Can Biden afford to ignore the Syrian crisis?
Feb 16,2021 – JORDAN TIMES – OSAMA AL SHARIF President Joe Biden and his top foreign policy team are yet to unveil a policy on the decade-old Syrian crisis, if […]
Turkey accuses US of siding with ‘terrorists’ in Iraq
By AFP – Feb 16,2021 – JORDAN TIMES In this file photo taken on November 22, 2014, US Vice President Joe Biden (left) speaks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan […]
Middle East – The resurgence of the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq
by Callum MacLean , February 13, 2021 Islamic State (IS) rarely makes the mainstream media headlines these days. After losing the last of their territory during the Battle of Baghuz […]
Nations warned of consequences of abandoning citizens in Syrian camps
The experts reminded the 57 states with nationals in the camps that the repatriation process must be carried out in accordance with international human-rights law. (AFP/File) Short Url https://arab.news/n7z33 Human-rights […]
UN envoy on stalled Syria talks in Geneva: ‘we can’t continue like this’
https://www.swissinfo.ch/resource/image/46331312/landscape_ratio3x2/880/587/b3e66fcd842ab377e62d4e328b299f1d/C6F0C789FDF86B8028F5FD324F4859AF/syria.jpg The Norwegian diplomat has been tasked with bringing all parties together to draft a new Syrian charter that could pave the way for UN-sponsored elections. Keystone / Martial Trezzini […]
The economic cost of conflict in Syria
Research shows the devastating economic impact of the ongoing war in Syria. The 2021 Economic Value of Peace report revealed the global economic impact of violence to be $14.4 trillion in purchasing power parity terms, but the reality of this enormous economic toll is better comprehended with real world examples. […]
Over half of Syria’s children deprived of education — UN
By AFP – Jan 24,2021 – JORDAN TIMES This handout photo released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) on Friday, shows an injured child lying in a hospital […]
The eternal promise of the Arab Spring
Jan 20,2021 – JORDAN TIMES – Mohamed ElBaradei VIENNA — The Arab Spring that erupted a decade ago was a quest for human dignity whose protagonists sought to overcome decades […]
Caliphate: How the New York Times’ Islamic State scoop unravelled
Laila Al-Arian 15 January 2021 The Caliphate podcast has revealed again that the paper needs to confront unpleasant truths about how it handles stories at the nexus of Islam, the […]
Biden appoints staunch Turkey critic Brett McGurk to National Security Council
Turkish official says McGurk, who served as envoy to anti-IS coalition, ‘harmed Turkish-American relations’ Brett McGurk resigned from Trump administration late in 2018 in protest against decision to pull US […]
Last heir to Ottoman throne passes away at 90
BY DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL TURKEY JAN 19, 2021 The late Dündar Abdülkerim Osmanoğlu is seen in this undated photo shared by family member Orhan Osmanoğlu on Jan. 19, 2021 (Photo […]
Deadliest Israeli raids on Syria in years kill 57
Syrian air defences respond to Israeli missiles. (File/AFP) Short Url https://arab.news/wn4d6 At least 57 people died in the heaviest Israeli airstrikes for at least three years ARAB NEWS January 13, […]
Turkish security forces nab French terrorist with Red Notice
BY DAILY SABAH ANKARA WAR ON TERROR DEC 14, 2020 A French-origin terrorist was caught by Turkish security sources in southern Hatay province on Dec. 14, 2020 (AA Photo) Turkish […]
‘I feel like I have wings now,’ says refugee who fled civil war in Syria
Kathleen Harris · CBC News · Posted: Dec 10, 2020 Rahaf Zwayne arrived in Canada as a refugee after fleeing the civil war in Syria. Today, she becomes a Canadian citizen. (Submitted by Rahaf Zwayne) Five years ago, the first government plane filled with Syrian refugees fleeing the civil war […]
Airstrike ‘kills Iranian commander’: Top Revolutionary Guard soldier ‘targeted while taking weapons in to Syria’ after ‘Israeli assassins took out country’s nuclear chief’
‘ The strike ‘killed Muslim Shahdan’, a commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards The airstrike reportedly killed the commander and three of his bodyguards Unidentified warplanes reportedly targeted them in Deir […]
A decade on, the broken dreams of the Arab Spring
1 / 4 In this file photo taken on January 23, 2011, inhabitants of the central Tunisia region of Sidi Bouzid demonstrate in front of the government palace in Tunis. […]
Neither Obama, nor Trump should claim victory over Daesh
Oct 21,2020 – JORDAN TIMES – MICHAEL JANSEN Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed credit for liberating vast stretches of Syria and Iraq from Daesh, and during the heated US election […]
JORDAN: FM stresses joint efforts in reaching political solution to Syria crisis
By JT – Oct 22,2020 – JORDAN TIMES Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi takes part in a meeting of the Syria’s Mini-Constitutional Committee on Thursday, via video […]
Press TV reporter Serena Shim remembered six years after suspicious death near Turkey
By Jim W. Dean, Managing Editor – October 19, 2020 …from PressTV, Tehran [ Editor’s Note: What got her murdered was easy to see. She had reported that an American NGO known […]
Turkey’s Relationship with ISIS Proves It Is Deserting Its European Allies
By Lt. Col. (res.) Dr. Mordechai KedarOctober 11, 2020 Recep Tayyip Erdogan, image via his Twitter page BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,772, October 11, 2020 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: ISIS was […]