Report: US believes Israel conducts Syria air strike
CNN reports, citing two unnamed US officials, that Israel conducted airstrike into Syria on Thursday or Friday but Israeli planes did not enter Syrian airspace; CBS, NBC also report airstrike. […]
Israeli-Palestinian peace talks: Netanyahu open to peace referendum (action needed, not talk…)
May 2, 2013 – 12:39 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has asked Switzerland for its help in organising a referendum on a peace treaty with the Palestinians. Netanyahu made the comments during talks with the Swiss Foreign Minister, Didier Burkhalter, on Thursday in Jerusalem. “Come to Switzerland and we will […]
Syria militants exhume grave of Prophet’s companion
Reports from Syria say Wahhabi extremists have desecrated the grave of an ancient Muslim figure near the capital, Damascus. The militants have reportedly attacked the mausoleum and exhumed the grave […]
Syria and sarin gas: US claims have a very familiar ring
Reports of the Assad regime’s use of chemical weapons are part of a retold drama riddled with plot-holes ROBERT FISK SUNDAY 28 APRIL 2013 Is there any way of escaping […]
Syria’s other war: intra-rebel skirmishes
ALEPPO, Syria — The gash on Abu Ahmed’s face has almost healed but the troubling memory of Syrian rebels thrashing him with rifle butts evokes fear of another looming war: […]
Brahimi to quit as Syria peace envoy: diplomats
STORY SUMMARY UN-Arab League Syria peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi is on the verge of quitting amid growing frustration at deadlocked international efforts to end the worsening conflict, diplomats said Wednesday. […]
Controversial Sheikh romps to AFC presidency (Asian Football Confederation)
May 02, 2013 09:10 AM (Last updated: May 02, 2013 10:19 AM) By Talek Harris STORY SUMMARY Bahrain royal Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa promised a new era of […]
PEW Report: Muslims back Islamic law, disagree on meaning
Source: USA Today By Cathy Lynn Grossman Devotion to Islam shapes the lives of most Muslims but their views on democracy, religious law known as sharia, and family life are varied, a new study finds. The research report on Muslim views on religion, politics and society was released Tuesday by The […]
They may be fighting for Syria, not Assad. They may also be winning: Robert Fisk reports from inside Syria
Death stalks the Syrian regime just as it does the rebels. But on the front line of the war, the regime’s army is in no mood to surrender – and claims it doesn’t need chemical weapons Clouds hang oppressively low over the Syrian army’s front-line mountain-top in the far north […]
Robert Fisk: Assad sends his feared militia squads to the battlefront
Syria’s ‘ghost’ soldiers have been accused of torturing and killing civilians. Soon they will be controlling newly captured towns, reports our Middle East correspondent In a decision that is certain to arouse fear among the regime’s enemies, the Syrian government has decreed that thousands of volunteers loyal to President Bashar […]
Early marriage persists in society despite law amendments — activists
by Areej Abuqudairi | Apr 29, 2013 | JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Activists and civil society groups warned that the practice of early marriage persists despite an amendment to the […]
Palestinian Christians urge Pope to oppose wall
AFP | Apr 29, 2013 | 23:44 OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Palestinian Christians near Bethlehem on Monday urged Pope Francis to speak up against an Israeli decision to build its controversial separation barrier on a route they say would cut off their community. “We cry to your Holiness with a feeling […]
Truthfulness is a vast curriculum – Teachings from the Qur’an
Salman Al-Awdah ARABNEWS Friday 26 April 2013 O YOU who believe! Have taqwa with Allah, and be among the truthful.” (Al-Qur’an, 9:119) Many people understand truthfulness to mean truthfulness of the tongue through speech alone. In reality, truthfulness is a vast curriculum. It is as much one of the characteristics […]
As Syria fighting grows, young professionals leave Damascus
Middle-class professionals who hoped Damascus was a safe place to wait out the Syrian conflict are having second thoughts — and leaving. By Rasha Elass, Los Angeles Times April 28, […]
International Conference Adopts Campaign to Free Prisoners
RAMALLAH, April 28, 2013 (WAFA) – The “Freedom and Dignity” International conference Sunday adopted the launch of an international campaign to free Fatah leader and lawmaker Marwan Barghouti and all prisoners in Israeli jails, said a press release on Sunday. The Free Barghouti campaign said that Member of the African […]
Conversations with the General: Talking to Syria’s rebel leader about chemical weapons, jihadi rebels, and the day after Assad falls
BY AFSIN YURDAKUL | APRIL 28, 2013 FOREIGN POLICY SOMEWHERE IN NORTHERN SYRIA — On a chilly morning in late March, I met the Free Syrian Army (FSA) Chief of […]
Warning: Withholding pilgrims’ passports illegal
JEDDAH: Khadijah Habib ARABNEWS Monday 29 April 2013 The Ministry of Haj has warned hotels and other accommodation facilities against seizing passports of pilgrims under any circumstances, cautioning that punitive action will be taken if irregularities are detected. In a phone conversation with Arab News, Muhammad Al-Bijawi, director of the […]
King of Jordan stops in Haiti, Spain on way back from US
JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah arrived home on Sunday from a working visit to US, where he held talks with US President Barack Obama that focused on […]
Syrian prime minister survives bomb attack – TV
April 29, 2013 – 08:41 SWISSINFO BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian Prime Minister Wael al-Halki survived a bomb attack that targeted his convoy in central Damascus on Monday, Syrian state media and Hezbollah’s al-Manar television reported. “The terrorist explosion in al-Mezze was an attempt to target the convoy of the prime […]
A Brief History of Jewish-Muslim Integration & Israeli Palestinian Confederation
The Times of Israel: ……………… Let’s start with some facts. The worse betrayal of the Jews was by those who perpetrated the Holocaust. The concept of anti-Semitism, and the primitive […]