Andrew Rosenbaum Monday, December 29, 2014 Assad regime survives on funds from Iran and Russia — Tehran is now dominant force in country, political analysts say ANKARA – The Syrian economy has effectively ceased to function, and President Bashar al-Assad’s regime is almost entirely dependent on loans from Iran and some aid from […]
Associated Press BEIRUT: ISIS published Monday an interview with the Jordanian pilot captured last week after his plane crashed in northern Syria. First Lt. Muath al-Kaseasbeh’s F-16 went down near ISIS’s de facto capital of Raqqa Wednesday. The 26-year-old Jordanian is the first foreign military pilot to fall into the extremists’ hands […]
RAMZY BAROUD Published — Tuesday 30 December 2014 Writing and reporting about the Middle East is not an easy task, especially during these years of turmoil. Following and reporting on these constant changes without a deep understanding of the region will achieve little but predictable and lackluster content that offers […]
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One-a-Day Commandment of the Holy Quran – 333. Commandment – Honey is Halal (allowed to use for eating) and it has Shifa (cure) Amjad Tariq Sydney 333. Commandment – Honey is Halal (allowed to use for eating) and it has Shifa (cure) [16:69] And thy Lord has inspired the bee, saying, […]
AIJAZ ZAKA SYED ARABNEWS.COM Published — Friday 26 December 2014 Is it finally the end of El Dorado? After surging and serenading above $100 a barrel for years, the much prized oil suddenly finds itself cheap and in diminished global esteem. Oil prices hit a new five-year […]
AMMAN: Jordan vowed Thursday to make every effort to save a pilot captured by the Islamic State group in Syria as Washington denied claims the terrorists shot his warplane out […]
Mailonline: From Russia to America, and from Scotland to the Middle East, the dramatic fall in the price of oil — down by nearly half in six months — has […]
Saudi Arabia Appoints Woman to Position in Two Holiest Mosques The head of the General Presidency of the Two Mosques, appointed Fatimah Al-Rashoud as head of the Women Guidance Committee. Wed, December 24, 2014 The Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, one of the two holy mosques. (Photo: © Wikipedia) […]
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Israeli authorities gave final approval on Wednesday to the construction of 380 new settler housing units in two areas of annexed East Jerusalem, a local official said. “The municipal commission has given construction permits for 307 homes in Ramot and 73 in Har Homa,” Yosef Pepe Alalu, […]
328. Commandment – Milk is a Halal (allowed to use for drink etc) [16:67] And surely in the cattle too there is a lesson for you. We give you to drink of what is in their bellies, from betwixt the faeces and the blood, milk pure and pleasant for those who drink it. [23:22] And in the […]
330. Commandment – So eat of that which they catch for you, and pronounce thereon the name of Allah [5:5] They ask thee what is made lawful for them. Say, ‘All good things have been made lawful for you; and what you have taught the beasts and birds of prey to […]
329. Commandment – The game of the sea and the eating thereof have been made lawful for you as a provision for you and the travellers [5:97] The game of the sea and the eating thereof have been made lawful for you as a provision for you and the travellers; […]
“In the Grip of the Law,” brings convicted terrorists face-to-face with victims in surreal encounters and celebrates the country’s beleaguered security forces. The show, produced by state-run Iraqiyya TV, […]
BBC News: Veteran politician Beji Caid Essebsi has been confirmed as winner of Tunisia’s first free presidential poll. He secured 55.68% of the vote in Sunday’s run-off, defeating caretaker president Moncef Marzouki (44.32%), the head of the electoral commission said. Mr Marzouki, a 67-year-old former exile, earlier refused to admit […]
‘Visiting Madinah is a dream of every Muslim’ MADINAH: YUSUF MOHAMMED Published — Monday 22 December 2014 Last update 21 December 2014 11:57 pm The Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah is bustling with pilgrims and visitors of different nationalities all year round. Everyone is delighted to make their dream […]
MOHAMMAD IRTAZA Published — Friday 19 December 2014 Last update 19 December 2014 2:52 am Violence has no place in Islam. This is the reminder of the Qur’an — “We made a covenant with you, that you shall not shed your blood, nor shall you evict each other from your […]
The Daily Star Judging by the White House’s policy on battling ISIS militants, one might conclude that U.S. officials believe that the Middle East has been afflicted with mass amnesia. If one can remember as far back as World War II, one of the world’s mightiest armies, belonging to Nazi Germany, was defeated by […]
The first Western journalist in the world to be allowed extensive access to Isis territories in Syria and Iraq has returned from the region with a warning: the group is “much stronger and much more dangerous” than anyone in the West realises. Jürgen Todenhöfer, 74, is a renowned German journalist […]