hind Joucka – Apr 18,2016 – JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Like going through pages of an old photo album with the narrative of a father to his children, Samir Jamal Al Din’s documentary “Iraqi Odyssey” travels through the past century to chronicle the history of a family and […]
Apr 18,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – By Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of Kazakhstan Humanity hoped that the 21st century would herald a new era of global cooperation. This, however, may turn […]
Shaukat Amin MOHAMMED RASOOLDEEN Published — Sunday 17 April 2016 RIYADH: Crown Prince Mohammed bin Naif ordered a cash reward on Friday for the Pakistani expatriate who saved the life of a citizen who was drowning in a valley in the Asir region. Shaukat Amin saw Fahd Al-Qahtani in danger […]
CLEAR VIEW: With the temporary mataf bridge partially dismantled, worshippers can now view the Kaaba right after entering the Grand Mosque. ARAB NEWS Published — Monday 18 April 2016 JEDDAH: […]
If the semi-autonomous government goes bankrupt, the war against the caliphate could go belly-up. Iraqi Kurdistan’s fight against ISIS has for many Kurds been an existential battle central to their survival and that of their autonomous region in Iraq. However, with ISIS prevented from embarking upon Kurdistan’s major towns and […]