U.N. Agrees on Road Map for Peace in Syria
Source: Time (UNITED NATIONS) — U.N. Security Council members agreed Friday on a resolution on a peace process for Syria involving talks by representatives of the Damascus government and the […]
Exclusive: U.S. supplies Syrian fighters ahead of push for Islamic State town
WASHINGTON | BY PHIL STEWART People cycle past a Syrian Army soldier along a street during a biking tour for charity, in Damascus December 11, 2015. REUTERS/OMAR SANADIKI The United States has delivered a fresh supply of ammunition to Syrian Arab fighters ahead of an expected stiff battle with Islamic […]
Back from the ‘Caliphate’: Returnee Says IS Recruiting for Terror Attacks in Germany
By Hubert Gude and Wolf Wiedmann-Schmidt spiegel.de Quelle: Instagram Islamist extremist Harry S. wasn’t in Syria for long. But during his stay there, he claims, Islamic State leaders repeatedly tried to recruit him to commit terror attacks in Germany. Security officials believe he could be telling the truth. […]
‘Convinced that Syria will survive’
Dec 16,2015 – JORDAN TIMES – MICHAEL JANSEN A battered but stoic Damascus stands proud in spite of the war that has ravaged the country. The city and its people have weathered nearly five years of conflict, but remain themselves: generally kind and helpful. The city is even more of a […]
Jordan: World Bank sees economic inclusion as solution for Syrian refugee poverty
By Khetam Malkawi – Dec 16,2015 – JORDAN TIMES A Syrian refugee sells vegetables at the Zaatari Refugee Camp, some 90km northeast of Amman, earlier this year (Photo by Muath Freij) AMMAN — The World Bank on Wednesday said it is working with the Jordanian and the UK governments to […]
Kerry to explore Assad’s future, Syria peace process in Kremlin talks — official
By Reuters – Dec 14,2015 – JORDAN TIMES – A Syrian photographer carries an injured girl following reported air strikes by regime forces on the town of Al Nashabiyah in the Eastern Ghouta region, a rebel stronghold east of the capital Damascus, on Monday (AFP photo) PARIS — US Secretary […]
The Syrian knot
Dec 13,2015 – Joschka Fischer – Jordan Times For four years, a bloody war has raged in Syria. What began as a democratic uprising against Bashar Assad’s dictatorship has developed into a cat’s cradle of conflicts, partly reflecting a brutal proxy struggle among Iran, Turkey and Saudi Arabia for regional […]
Is there really any difference between a terrorist and an ordinary criminal?
Voices ‘Criminals’ are our chaps, while ‘terrorists’ are dark-skinned Muslims Robert Fisk @indyvoice 73 comments How do we decide who’s a terrorist and who’s just a criminal? PA Cops and reporters have a lot in common. Both are students of human folly. They have an osmotic-parasitic relationship. And so I […]
‘What Canada is about’: country gives a warm embrace to Syrian refugees
By William Marsden, The Washington Post MONTREAL – Several weeks ago, Danielle Létourneau, a Quebec actress, found herself in her kitchen reading on social media some disturbing reactions to the […]
Meet the Christian female fighters take on Daesh in Syria
Published on 10:51 December 13, 2015 These women are following in the footsteps of Syria’s other main female forces battling Daesh nextprevExpand next Syriac Christian women members of the battalion called the ‘Female Protection Forces of the Land Between the Two Rivers’ fighting the Daesh, take part in a training […]
Leaving ‘second home’ for Canada an obligation rather than a dream for some Syrian refugees
By Muath Freij – Dec 12,2015 – JORDAN TIMES Syrian refugees wait in a hall at the UNHCR office in Amman on Friday before they are called to be interviewed (Photo by Muath Freij) AMMAN – Sitting with his family members in an interview room inside the UNHCR offices […]
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau personally welcomes Syrian refugees at Toronto Airport
Epigraph: Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be […]
More evidence on how not to fight Daesh
Dec 10,2015 – JORDAN TIMES – RAMI G. KHOURI The continuing stream of recent terror attacks against targets in several countries across four continents continues to vex governments and other institutions that seek desperately to counter and eventually stop this dangerous trend. The evidence of policy actions and new research […]
Who Really Buys ISIS Oil?
Source: The Daily Beast. Putin claims Turkey is smuggling the terror group’s oil, but the awkward truth is his ally Assad buys more—from ISIS’s own public-private partnership. If you believe Russia, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey is the kingpin of a multibillion-dollar scheme to smuggle 200,000 barrels of ISIS […]
Riyadh Syria meeting moves to tough issue of choosing talks reps
Reuters International DEC 10, 2015 – 09:02 RIYADH (Reuters) – Syrian opposition and rebel groups meeting in Riyadh will on Thursday discuss forming a delegation for future peace talks, one of the toughest subjects in negotiations aimed at forging a unified position among President Bashar al-Assad’s enemies. Wednesday’s talks […]
Anti-Daesh strategy needed
Dec 09,2015 – JORDAN TIMES – MICHAEL JANSEN Increased Western deployment of warplanes, ships and men to this region to counter Daesh is unlikely to be successful unless someone comes up with a strategy. Following the November 13 attacks on Paris by a Daesh cell, the French aircraft carrier “Charles […]
Syrian opposition in Riyadh for difficult unity talks
By AFP – Dec 08,2015 – JORDAN TIMES A general view shows Al Qosour neighbourhood of Homs, Syria, on Tuesday. Humanitarian aid has reached a besieged rebel-held area in the central Syrian city of Homs, part of a local ceasefire deal that is to include the withdrawal of opposition fighters, […]
Untangling the Overlapping Conflicts in the Syrian War
Source: The New York Times What started as a popular uprising againstthe Syrian government four years ago has becomea proto-world war with nearly a dozen countriesembroiled in two overlapping conflicts. 1. […]
‘Terrorism’ — the indefinable word
Dec 06,2015 – JORDAN TIMES. The pictures have been added by the Muslim Times By John V. Whitbeck, who is an international lawyer who writes frequently on the Middle East […]
The needless interrogation of a Belgian academic is exactly what Isis wants from us
Voices Watching our Parliament’s grotesque debate on Syrian airstrikes last week (which had more to do with the destruction of Corbyn than the destruction of Isis), I do wonder what the future holds for Britain Robert Fisk @indyvoices Writer and researcher on radicalism and extremism, Montasser-al-De’emeh Getty Now that we’re all supposedly […]