Lift Gaza blockade first!
Associated Press ARABNEWS Sunday 21 April 2013 ISTANBUL: Families of the victims of an Israeli raid on an aid flotilla yesterday spoke out against compensation talks between Turkey and Israel, […]
Heritage ‘not hit by Makkah expansion’
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Sunday 21 April 2013 The development and expansion projects in Makkah have not wiped out the holy city’s identity and history, said Makkah Gov. Prince Khaled Al-Faisal […]
‘Israel prefers US to do the job in Iran’
RT: It would be more convenient for Israel if the US attacked Iran because they have the capacity to do so, journalist and author Yossi Melman told RT. The Israeli […]
Assad says fire of Syria could spread to Jordan
AFP | Apr 18, 2013 JORDAN TIMES DAMASCUS – President Bashar Assad on Wednesday threatened the crisis in Syria could spill over into Jordan, in an hour-long interview with official Al-Ikhbariya channel. “The fire will not stop at our borders; all the world knows Jordan is just as exposed (to […]
Netanyahu: Israel reserves right to block arms to Syrian rebels
Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu has urged caution over international calls to arm Syrian rebels and reserved the right for the Jewish state to block the supply of weapons that could be turned against it. Speaking to the BBC, the Israeli prime minister said if advanced arms fell into the hands of […]
Saudi Arabia Reportedly Deports Men for Being ‘Too Handsome’: Will they accept Non Handsome Ahmadi Men? (photo added)
Time: It’s a good problem to have, but it’s still a problem for three men who have reportedly been deported from Saudi Arabia for being “too handsome.” The men were […]
Jordan: Jihadists seized along Syrian border
by Taylor Luck | Apr 15, 2013 | JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Authorities have seized several Jihadi Salafists along the Kingdom’s shared border with Syria, a local security source said on Monday. Border patrols seized a group of eight Jordanians allegedly attempting to cross into Syria late Saturday to join […]
Wounded Syrians flown to Germany for care
JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — A specially equipped German military aircraft picked up more than 30 severely injured Syrian refugees from Amman on Monday to fly them to Germany for treatment, […]
Footage shows Lebanon’s Hezbollah fighting in Syria
The Associated Press, Lebanese-Syrian border – AL ARABIYA Hezbollah-backed fighters are taking an ever more active role in the ongoing Syrian conflict along the border with Lebanon. They claim their […]
Jordan needs ‘innovative solutions’ for refugee problem — IOM
by Abeer Numan | Apr 15, 2013 | JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — As the Syrian crisis enters its third year, Jordan and other refugee-hosting countries must come up with “innovative solutions” to reduce the exodus of Syrian refugees, said Davide Terzi, Jordan’s Chief of Mission of the International Organisation for […]
Palestinian Arab Museum that “Rewrites” History
Palestinians building largest museum in the West Bank to tell their story from Ottoman Empire to British mandate Ynetnews: Palestinians on Thursday began construction of the West Bank’s largest museum […]
Riyadh to be connected to five cities by train service
RIYADH: ARAB NEWS Sunday 14 April 2013 Last Update 14 April 2013 9:51 am A train will connect Riyadh with five cities by 2014, with a capacity of more than […]
Strong Saudi film presence in Gulf Film Festival
DUBAI: MOHAMED EL HEBEISHY ARABNEWS Sunday 14 April 2013 The opening ceremony of the Gulf Film Festival 6th edition took place in the weekend with the screening of Saudi film ‘Wajda.’ The Kingdom’s first film directed by a female director, Haifa Al-Mansour, tackles the role of women in Saudi society. […]
Robert Fisk: The war has reached Damascus, but for now it is not a warzone The Independent’s Middle East correspondent returns to the streets of Damascus
Damascus under siege? Certainly. But at war? I’m not so sure. The shells swish high over the city, from Mount Qasioun to Deraya, soaring far over the 18th-century Azem Palace and the mosque built on air, the glorious Umayyad with its fragile 8th-century mosaics, last resting place of Saladin, the […]
Mobiles become weapons as tactics change in Syria’s new phoney war – Heavy casualties are reshaping the nature of the conflict. Robert Fisk reports from Damascus
A man was stopped at a government checkpoint on the highway north of Deraa and his mobile phone taken. The soldier found an SMS message which said: “I am in the hospital. The shooting has started.” Assuming that the man was a rebel signalling his whereabouts to his comrades, the […]
Taller, now faster – Dubai gives police Lamborghinis
DUBAI: The city that boasts the world’s tallest building is equipping its police with $400,000 Lamborghini sports cars that Dubai’s deputy police chief says are in keeping with the Gulf […]
Fighting rages across Syria’s borders
Story Summary In Homs, Syrian forces battled rebels near the border with Lebanon as part of a counteroffensive aimed at regaining control of territory. Meanwhile, fighting between rebels and opposition forces also broke out in the eastern city of Qamishli on the Turkish border, ending a de facto truce in […]
Palestinians lay foundation stone for museum
Associated Press ARABNEWS Thursday 11 April 2013 L BIRZEIT, West Bank: The Palestinians have started construction in the West Bank of what organizers say will be the world’s largest museum […]
Madinah boy wins Qur’an contest
RIYADH: ARAB NEWS Saturday 13 April 2013 A boy from Madinah has won the top prize in the Kingdom-wide Crown Prince Salman Prize for the Memorization of the Holy Qur’an […]
Prince Hassan of Jordan calls for ‘Arab mind revival’
by Raed Omari JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Arabs’ indulgence in politics instead of focusing on science and mathematics is the main reason behind the region’s low productivity, weak competitiveness and poor scientific research, HRH Prince Hassan said Thursday. Speaking at a ceremony to honour winners of the 2013 El Hassan […]