920,000 displaced in Syria in 2018, highest since conflict began — UN
By AFP – Jun 12,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Syrians check the damage in an area targeted by reported air strikes by pro-government forces in the town of Binnish in Idlib province on […]
39,000 Syrian refugees return home for Eid al-Fitr
ANADOLU AGENCY KILIS, Turkey IHA Photo Thousands of Syrian refugees are returning to their home country for the Ramadan holiday after the Turkish army liberated terrorist hotbeds near the border. […]
Eight years on, Syria army conscripts pack bags for home
By AFP – Jun 08,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Syrian soldier Mohammad Damour takes a selfie at a street market in Damascus after he was discharged from the Syrian army on […]
Syrian conflict : Carla Del Ponte: ‘We didn’t achieve anything; I’m angry’
By Renat Kuenzi This content was published on June 5, 2018 Against tax fraud, the Mafia, and war criminals: Carla Del Ponte fights tirelessly for justice. (Keystone) Swiss prosecutor […]
Lebanese FM Lashes Out at UNHCR For ‘Intimidating’ Syrian Refugees Return
Lebanese FM Lashes Out at UNHCR For ‘Intimidating’ Syrian Refugees Return Published June 8th, 2018 – 10:00 GMT via SyndiGate.info Lebanese Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil pledged to take certain steps […]
U.S. plans to return American ISIS suspect to Syria with $4,210, new cellphone and clothes he had when he was picked up
Source: The Washington Post By Ann E. Marimow U.S. military officials plan to release an American citizen accused of supporting the Islamic State “under safe conditions,” and with $4,210 and a […]
Pre-war Syria remains Syria: pluralistic, multi-ethnic and secular
Jun 06,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Michael Jansen It is both amazing and highly significant that The New York Times journalist Eric Schmitt wrote an account of the campaign against […]
Evidence shows coalition attacks on Syria’s Raqqa broke law — Amnesty
By Thomson Reuters Foundation – Jun 05,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Women walk past rubble of damaged buildings in Raqqa, Syria, on May 14 (Reuters photo) BEIRUT — There is evidence […]
Syria’s new housing law is a veiled attempt to displace tens of thousands of refugees – but even that won’t help the regime win the war
There are painful parallels here to the plight of the 1947-48 Palestinians refugees and their families, who are deprived of their homes under Israel’s 1950 Absentee Property law Robert Fisk […]
Ex-Israeli spy chief: Netanyahu planned Iran strike in 2011
Tamir Pardo served as head of the Israeli intelligence agency from 2011 to 2016. (AP) AP May 31, 2018 Netanyahu said Israel will not allow Iran to arm itself […]
US involvement in Syria to prolong war, cause forgotten civilian casualties
May 30,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Michael Jansen Monday was the 150th anniversary of Memorial Day in the US, a day of commemoration originally set aside following the country’s devastating […]
In the Middle East, Putin has a lot to thank Trump for right now
Once it was the State Department which called for ‘restraint on all sides’ – usually when the Israelis were invading or bombing Lebanon or Gaza – but now it’s the Kremlin […]
New Syria land law will hinder refugee returns, Lebanon warns
FRENCH PRESS AGENCY – AFP BEIRUT Syrian refugees from Raqqa rest near their tents in the Bekaa valley, Lebanon October 19, 2015. (Reuters Photo) Lebanon’s top diplomat warned Saturday that […]
Four Medieval Hospitals in Syria
By: Nasim Hasan Naqvi The creation of hospitals as institutions for the care of sick people was developed during the early Islamic era. Over time, hospitals were found in all […]
Syria ‘to crush insurgents’, denies deal
By Reuters – May 21,2018 – ORDAN TIMES Soldiers loyal to Syria’s President Bashar Assad forces are deployed at Al Qadam area near Yarmouk Palestinian camp in Damascus, Syria, on April 29 (Reuters photo) BEIRUT, Lebanon — Syrian troops fought on Sunday to crush the last pockets of resistance […]
Judging militants in Syrian Kurdistan: political hot potato
By AFP – May 17,2018 – JORDAN TIMES A general view shows a camp where detained Daesh families are held in Ain Issa in the Syrian northern Kurdish region on […]
Syrian entrepreneurs thrive in Turkey, boost economy
By AFP – May 17,2018 – JORDAN TIMES A Syrian coffee seller makes a coffee, in Gaziantep, in the southwest province of Turkey on May 1 (AFP photo by Ozan Kose) […]
Russia, stop this war
HAKKI ÖCAL @hakkiocal Articles COLUMNS The most inhuman proxy war in Yemen COLUMNS After destroying Libya, France in Syria COLUMNS Playing State of Emergency card to oppose elections […]
Iraqi forces capture 5 top IS leaders in cross-border raid
Source: Assoicated Press By SUSANNAH GEORGE and JOSH LEDERMAN BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi forces in coordination with U.S.-backed Syrian forces have captured five senior Islamic State group leaders, the U.S.-led […]
In the Middle East right now, all sides in this complex battle are staring at each other with increasing concern
An Israeli statement that the Iranians had missiles in Syria was surely made in concert with the Trump administration – it came within hours, and coincidences don’t run that close […]