Source: Asia Times Make no mistake, the US is warning of a regime change in Turkey. The wheel has turned full circle for Erdogan. He was the darling of the West in the nineties when he took on Turkey’s Kemalists, riding the wings of “moderate Islam.” The dismantling of Kemalist […]
By Reuters – Nov 23,2017 -JORDAN TIMES People inspect the debris of a building after Assad regime’s warplanes allegedly carried out air strikes over residential areas of Kafr Batna […]
Source: BBC News By Jonathan Marcus Defence and diplomatic correspondent To all intents and purposes, Saudi Arabia and Israel are de facto allies in the struggle against Iran’s rising influence […]
By Reuters – Nov 22,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Russian President Vladimir Putin (centre), Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (right) and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani pose during a trilateral meeting on […]
Nov 19,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Amer Al Sabaileh The resignation of Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri two weeks ago is an indicator of a potential local escalation with Hizbollah and regional escalation with Iran. The expectation of an imminent escalation with Hizbollah has been there for months, as the […]
The sort of Neo-con and right-wing think tankers, who in 2003 were saying that a war with Iraq would be a doddle, are back in business in Washington, pushing for […]
Reuters International This content was published on November 17, 2017 French President Emmanuel Macron arrives for the EU Social Summit for Fair Jobs and Growth in Gothenburg, Sweden, November […]
The only way we can prevent global consequences from a regional conflict between Riyadh and Tehran is if we begin treating their countries the same Paddy Ashdown There used to saying in the Middle East: “If a dog barks in the Middle East, British intelligence is behind it.” Replace the word […]
Source: Time By Casey Quackenbush 2:46 AM EST A humanitarian crisis is rapidly deepening in Yemen, where millions of aid-reliant people have been cut off from assistance since Saudi Arabia closed […]
Mohamad Bazzi For The Straits Times Published The Middle East suddenly hurtled towards a regional conflict over the past week, after Saudi Arabia charged that a missile fired at its capital from Yemen was provided to rebels by Iran and constituted “an act of war”. “Iran cannot lob missiles at […]
Nov 15,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Michael Jansen Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recent visit to Tehran was a show of solidarity with Iran at a time the country is facing […]
Source: BBC News A 7.3-magnitude earthquake has shaken the northern border region between Iran and Iraq, killing at least 396 people and injuring thousands more. More than 7,000 people are […]
A 7.3-magnitude earthquake has shaken the northern border region between Iran and Iraq, killing at least 207 people and injuring about 2,500. One aid agency said 70,000 people needed emergency shelter after the quake, one of the largest this year. Most of those who died were in Iran’s western […]
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL Residents in northern Iraq’s Sulaymaniyah flee their homes after magnitude 7.2 quake on November 12, 201. (AA Photo) Related Articles MidEast More than 60 killed after magnitude 7.2 quake on Iran-Iraq border region Turkish aid agencies become first to deliver relief supplies to the region […]
Reuters International This content was published on November 13, 2017 2:56 AMNov 13, 2017 – 02:56 A damaged storefront is seen after an earthquake in Halabja, Iraq, November 12, 2017. TWITTER – Osama Golpy/Rudaw/Social Media/via REUTERS (reuters_tickers) By Raya Jalabi and Parisa Hafezi BAGHDAD/ANKARA (Reuters) – More than 120 […]
Source: The Foreign Policy Elephants in the Room And it looks a lot like a plan to squeeze Iran. By Dov Zakheim There seems to be a general consensus in […]
Source: BBC News Yemen faces the world’s largest famine in decades “with millions of victims” if aid deliveries are not resumed, a senior UN official has warned. Mark Lowcock, the […]
Source: Time By Casey Quackenbush 11:52 PM EST Saudi Arabia pushed war-ravaged Yemen to the brink of the worst famine the world has seen in decades when it closed the country’s […]
Society November 6, 2017 TEHRAN — “I have severe backache and too much walking is strictly prohibited for me, however, I attend Arba’een Trekking since I do love Imam Hussein […]
Reuters International This content was published on November 7, 2017 2:52 PMNov 7, 2017 – 14:52 Shi’ite worshippers place copies of the Koran on their heads during Ramadan at the […]