By: Amanda Vicinanzo, Online Managing Editor 10/12/16 US efforts to curb the explosive growth of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) will be futile if the nation fails to address the diverse revenue streams fueling the terrorist organization, according to a new report released by Homeland Security Chairman […]
Reuters International OCT 12, 2016 A Turkish Army military vehicle, with the Syrian town of Kobani in the background, patrols on the Turkish-Syrian border in Suruc in Sanliurfa province, Turkey, June 26, 2015. REUTERS/Murad Sezer (reuters_tickers) ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Islamic State militants in northern Syria are putting up “stiff […]
Oct 11,2016 -JORDAN TIMES – OSAMA AL SHARIF Russia is playing a dangerous game in Syria and it is raising the stakes there so hastily that pundits are now talking about a sharp dip, and heightened tension, in US-Russian ties, the kind of which we have not seen since the […]
Oct 11,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – HASAN ABU NIMAH Analysts often refer to the 100-year-old Sykes-Picot agreement as the underlying cause of the problems the Arab world has been facing for decades. While they condemn the agreement that divided the Arab world and imposed artificial lines between the states that […]
Oct 10,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – EDITORIAL With Moscow deciding to increase its military involvement in Syria and establish a permanent military base in the country, tension between it and Washington can be expected to increase, hopefully not to crisis level. The world has plenty of those and could ill […]
By AP – Oct 10,2016 – JORDAN TIMES In this March 28, 2015 file photo provided by Egypt’s state news agency MENA, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi (right) talks with Saudi King Salman after the king arrived in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt (AP photo) CAIRO — Close allies […]
By AFP – Oct 10,2016 – JORDAN TIMES Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (right) talks with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin during the opening ceremony of the 23rd World Energy Congress in Istanbul, Turkey, on Monday (AFP photo) ISTANBUL — Russia and Turkey on Monday signed an agreement to […]
EYAD ABU SHAKRA | Published — Monday 10 October 2016 Although Syria’s tragedy is too painful to be associated with humor, the suffering that both Moscow and Washington are inflicting on the Syrian people reminds us of a kind of a ‘black comedy’ joke. It goes like this: A barber […]
SIRAJ WAHAB | Published — Monday 10 October 2016 Maria Dubovikova, president of the International Middle Eastern Studies Club A leading Russian political analyst specializing in Middle Eastern affairs has described the United Nations Security Council as a talk shop that has become a battleground where global powers indulge in […]
Aleppo’s fall would not be expected to end war in Syria By Reuters – Oct 09,2016 – JORDAN TIMES In this April 21, 2014, file photo, provided by the anti-government activist group Aleppo Media Centre, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows a Syrian […]
Momani says no changes to sealed border policy By Khetam Malkawi – Oct 09,2016 – JORDAN TIMES Border Guards help Syrians cross the border into Jordan in this May 4 photo (Photo by Hassan Tamimi) AMMAN — Based on recent developments and upon further discussions with international agencies, […]
When a Syrian peasant woman approaches our table in a small Ottoman restaurant, the locals step forward to give her coins. It puts to shame the liars of the Brexit campaign and their hatred of the foreigners who supposedly threaten little England Robert Fisk Kilis @indyvoices 176 comments Syrian refugees […]
Source: BBC So-called Islamic State (IS) has lost more than a quarter of the territory it once controlled, new data shows. Security and defence analysts IHS say the group’s control has shrunk by 28% since its height in January 2015. In the first nine months of this year, IS’ territory […]
Oct 08,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – MUSA KEILANI The imminent fall of Aleppo to Russian and Syrian army troops will not put an end to a civil war that has so far cost the lives of over 400,000 civilians and displaced 8 million people, according to UN figures. The 900 […]
Oct 06,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – RAMI G. KHOURI Two main themes that dominate the public discussions on Syria and Iraq in the United States reflect the poverty and wildly unrealistic nature of this debate. The two themes are gut-wrenching, mind-boggling, heart-shuddering moral anxiety, political frustration and old-fashioned anger at […]
The Russian Navy’s missile corvette Mirazh sails in the Bosphorus off Istanbul on its way to the Mediterranean Sea on Friday. | REUTERS WORLD Russia building up forces in Syria, data show REUTERS OCT 8, 2016 MOSCOW – Russia has built up its forces in Syria since a cease-fire collapsed […]
ANADOLU AGENCY ISTANBUL Gazans praying at Al-Aqsa mosque. (AFP Photo) More than 500 Muslim leaders and clerics from 30 countries met in Istanbul on Friday to warn that the Al-Aqsa Mosque, Islam’s third holiest site that is located in Jerusalem, is in danger. The religious and political leaders, representing at […]
MODELS OF THOUGHT If ISIS loses the northern Iraqi city of Mosul in the coming battle, its visions of a caliphate would fade, while the government in Baghdad would have the chance to rewrite Iraq’s national narrative. By Scott Peterson, Staff writer OCTOBER 7, 2016 Bram Janssen/Associated Press View Caption […]
Source: The Local One had a beer bottle flung at him on a train. Another was woken at midnight as three men holding wooden slats rang his doorbell. A third had her headscarf pulled off by a stranger in the street.A year after they arrived in Germany seeking refuge from […]
Her Majesty urges Germany to support refugees by investing in Jordan By JT – Oct 07,2016 – JORDAN TIMES Her Majesty Queen Rania delivers a speech at the Day of German Industry in Berlin on Thursday (Photo courtesy of Royal Court) AMMAN — Her Majesty Queen Rania on Thursday […]