How President Trump’s Iran Deal Decision Could Backfire
Source: Time By IAN BREMMER May 8, 2018 President Donald Trump has fulfilled his promise to withdraw the U.S. from the Iran nuclear deal. For a man about to stare down Kim Jong Un over a […]
President Trump Pulls U.S. Out of ‘Defective’ Iran Nuclear Deal
Source: Time By TESSA BERENSON Updated: May 8, 2018 3:52 PM ET President Donald Trump announced he will reinstate “the highest level of economic sanctions” that were waived as part of the Iran […]
Dubai to open ‘Quran Park’ showcasing miracles of Islam
Source: AL ARABIYA Dubai is set to open a “Quran Park” that will display plants mentioned in the holy book, as well as the miracles mentioned in the Islamic scripts. […]
Erdogan slams French personalities over statement on Quran
Source: Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has reacted angrily to a group of some 300 well-known French personalities who urged prominent Muslims to denounce anti-Jewish […]
What Lebanon’s elections can teach us about the importance of religion
Source: The Washington Post By Melani Cammett, Dominika Kruszewska and Sami Attalah May 5 Supporters of Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri, who is a candidate for the parliamentary elections to be held May 6, cheer […]
Iraq-born refugee could become first Arabic speaker to head Britain’s Jews
Source: The Guardian Baghdad-born candidate standing for presidency of UK’s most powerful Jewish group says more diverse representation is needed BY Harriet Sherwood Religion Correspondent Edwin Shuker on a trip back […]
Hezbollah appears to have gained in Lebanon vote
Source: Associated Press By ZEINA KARAM and BASSEM MROUE BEIRUT (AP) — The Iran-backed Hezbollah group and its political allies made significant gains in Sunday’s parliamentary elections in Lebanon while […]
Top Iraqi cleric warns of ‘foreign influence’ in elections
Source: Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s top Shiite cleric has warned that “foreign influence” in the upcoming national elections could undermine the country’s ability to carry out a free […]
Palestinian leader Abbas offers apology for remarks on Jews
Source: Reuters BY Stephen Farrell JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Friday offered an apology after he was accused of anti-Semitism for suggesting that historic persecution of European […]
ISIS suicide bombers attack Libyan electoral commission, killing at least 12
Source: The Washington Post By Sudarsan Raghavan CAIRO — Islamic State suicide bombers targeted the offices of Libya’s electoral commission in Tripoli on Wednesday, killing at least 12 people in one of the most brazen assaults on the Libyan capital in years. The attackers, strapped with explosive belts, entered the building and […]
These Iraqi Farmers Said No to ISIS. When Night Came They Paid the Price.
Source: The New York Times By MARGARET COKER and FALIH HASSAN Relatives and neighbors of 21 people killed in a brazen Islamic State attack in Tarmiya, Iraq, gathered for a funeral service on […]
U.S.-backed Syrian force resumes offensive against Islamic State
Source: The Washington Post By Louisa Loveluck BEIRUT — A U.S.-backed force in Syria announced Tuesday that it was resuming operations against the Islamic State after an earlier push stalled as fighters […]
Iraq’s Maliki poses as Shi’ite champion in race for top job
Source: Reuters BY Maher Chmaytelli BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Former Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki fulfilled his life-long goal of wresting power from the country’s minority Sunnis after the fall of […]
Holocaust row: Abbas accused of anti-Semitism
Source: BBC News Remarks by Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas about the Holocaust have been condemned as anti-Semitic by Israeli politicians and rights activists. Mr Abbas told a meeting in the […]
Roseanne Barr Dreams Of Being Prime Minister Of Israel
Source: Huffington Post By Mary Papenfuss Actress Roseanne Barr raised the possibility as recently as March that she might run for president — again. Now she’s fantasizing about becoming Israel’s prime […]
Iraq’s Shiite-Sunni Divide Eases
Source: Wall Street Journal By Isabel Coles and Ali Nabhan FALLUJAH—The highway to this western Iraqi city, long synonymous with Sunni resistance against Iraq’s Shiite-led government, now showcases signs the […]
Christians in Jerusalem’s Old City ‘under threat’ from settlers
Source: The Guardian Harriet Sherwood in Jerusalem Church leaders claim priests are being verbally abused and spat at while property is being vandalised in ancient walled city The Greek Orthodox […]
Iraq’s IS trials bring swift verdicts, almost all guilty
Source: Associated Press By MAYA ALLERUZZO and SALAR SALIM TEL KEIF, Iraq (AP) — The entire trial lasted just over half an hour. A grey-haired man was led into the […]
Saudi Arabia’s Public Cinema Ban Lifts With A Showing Of ‘Black Panther’
Source: Huffington Post The push for public theaters is part of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s larger package of economic and social reforms. By Carol Kuruvilla A commercial movie theater […]
Regrets of an ISIS midwife
Source: The Washington Post Story by Tamer El-Ghobashy Photos by Alice Martins RAQQA, Syria — Samira al-Nasr has delivered thousands of babies over four decades in the city of Raqqa, but she […]