Aug 10,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Rami G. Khouri The Israeli government move to close Al Jazeera television network’s operations in the country is not surprising in itself, given that the government’s irritation with Al Jazeera for the past two decades of comprehensive, live coverage of events in Israel and the […]
By AFP – Jul 24,2017 – JORDAN TIMES This photo taken on Sunday and released by Turkey’s Presidential Press Service shows Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (left) meeting with Saudi Arabia’s King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud during Erdogan’s official visit in Jeddah (AFP photo) KUWAIT CITY — President […]
By Reuters – Jul 20,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Members of the Popular Resistance militia backing Yemen’s President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi ride on the back of a truck as they head to the frontline of fighting against forces of Houthi rebels in Makhdara area of Marib province, Yemen, on […]
Charities claim failure to blacklist Saudi-led coalition over bombings in which children were killed or injured would establish ‘dangerous precedent’ Children attend class at a bomb-damaged school in the port city of Hodeidah. There were 23 attacks against schools and hospitals in Yemen in 2016. Photograph: Stringer/AFP/Getty Images […]
Diplomats in Middle East say issues cannot easily be resolved partly because they are personal as well as political Qatari takes a photo during the inaugural signing of a wall bearing a portrait of Qatar’s emir, Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani. Photograph: STRINGER/AFP/Getty Images Randeep Ramesh Friday 21 July 2017 […]
DAILY SABAH WITH REUTERS ISTANBUL Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, finishes answering a question from the media while meeting with Oman’s Foreign Minister Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah, Friday, July 21, 2017, at the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo) U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Friday the […]
(Letter in The Independent) Please send your letters to letters@independent.co.uk Letters a day ago 6 comments 2K I applaud The Independent for drawing much needed attention to the worsening humanitarian crisis in war-ravaged Yemen. This poor country is in the grip of man-made cholera; is sitting on the cusp […]
Jul 16,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Amer Sabaileh A few months ago when Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries took a stand against Qatar, it was clear that the crisis is not a short-term one. The countries involved have a long history of conflict with Qatar, including recent attempts to influence their […]
There should be a formula in which the amount of terrorism a country is allowed to promote depends on how many weapons they buy. For $4.2bn you can blow up a couple of public buildings, as long as you help sweep up Mark Steel @mrmarksteel It’s always encouraging when people you’d […]
GERMAN PRESS AGENCY – DPA BEIRUT AFP Photo German cattle has been flown into Qatar to boost milk supplies amid a Saudi Arabian-led blockade of the Middle Eastern country, Qatari […]
By Reuters – Jul 12,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Qatar’s Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman Al Thani (right) and US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson sign a memorandum of understanding in Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday (Reuters photo) JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia — US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson ended […]
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL President Recep Tayyip Erdogan walks past the flags of the European Union (L) and Germany as he arrives for the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, July 7, […]
By AFP – Jul 11,2017 – JORDAN TIMES US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman Al Thani speak during a press conference in Doha on Tuesday (AFP photo) DOHA — Qatar and the United States signed a deal Tuesday on combatting […]
10 July 2017 From the sectionMiddle East Media captionInside the Yemeni hospital battling the world’s worst cholera outbreak A cholera outbreak in war-torn Yemen is thought to have infected 300,000 people in the past 10 weeks, the International Committee of the Red Cross says. The situation has continued to “spiral […]
Reuters International JULY 11, 2017 Buildings are seen on a coast line in Doha, Qatar, June 15, 2017. REUTERS/Naseem Zeitoon (reuters_tickers) DUBAI (Reuters) – The United States, United Kingdom and Kuwait urged all parties to a Gulf Arab diplomatic row over Qatar to resolve their dispute as quickly […]
By AFP – Jul 09,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Qatar’s Attorney General Ali Bin Fetais Al Marri speaks after the launch of the Compensation Claims Committee during a press conference in Doha, on Sunday (AFP photo) DOHA — Qatar on Sunday announced it was establishing a committee to pursue compensation […]
Catherine Shakdam is a political analyst, writer and commentator for the Middle East with a special focus on radical movements and Yemen. A regular pundit on RT and other networks her work has appeared in major publications: MintPress, the Foreign Policy Journal, Mehr News and many others.Director of Programs […]
KILIÇ BUĞRA KANAT@KilicKanat The Trump administration seems to be taking some initiatives now that the deadline has passed in the Gulf crisis Articles COLUMNSThe future of Qatar crisis remains vague COLUMNSAre Gulf states on the same side as the US in the Qatar rift? COLUMNSUrgent need for active […]
Gov’t downplays accusations of hampering opposition’s participation in Astana talks By Mohammad Ghazal – Jul 07,2017 – JORDAN TIMES A Syrian girl carries a large jug of water on her back while on her way home, in the Kallaseh district of the northern city of Aleppo, on Wednesday (AFP […]
HILAL KAPLAN@hilal_kaplan (Editor: View from Turkey) Every crisis and intervention instigated by the U.S.-Israel partnership in our region has been conducted through a chain of lies and manipulation Articles COLUMNSCIA: 1, Trump: 0, Democracy: -1 COLUMNSAs Trump mirrors the Left COLUMNSTurkey’s jurisdiction after the constitutional amendment […]