Kingdom is not the preferred destination for affluent neighbours by Omar Obeidat | Apr 09,2012 | JORDAN TIMES AMMAN –– The Kingdom was not the preferred destination for affluent Syrians, business leaders told The Jordan Times on Sunday. Economic sectors expected businesses in the Kingdom to boom due to the […]
By ASSOCIATED PRESS ARAB NEWS THE HAGUE, Netherlands: The International Criminal Court has told Libyan authorities to surrender former dictator Muammar Qaddafi’s son — wanted by the permanent tribunal for […]
By Rami G. Khouri The Daily Star, Lebanon Three great battles over political power have been unleashed across the Arab world and will persist for many years, until a new political order stabilizes in every country. One in particular is now reaching an important point that will reveal much about […]
Source: Reuters Author: Patrick Markey Iraq’s Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki will seek to showcase his country’s diplomatic return to the region this week when leaders gather for the first Arab League summit in Baghdad in two decades, and the only one hosted by a Shi’ite Arab ruler. With violence from […]
By Rami G. Khouri The Daily Star Lebanon I have been following the deliberations of Arab summit meetings for my entire adult life, and still remain dubious about the value of such gatherings. The summit taking place this week in Baghdad seems no different – but the Arab world itself […]
By OSAMA AL SHARIF, ARABNEWS Arab Islamist movements have never been so close to grabbing power through open and democratic elections as they are today. They have already succeeded in Tunisia and Egypt. They are expected to do well in Algeria’s upcoming polls. And if elections are held in Jordan […]
AFP | Mar 27,2012 | JORDAN TIMES BAGHDAD — This week’s Arab summit in Baghdad will be very different from the one that met two years ago, with many long-time autocrats swept away by the political tsunami that has struck across the region. Instead, new Islamist leaders will sit alongside […]
By PRINCE KHALED AL-FAISAL, ARABNEWS Recent research study on Arab opinion clearly debunks the false and fabricated allegations against Saudi Arabia IN early March, the Doha-based Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies (ACRPS) published a report entitled “Measurement of Arab Public Opinion Project.” ACRPS is an independent research institute […]
By Rami G. Khouri The Daily Star, Beirut, Lebanon. What is it that drives ordinary Arab men and women to do extraordinary things, such as demonstrate against their government for 12 months non-stop, at the risk of being killed every day? I have heard many explanations for the ongoing Arab […]
by Musa Keilani | Mar 10,2012 | 22:43 JORDAN TIMES Is there a new civil war in the making in Libya? It does appear so, with local leaders announcing that they plan to make Benghazi and the surrounding areas a “semi-autonomous region” and the new regime in Tripoli pledging to […]
By ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has urged Libyans to remain united after tribal leaders and a political faction declared autonomy for an eastern region.The statement […]
By KHALID ALNOWAISER, ARABNEWS I recognize well this is very sensitive subject because human nature prefers not to hear the truth and simply wants to receive good news even at the expense of reality. However, let’s be frank: Most Islamic countries are being left behind in social progress as compared […]
Libyan rebels, freed from the regime of Colonel Gaddafi, have been captured on film smashing the graves of more than 150 British soldiers killed in North Africa during the Second […]
Jersulem Post: This weekend, Harvard Kennedy School is hosting a controversial “Student Conference” that has been organized to promote the so-called “one-state solution” as the best option to end the […]
by Khetam Malkawi | Feb 29,2012 | 22:36 AMMAN — The total number of Libyans who have entered the Kingdom since last February stands at 58,000 as of this week, […]
By SELCAN HACAOGLU | AP ARABNEWS ANKARA, Turkey: Turkey’s prime minister called on Libya on Saturday to disband militia forces to restore security and assume full power in the country, even as his Libyan counterpart invited Turkish companies to return to Libya to finish construction projects worth billions of dollars. […]
AP | Feb 22,2012 | JORDAN TIMES TRIPOLI — Libya’s leader has acknowledged that his transitional government is powerless to control militias that are refusing to lay down their arms […]
AFP | Feb 21,2012 | 22:45 JORDAN TIMES TRIPOLI — Fierce clashes between two tribes in Libya’s remote southeastern desert have killed more than 100 people over the past 10 days, tribal sources said on Tuesday. At least 113 people from the Toubu tribe and another 23 from the Zwai […]
Petra | Feb 20,2012 | 23:21 JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — HRH Prince Hassan, chairman and founder of the Arab Thought Forum (ATF), on Sunday said the Arab Spring should be transformed into a 10-year development plan that focuses on the interests of the Arab nation. During a ceremony yesterday to […]
Following a visit to Libya by China’s first official working team earlier this month to discuss Libya’s reconstruction, the Ministry of Commerce said Thursday that both countries anticipate re-starting economic […]