AFP | Nov 22, 2012 | JORDAN TIMES RAMALLAH — Yasser Arafat’s widow said on Thursday that next week’s exhumation of the late Palestinian leader was “very painful” but also necessary because of suspicions Israel poisoned him. “It is very painful. It is a shock, and it is not easy […]
Lynne Nahhas | AFP ARABNEWS Wednesday 21 November 2012 DUBAI: The Syrian opposition will need $60 billion in Marshall Plan-style aid to prevent the country’s collapse within six months of a fall of the regime, prominent leader George Sabra told reporters on Wednesday. He urged a “Partnership to Invest in […]
Story Summary An Egyptian-brokered truce between Israel and Hamas Wednesday ended eight days of fierce fighting in Gaza, largely halting attacks that have killed 162 Palestinians and five Israelis and […]
CAIRO: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said yesterday he feared that the militarization of the conflict in Syria could turn the country into a “regional battleground.” “We are deeply concerned […]
BAGHDAD — Iraq’s central government and the country’s autonomous Kurdistan region have each sent troops to reinforce their internal border as tension builds between them in a feud over land and oil. The second military build-up this year illustrates how far relations between Baghdad’s Arab-led central government and ethnic Kurds […]
By Tariq Alhomayed Asharq Al-Awsat Do we realize the all-encompassing danger present in the Kingdom of Jordan, and the size of the conspiracy that has been hatched against it, from […]
Rod Such The Electronic Intifada 20 November 2012 Fortress Israel: The Inside Story of the Military Elite Who Run the Country — And Why They Can’t Make Peace by former […]
UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestine refugees, has hit back at Israeli allegations, made through social media, that it allows schools it runs in the Gaza Strip to be used […]
Hundreds of thousands of children are trapped in houses in Gaza facing prolonged power cuts and depleting supplies of food and water, according to Save the Children. The charity has […]
The Times of Israel: After six days of intensive air raids by the Israeli Air Force on Gaza, in an effort to stop the missile attacks against Israel from terrorist […]
By Douglas Hamilton DAILY STAR LEBANON Story Summary Big armoured bulldozers with blades tall enough to plough through houses and carve a path for tanks and infantry were lined up on Israel’s border with Gaza on Monday, ready to invade if given the order. Israel says it is prepared to […]
By Nidal al-Mughrabi, Maayan Lubell DAILY STAR LEBANON GAZA/JERUSALEM: The U.N. chief called for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton headed to the region with a message that escalation of the week-long conflict was in nobody’s interest. Nevertheless, Palestinian rocket […]
Original headlines in Jordan Times: Islamists warn against violence, ‘uprising’ should fuel crisis continue by Taylor Luck | Nov 19, 2012 | 23:30 AMMAN — The Muslim Brotherhood called on Monday for a national conference to tackle the country’s growing political crisis, warning of a potential “national uprising” should the […]
by JT | Nov 19, 2012 | 23:19 AMMAN — Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh on Monday conveyed a message from His Majesty King Abdullah’s to UAE President Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, concerning bilateral relations and the regional developments. Meanwhile, Agence France-Presse reported that Arab Gulf states are mulling […]
BEIRUT: A group of extremist Islamist factions in Syria has rejected the country’s new opposition coalition, saying in a video statement they have formed an “Islamic state” in the embattled city of Aleppo to underline that they want nothing to do with the Western-backed bloc. The video appears to be […]
The four youngest members of the El Dallo family were the first to arrive at the Shifa hospital morgue. Sara, 7, Jamal, 6, Yusef, 4, and Ibrahim,2, children of rumoured […]
P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR ARABNEWS Friday 16 November 2012 JEDDAH: The Kuala Lumpur-based Islamic Book Trust (IBT) announced it will print the Integrated Encyclopedia of the Qur’an in English and help spread the message of Islam around the world. Haji P.K. Koya Kutty, executive secretary of the non-profit publishing house told […]
Source: ARABNEWS, Friday 16 November 2012 By Abu Tariq Hijazi The word Hijrah, which stands for migration, is a full message of Islam in itself. It strikes the mind with several […]
by Jordan Times | Nov 18, 2012 | AMMAN — Representatives of the local community in Naour on Sunday shared lunch with the district’s police station personnel and 15 other stations and Gendarmerie personnel at various posts. The organisers said that the initiative is “a small fraction of our debt […]
Story Summary Source: Daily Star, Lebanon The race is now on between a new war in the Gaza Strip, and a flurry of efforts by countries and organizations to contain the situation. Compared to the last Israeli military offensive four years ago, this time around holds more unknowns; Jerusalem and […]