WEST BANK, August 19, 2015 (WAFA) – Israeli authorities demolished on Wednesday two residential units in Jerusalem and Ramallah, as well as notified to demolish the house of a prisoner in Hebron, according to local and media sources. Local sources said an Israeli police force accompanied by heavy machinery […]
An undated handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) on Wednesday shows the late 82-year old retired chief archaeologist of the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra, Khaled al-Assaad, giving a press conference at an unknown location in Syria. Daesh (Islamic State) members on Wednesdasy beheaded Al-Assaad, […]
In this June 24, 2007 file photo released by the Nature press service shows a ringlet butterfly (‘Aphantopus hyperantus’). (AFP) REUTERS Published — Wednesday 19 August 2015 ARABNEWS.COM ISTANBUL: A group of Islamic experts urged the world’s 1.6 billion Muslims on Tuesday to do more to fight global […]
Makkah Gov. Prince Khaled Al-Faisal. (SPA) ABDULHADI HABTOR Published — Wednesday 19 August 2015 JEDDAH: An unmarried woman’s dowry has been officially fixed at SR50,000, (13’500 US$)while for a divorcee, it would be SR30,000. The move follows instructions from Makkah Gov. Prince Khaled Al-Faisal, who is also adviser to […]
UN backs Syria peace plan after deadly regime strikes By AFP – Aug 18,2015 – JORDAN TIMES Syrian emergency personnel carry a wounded man following air strikes by Syrian government forces on a marketplace in the rebel-held area of Douma, east of the capital Damascus, on Sunday (AFP photo) […]
Syria civil war: Civilians in Damascus pay the price for those in the provinces in conflict’s balance of horror There are no good guys on either side, and the more cornered each becomes, the more they strike at the innocent by Robert Fisk, The Independent, UK It’s a balance of […]
561. Commandment – So be not slack and sue not for peace; for you will certainly have the upper hand. And Allah is with you, and He will not deprive you of the reward of your actions [47:36] So be not slack and sue not for peace; for you will certainly have the upper hand. And […]
By Daniel Chirot is professor of Russian and Eurasian studies at the University of Washington Aug 17,2015 – JORDAN TIMES: In 1877, the great French novelist Victor Hugo wrote: “Invading armies […]
By AFP – Aug 18,2015 – JORDAN TIMES Migrants queue during a food distribution organised by the local organisation ‘Kos solidarity’ outside the abandoned Captain Elias Hotel, where hundreds of migrants have found temporary shelter, on Monday (AFP photo) KOS, Greece — Five nights ago, Nada and her children braved […]
This is a story from Basra, Iraq. Author unknown: Once upon a time there lived in Basra a ‘Master’. His ‘servant’ used to go daily to the Market to purchase fresh vegetables. The ‘Master’ was kind and did not make a fuss when the ‘servant’ took his […]
559. Commandment – O ye who believe! when you meet those who disbelieve, advancing in force, turn not your backs to them [8:16] O ye who believe! when you meet those who disbelieve, advancing in force, turn not your backs to them. [8:17] And whoso turns his back to them on such a day, […]
558. Commandment – And fight them until there is no persecution and religion is wholly for Allah. But if they desist, then surely Allah is Watchful of what they do [8:40] And fight them until there is no persecution and religion is wholly for Allah. But if they desist, then […]
556. Commandment – Say, if your fathers, and your sons, and your brethren, and your wives, and your kinsfolk, and the wealth you have acquired, and the trade whose dullness you fear, and the dwellings which you love are dearer to you than Allah and His Messenger and striving in […]
Epigraph: There should be no compulsion in religion. Surely, right has become distinct from wrong; so whosoever refuses to be led by those who transgress, and believes in Allah, has […]
560. Commandment – Slacken not, nor grieve; and you shall certainly have the upper hand, if you are believers [3:140] Slacken not, nor grieve; and you shall certainly have the upper hand, if you are believers. [3:147] And many a Prophet there has been beside whom fought numerous companies of their followers. […]
Now the truth emerges: how the US fuelled the rise of Isis in Syria and Iraq Seumas Milne The sectarian terror group won’t be defeated by the western states that incubated it in the first place https://tpc.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/r20150811/r20110914/abg.js// < ![CDATA[ // The war on terror, that campaign without end launched 14 […]
MOHAMMED RASOOLDEEN & RASHID HASSAN/ ARAB NEWS STAFF Published — Monday 17 August 2015 RIYADH: The first batch of Haj pilgrims from Bangladesh, Malaysia, Pakistan and South Africa arrived in […]
A Jordanian soldier stands guard on his vehicle in Mafraq, Jordan, near the northern Jordan-Syrian border, on Sunday. (AP) THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published — Monday 17 August 2015 Militants have tried to sneak into Jordan from Syria by blending in with Syrian refugees, and attempts to smuggle weapons and drugs […]
AFP By Laurent Lozano August 13, 2015 9:00 AM Jerusalem (AFP) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday announced a major deal between his government and a consortium including US firm Noble Energy on natural gas production in the Mediterranean Sea. The agreement is aimed at ending months of […]
IBRAHIM B. SYED Published — Friday 14 August 2015 It is true that babies who can barely talk investigate problems with all the zeal and excitement of explorers, make discoveries with the passion and absorption of dedicated scientists. The process of learning starts right after birth. Physical growth stops […]