Protracted Gaza conflict raises risk of outbreak of diseases in Arab region
A deadly concoction of war and health crisis in Gaza due to lack of food, sanitation and shelter, raises the threat of outbreaks. (AFP) Updated 27 sec ago REBECCA ANNE […]
What experiences of devastated Middle East cities signify for Gaza’s postwar recovery
SPECIAL Palestinians check the destruction in the aftermath of an Israeli strike on the Jabalia camp for Palestinian refugees in the Gaza Strip, on November 1, 2023. (AFP) Updated 26 […]
Impact of Gaza war on Jordan
Nov 05,2023 – JORDAN TIMES / Amer Al Sabaileh Since the outbreak of Gaza war, tensed Jordanian-Israeli relations have drifted negatively, culminating in the withdrawal of the Jordanian ambassador to […]
US, coalition forces attacked 10 times in Iraq, 3 times in Syria: Pentagon
Pentagon says response to attacks on US forces in Iraq, Syria would be ‘at a time and place of our choosing’ Rabia İclal Turan |24.10.2023 – Update : 24.10.2023 […]
Syrian physicians fled violence to start over abroad – and then the doors slammed in their faces
Mark Lee Hunter Loujein Haj Youssef 14 September, 2023 A year-long data-driven ARIJ investigation establishes that official figures on the emigration of Syrian doctors are a steep underestimate. Many qualified […]
Damascus condemns U.S. delegation visit to northeast Syria
By Ali Karbalaei Damascus condemns U.S. delegation visit to northeast Syria September 11, 2023 – 23:39 U.S. deputy assistant secretary of state leads a team into Syrian territory TEHRAN – […]
Addressing regional instability
Sep 10,2023 – JORDAN TIMES / Amer Al Sabaileh Across multiple fronts, instability is escalating in the region, and creating strategic threats whose combination is more dangerous than the sum […]
As stated twenty years ago. ‘US plans to attack seven Muslim states’.
News US ‘plans to attack seven Muslim states’ Presidential hopeful General Wesley Clark says the White House devised a five-year plan after the 9/11 strikes to attack seven majority-Muslim countries. Published […]
All is not quiet on Jordan’s northern front
OSAMA AL-SHARIF August 29, 2023 Jordan is facing an unusual threat with at least one pundit labeling it a full-fledged, “open war.” During this month alone, the Jordanian Armed Forces […]
Syria to Libya to the EU: How people-smugglers operate
By AFP – Aug 17,2023 – JORDAN TIMES An interforce officer carries a child as migrants, picked up at sea attempting to cross the English Channel from France, are helped ashore from […]
UN agency slashes cash aid to Syrian refugees in Jordan, raising the alarm on its funding crunch
Syrian refugees line up to register their names at an employment office, at the Azraq Refugee Camp, 100 kilometers east of Amman, Jordan. BEIRUT: The United Nations food agency said […]
World Refugee Day: Syrian, Palestinian refugees need understanding, not platitudes
RAMZY BAROUD June 19, 2023 Fadi, a Syrian teenager with curly hair and an acne-covered face, miraculously survived one of the greatest migrant boat disasters in the modern history of […]
US losing pretexts for occupying eastern Syria
OSAMA AL-SHARIF June 06, 2023 When the US led an international coalition in mid-2014 to bomb Daesh targets in Syria and Iraq, the terrorist organization had already occupied large swathes […]
The Syrian refugee who became mayor of a German village
By AFP – Jun 02,2023 – JORDAN TIMES Ryyan Alshebl, mayor of the community of Ostelsheim in Baden-Wuerttemberg, southwestern Germany, addresses a press talk with the Association of the Foreign Press in […]
Turkiye’s ambivalent relationship with Daesh
YASAR YAKIS May 21, 2023 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan last month announced that Abu Hussein Al-Quraishi, the leader of the terrorist organization Daesh, was “neutralized” by Turkiye’s National Intelligence […]
The Hejaz Railway: More than a means of transport
BY RABEE AL-HAFIDH NOV 10, 2020 – DAILY SABAH On Sept. 1, 1900, on the orders of Sultan Abdulhamid II, the Ottoman authorities started working on a 1,320 kilometer (820.2 […]
A new trajectory for the region
May 17,2023 – JORDAN TIMES / Michael Jansen Palestinian Nakba Day commemorations at the UN and the lifting of Syria’s suspension from the Arab League have altered the trajectory of […]
Syria reconstruction would bring huge benefits for the region
DR. MAJID RAFIZADEH May 11, 2023 Extended domestic conflicts can have a devastating impact on a country’s infrastructure, economy, safety and the living standards of its people. Often, once the […]
Arab League’s approach to Syria the only one that makes sense
OSAMA AL-SHARIF May 09, 2023 After more than a year of behind-the-scenes diplomacy, emboldened by recent unilateral initiatives, Syria’s membership of the Arab League was finally restored on Sunday, when […]
Providing Syria with the means to reconstruct and recover
May 04,2023 – JORDAN TIMES / Michael Jansen Syria is a land of mystery traffic jams. Despite the shortage and high price of petrol, vehicles fill the streets and avenues […]