Iraq exhibits restored art pillaged after 2003 invasion
By AFP – Apr 23,2022 – JORDAN TIMES Restored art pieces by renowned Iraqi artists are on display at Iraq’s ministry of culture in Baghdad on April 6 (AFP photo) BAGHDAD — […]
For God’s sake, stop the war
For God’s sake, stop the war Jawed Naqvi Published April 7, 2022 – WE are now into the month of Ramazan, a period of piety and self-reflection for Muslims, though one can’t […]
Ukraine crisis underscores need for equitable multilateralism
DR. ABDEL AZIZ ALUWAISHEG April 06, 2022 Short Url https://arab.news/gjxue During the UN Security Council debate on Ukraine on Tuesday night, President Volodymyr Zelensky exhorted the council’s members to act, […]
From Beirut to Baghdad: Lebanese flee crisis seeking jobs in Iraq
More than 20,000 Lebanese citizens arrived in Iraq between June 2021, February 2022 By AFP – Apr 03,2022 – JORDAN TIMES Lebanese ophthalmologist George Cherfan examines a patient’s eyes at the Beirut […]
In a ‘dangerous’ land: Tourists trickle back to Iraq
By AFP – Mar 27,2022 – JORDAN TIMES Foreign tourists visit the ancient city of Babylon, some 100km south of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, on March 7, 2022 (AFP photo) HILLA, Iraq […]
Iraq War: World will never forget atrocities
BY ANADOLU AGENCY HOUSTON, TEXAS, U.S. MAR 20, 2022 – Former U.S. President George W. Bush (R) presents Britain’s former Prime Minister Tony Blair with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, on […]
Supposed to be more grateful …
commuting from Amman, Jordan, to Baghdad 2003 to 2011. I should have kept a log how many times I took advantage of this flight mode. Anyway, kind of the US […]
Iraq’s multibillion-dollar wheat import bill: how war in Ukraine affects the wider world
Russia and its invaded neighbour produce about 20 per cent of world’s wheat supply Robert Tollast | Mina Aldroubi Feb 25, 2022 The war in Ukraine, one of the world’s major wheat producing regions, […]
Sanctions are devastating weapons of mass destruction
Feb 16,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Michael Jansen Sanctions are a far more devastating weapon of mass destruction than chemical, biological and, even, nuclear weapons. Since World War II the […]
Keeping the faith, quietly: Inside Muslim Indonesia’s hidden Jewish community
By Chris Barrett and Karuni Rompies February 7, 2022 — Singapore/Jakarta: In Tondano, near the north-east tip of the island of Sulawesi, south-east Asia’s first Holocaust museum was unveiled last month. The brainchild of Rabbi Yaakov Baruch, who operates Indonesia’s only synagogue in the lakeside town, its opening on International Holocaust Remembrance Day was […]
Daesh threat cannot be eliminated by focusing on individuals
CHRIS DOYLE February 07, 2022 Short Url https://arab.news/peze7 That so few people even knew the name Abu Ibrahim Al-Hashimi Al-Qurashi was one of the most extraordinary features of the killing […]
The anti-terror coalition is asleep at the wheel
HAFED AL-GHWELL February 05, 2022 Short Url https://arab.news/6sc2z The attack last month on the Kurdish-controlled Ghweyran prison in northeast Syria by 100 Daesh extremists, eerily reminiscent of the 2013 Abu […]
Daesh’s ‘caliph’ is dead, but a new generation is wreaking mayhem
BARIA ALAMUDDIN February 05, 2022 Short Url https://arab.news/4ne5s The killing of Daesh’s “caliph,” Abu Ibrahim Al-Quraishi, is a rare foreign policy achievement for US President Joe Biden. However, Quraishi was […]
Why Yazidi survivors of Daesh enslavement and their children are stuck in limbo in Iraq
Children believed to be from the Yazidi community, who were captured by Daesh fighters, are pictured after being evacuated from the embattled Daesh holdout of Baghouz. (AFP/File Photo) Short Url […]
Iran will make US withdrawal from region as painful as possible
KHALED ABOU ZAHRJanuary 13, 2022 Short Url https://arab.news/63ng4 The year may have only just started, but US troops in Iraq and Syria have already come under attack by drones three […]
The Roots of America’s Middle East Decline
James Zogby Monday 27 Dec 2021 Since the United States withdrawal from Afghanistan, I have received questions from a number of journalists, both American and Arab. They have asked what […]
New chapter for Baghdad’s book street
Previous 1 / 4People walk past an installation depicting a Christmas tree made of lights and marking the new year 2022 during the reopening of the renovated Al-Mutanabbi street on Saturday. […]
U.S. Announces End to Combat Mission in Iraq, but Troops Will Not Leave
The U.S. military said it had transitioned to an advise and assist mission in the country, but the roughly 2,500 service members on the ground will remain, staying on in […]
Two rockets hit Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone — Iraqi state media
A handout picture received from the US Embassy in Iraq on December 31, 2019, shows a US army apache helicopter dropping flares over Baghdad’s high-security Green Zone. (File/AFP) Short Url […]
Societies that treat women badly are poorer and less stable
Oppressing women not only hurts women; it also hurts men https://53c45557bb464df365f75fba619e880d.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-38/html/container.htmlSep 11th 2021 BASRA AND TORORO “Awoman who drives a car will be killed,” says Sheikh Hazim Muhammad al-Manshad. He says […]