Gaziantep University lets Syrians study in Arabic
Source: Aljazeera BY Osama Bin Javaid Syrian refugee students now have the option to pursue their studies in Arabic while living in Turkey and resume classes from where they left […]
Aleppo’s Christians Celebrate Christmas and Hope for the Return of Peace
Source: Time By Suleiman Al-Khalidi / Reuters AMMAN (Reuters) – Christians in Aleppo celebrated under a giant Christmas tree lit up for the first time in five years, hailing what many […]
Israel’s Humbled Benjamin Netanyahu Places Hopes in Donald Trump
Source: Time BY Josef Federman / AP Israel has been at odds with outgoing U.S. President Barack Obama over its settlements in occupied territory. JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli government’s furious […]
Israel on defensive after landmark UN vote
US abstains as Security Council passes resolution condemning Israeli settlements By AFP – Dec 24,2016 – JORDAN TIMES OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Israel scrambled Saturday to contain the fallout from a […]
Israeli settlements: UN Security Council calls for an end
Source: BBC The UN Security Council has passed a resolution urging an end to illegal Israeli settlements after the US refused to veto it, instead abstaining. The motion was passed […]
More professions should be open to women—Saudi cleric
Riyadh: A senior Saudi cleric and a health ministry official said women should be allowed to work as paramedics and opticians, Saudi newspapers reported on Monday, part of a push to relax strict labour codes in the country. Source: http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/saudi-arabia/more-professions-should-be-open-to-women-saudi-cleric-1.1948652
The radio station giving hope to listeners in Syria
Source : BBC By Emma Jane Kirby BBC News, Istanbul As horrifying war reports are beamed out of Syria, a tiny radio station sends broadcasts in the other direction from […]
What 5 Political Promises Say About the State of the World
Source: Time BY Ian Bremmer presidential candidates, Donald Trump made a lot of campaign promises. Though enough voters appear to have liked what they heard to make Trump President, some of those pledges, like deporting millions of illegal immigrants and banning Muslims from entering the country, are unlikely ever to be […]
Survey: Israelis increasingly losing faith in government
Source: Associated Press By JOSEF FEDERMAN JERUSALEM (AP) — A leading Israeli think tank on Monday said it has found that Israelis are increasingly losing faith in their government and […]
The nation’s first deaf leader of a Hillel aims to make Judaism accessible to all
Source: The Washington Post By Julie Zauzmer Jacob Salem speaks six languages. Yet if he walked into a typical synagogue service in either of the countries where he grew up […]
Aleppo girl Bana Alabed: ‘We have managed to escape the destruction’
Source: BBC Evacuation of the last rebel enclaves in eastern Aleppo surrounded by Syrian forces has restarted. Among those to have left is seven-year-old Bana Alabed, who had tweeted about […]
UN Security Council backs sending observers to Aleppo
Source: Aljazeera With Russia’s support, unanimous vote to monitor evacuations from Syrian city marks rare agreement between world powers. Evacuees from east Aleppo arrived at rebel-held al-Rashideen [Ammar Abdullah/Reuters] With […]
Aleppo battle: Rebels burn Syria evacuation buses
Source: BBC Several buses sent to transport the sick and injured from two government-held villages in Syria’s Idlib province have been burned by rebels. It has thrown the latest efforts […]
Islamist radicals in Germany backed by Saudi Arabia, Kuwait & Qatar – German media
Source: RT A number of Islamic religious groups from the Gulf States are supporting the radical Salafist movement in Germany with the suspected approval of their governments, Suddeutsche Zeitung paper […]
Aleppo Syria battle: Evacuation of rebel-held east
Source: BBC Hundreds of people have been evacuated in buses and ambulances from a besieged rebel-held enclave in the Syrian city of Aleppo. The International Committee of the Red Cross […]
Israel settlers reject relocation offer as eviction looms
Source: Yahoo News By Mike Smith Amona Outpost (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) – Residents of a wildcat Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank on Thursday rejected a proposal to leave […]
Aleppo battle: Raids on Syria city ‘likely a war crime’ UN says
Source: BBC The bombing of the last parts of Aleppo held by rebels is probably a war crime, the UN’s human rights chief says. A deal to evacuate rebel fighters […]
After siege, Aleppo’s famed Umayyad Mosque is damaged but endures
Source: Reuters By Laila Bassam | ALEPPO, SYRIA The remains of the medieval Umayyad Mosque’s felled minaret lie in its once-elegant courtyard along with discarded mattresses, fragments of rockets and […]
Aleppo conflict: Calls to spare lives as battle nears end
Source: BBC The UN and Red Cross have appealed for civilians to be protected, as fighting in Syria’s Aleppo nears its end. The International Committee of the Red Cross […]
Turkey Mourns 38 Killed in Istanbul Blasts: ‘We Will Have Our Vengeance’
Source: Time By Jared Malsin/Istanbul Turkey declared a national day of mourning on Sunday after a pair of bomb blasts killed 38 people outside a football stadium in central Istanbul on […]