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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Source: Reuters ANKARA (Reuters) – Iran’s supreme leader called on Muslim nations to unite against the United States, saying Tehran would never yield to “bullying,” state television reported on Thursday. […]
Source: Reuters BY Ahmed Aboulenein BASRA/NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) – United in their fight against Saddam Hussein’s oppression for decades, Iraq’s Shi’ites have become deeply fragmented and disillusioned with their leaders […]
Source: BBC News Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has questioned the legitimacy of efforts by the US and its European allies to change a nuclear deal with his country. The US […]
Source: Financial Times BY Erika Solomon in Yathrib APRIL 23, 2018 Dirt barriers and charred no-man’s lands still divide the Sunni and Shia families in Yathrib even after a three-year reconciliation process meant to heal a community torn apart by the war with Isis. Officials plan to segregate roads and […]
Source: BBC News A letter written by Hitler’s favourite composer Richard Wagner warning about “corrosive” Jewish influence on culture has been auctioned in Jerusalem. The letter sold for $34,000 (£24,000). […]