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Here’s how Syria became hell on earth

Here’s how Syria became hell on earth Business Insider Armin Rosen © Provided by Business Insider Children walk on the debris of a damaged building at al-Myassar neighborhood of Aleppo. (Thomson Reuters)In 2010, Syria was ranked 111 out of 169 countries on the Human Development Index, just behind South Africa. […]

Russia’s military intervention in Syria

Oct 04,2015 – JORDAN TIMES – Amer Al Sabaileh The US and Russia seem to have finally agreed that fighting terrorism in Syria is a priority. This poses a new challenge to many countries, which will need to shift their position vis-à-vis the Syrian crisis, including to Syria’s neighbouring countries such as […]

Who are the terrorists?

Oct 03,2015 – JORDAN TIMES   MAHMOUD ZIDAN “If it looks like a terrorist, if it walks like a terrorist, if it acts like a terrorist, if it fights like a terrorist, it’s a terrorist.” Thus spoke Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at a UN General Assembly press conference. Several […]

Russia bolstering regional role

Oct 03,2015 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL A contact group on the Syrian crisis is expected to convene in Moscow this month upon the invitation of the Russian government. The Russian deputy foreign minister told Russian news agency RIA Novosti on Monday that Iran, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Turkey and Egypt are expected to […]

The hard lessons of global militarism

Oct 01,2015 – BY RAMI G. KHOURI      JORDAN TIMES The bizarre, often make-believe, world of the United States’ fight against dangerous terrorist organisations and militants has suffered a bad few weeks, and there are no signs of things getting better soon. This is a critical moment in that tug-of-war […]