Jordan and Iraq: An exemplary visit
Dec 30,2018 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL The visit of Prime Minister Omar Razzaz and his accompanying ministerial delegation to Baghdad on Friday to discuss and promote relations with Iraqi Prime […]
Vatican official urges Iraq’s Christians to forgive, rebuild
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican secretary of state urged Iraqi Christians who have endured years of Islamic extremist persecution to forgive, reconcile and […]
Iraqi Christians celebrate Christmas one year after Daesh defeat
Reuters December 25, 2018 War and sectarian conflict shrank Iraq’s Christian population from 1.5 million to about 400,000 after the US-led invasion in 2003 Iraq is home to many […]
Why the hostility to a US exit from Syria?
Syria is at a point where the western powers must choose whether to cooperate in its future or turn their backs out of resentment for Russia Mary Dejevsky @IndyVoices The […]
Iraqi lawmakers demand US withdrawal after Trump visit
After visiting American troops in Iraq, Trump left the country without meeting any Iraqi officials. (AFP) AP December 27, 2018 Politicians from both sides of Iraq’s political divide are […]
Palestinians in Iraq fearful after loss of Saddam-era privileges
By Reuters – Dec 20,2018 -JORDAN TIMES BAGHDAD — A year after the Iraqi parliament voted to strip Palestinians of the equal-rights status they enjoyed under Saddam Hussein, Palestinians living […]
Colonel Wilkerson on George W. Bush’s Iraq War and Trump’s Possible Iran War
December 17, 2018 This former official says the Trump admin is priming Americans for war with Iran — and he would know, since he helped George W. Bush do the same for Iraq https://nowthisnews.com/videos/politics/colonel-wilkerson-on-trumps-possible-iran-war?jwsource=cl
Iraq lays cornerstone to rebuild iconic Mosul mosque
By AFP – Dec 16,2018 -JORDAN TIMES This photo taken on Sunday shows the Great Mosque of Al Nuri and the remains of ‘Al Hadba’ leaning minaret in Mosul’s war-ravaged […]
Nobel laureate Murad to build hospital in her hometown in Iraq
Murad survived the worst of the cruelties and brutality inflicted on her people, the Yazidis of Iraq, by the Daesh group. (File/AFP) Reuters December 14, 2018 The laureate was […]
Nobel laureate returns to Iraq, pledges to work for peace
Source: Associated Press By SINAN SALAHEDDIN BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi activist Nadia Murad met her country’s president in Baghdad on Wednesday after receiving the Nobel Peace Prize for her advocacy […]
Trump signs bill to help religious minorities in Iraq, Syria
Source: Associated Press By DEB RIECHMANN WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump signed legislation on Tuesday to help ensure humanitarian relief reaches the members of religious and ethnic minorities in […]
Shi’ite rivalry paralyzes Iraq’s government
Source: Reuters By John Davison, Ahmed Rasheed BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A growing rivalry between two powerful Shi’ite Muslim factions has paralyzed efforts to form a government in Iraq six months after […]
Blowback from unintended consequences of Bush’s 1991 war continues
Dec 05,2018 -JORDAN TIMES – MICHAEL JANSEN George H.W. Bush, who died last Saturday at the age of 94, has been lauded as a great US president, a humble patrician […]
The Ignored Legacy of George H.W. Bush: War Crimes, Racism, and Obstruction of Justice
Mehdi Hasan December 1 2018, The tributes to former President George H.W. Bush, who died on Friday aged 94, have been pouring in from all sides of the political […]
Iraq to launch reconstruction agency, president says
By Reuters – Nov 23,2018 -JORDAN TIMES ROME — Iraq plans to launch a reconstruction agency to focus on projects such as a deep water port and a rail network, […]
Meeting of the minds
Nov 17,2018 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL http://jordantimes.com/opinion/editorial/meeting-minds-1 The state visit of Iraqi President Barham Saleh to Jordan on Thursday was, indeed, a big success, having joined His Majesty King […]
In Iraq’s parliament, Shi’ite militia leaders plan to call the shots
Source: Reuters BYAhmed Rasheed, Babak Dehghanpisheh, Michael Georgy BAGHDAD (Reuters) – In May, Hassan Fada’am traded his military fatigues for a suit when he became one of 45 Shi’ite militiamen elected to […]
Sanctions on Iran likely to boost Turkey-Iraq commercial ties
DAILY SABAH WITH AA ISTANBUL While the implications of the second round of U.S. sanctions against Iran on the regional economy are being discussed, experts said that Turkish goods could dominate the Iraqi market with the decline in imports of Iranian goods due to the sanctions. Turkey-Iraq Business Council Chairman […]
US ‘war on terror’ has killed over half a million people: study (in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq only)
Epigraph: We (Allah) prescribed for the children of Israel that whosoever killed a person — unless it be for killing a person or for creating disorder in the land — […]
The new tyranny of the dollar
Nov 01,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – MARK LEONARD BERLIN — Donald Trump may not want to launch wars in the Middle East, but that does not mean he is getting […]