Guest columnist Zohaib Zafar writes on the importance of understanding the underlying causes of conflict in the Islamic world. (Cory Shaffer/cleveland.com/file photo) PrintEmail By Guest Columnist/cleveland.com on October 23, 2016 at 12:00 PM Zohaib ZafarZohaib Zafar Guest columnist Zohaib Zafar, a Brecksville resident, is a student at Davidson College in […]
First major exhibit on the Qur’an in the US, at the Smithsonian’s Sackler Gallery in Washington, displays manuscripts over a period of almost a millennium The Qur’an commissioned by Mongol ruler Uljaytu in Baghdad in the early 1300s and brought back to Istanbul by Suleiman the Magnificent. Photograph: Neil […]
By DAVE PHILIPPSOCT. 24, 2016 Capt. Christopher Van Meter in Iraq. Now a teacher in Modesto, Calif., he is repaying $46,000.Creditvia Christopher Van Meter After 21 years in the military, three deployments, and a roadside bomb blast that left him bleeding and unconscious, Christopher Van Meter got a letter […]
Published time: 22 Oct, 2016 Get short URL http://on.rt.com/7soi The Russian Ministry of Defense says that the US-led coalition is responsible for striking mourners in the Iraqi city of Daquq on Friday, killing dozens of civilians, including women and children. The coalition jets apparently identified the mourning procession as […]
From the Facebook Page of Dr. Juergen Todenhoefer: Dear friends, I am writing this text full of anger and shame. Almost every day it’s raining bombs on Mosul. 15.000 civilians were already killed in the region by air raids of the U.S. coalition. The world remains silent. The United […]
Reuters International OCT 24, 2016 – BAGHDAD (Reuters) – An Iraqi lawmaker has called on her government to investigate a suspected air strike at a Shi’ite mosque during fighting in nearby Kirkuk last week, saying U.S.-led forces could have been involved – a suggestion dismissed by the coalition. Human […]
Oct 23,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Amer Al Sabaileh According to various security reports, the last few weeks have seen systematic mass withdrawal of Daesh fighters from Mosul, in anticipation of the battle to free this city from the terrorist group’s grip. The US insists on separating political and military […]
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October 21, 2016 View photos More than 60 Korans and Koranic texts will be featured in “The Art of the Qur’an,” running through February 20, 2017 (AFP Photo/Ashraf Shazly) More Washington (AFP) – A first US showing of rare old Korans opens Saturday in a Washington museum, highlighting a different […]
COMPILED FROM WIRE SERVICES ISTANBUL Major internet services including Twitter and Spotify suffered outages on October 21, 2016 as a US internet provider said it had come under attack. (AFP Photo) Cyber attacks targeting a little known internet infrastructure company, Dyn, disrupted access to dozens of websites on Friday, preventing […]
ARAB NEWS | Published — Saturday 22 October 2016 This file photo shows the Pentagon in Washington. (AP) Just like misinformation led to a Saudi-led coalition plane targeting a funeral hall — and ultimately killing Yemeni civilians — earlier this month; yesterday’s airstrike on a Shiite shrine near the […]
ABDULRAHMAN AL-RASHED | Published — Saturday 22 October 2016 Abdulrahman Al-Rashed Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey Numan Kurtulmus recently warned against the risks of disagreements over the battle of Mosul. He said that this could even mark the beginning of World War Three. Despite the sectarian and ethnic nature of […]
By CHRISTINE ARMARIO, ASSOCIATED PRESS EL CAJON, Calif. — Oct 20, 2016 Seated at his desk at a suburban San Diego middle school, 12-year-old Abdulhamid Ashehneh tries not to let his mind wander to the painful memories of his life in civil war-torn Syria. His father disappeared suddenly four years […]
Oct 18,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Ramzy Baroud “The United States has the power to decree the death of nations,” wrote Stephen Kinzer in the Boston Globe. Kinzer’s article was titled “The media are misleading the public on Syria”. In his piece, the scholar at a Brown University Institute contested that […]
Josette Duran spoke about her pride in her son on Facebook Andrew Buncombe New York @AndrewBuncombe 0:07 / 0:38 Not one sandwich, but two. And to go with them, two packets of chips and two cartons of yoghurt. For several months, Josette Duran packed her son two lunches to take […]
Video Interview with General Wesley Clark By General Wesley Clark and Amy Goodman Global Research, May 14, 2016 Originally published in March 2007. This interview serves as a reminder regarding the diabolical timeline of America’s hegemonic project. “We’re going to take out seven countries in 5 years, starting with Iraq, […]
ARAB NEWS | Published — Tuesday 18 October 2016 Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman chairs the weekly Cabinet meeting in Riyadh on Monday. (SPA) RIYADH: The warring parties in Yemen have agreed to a 72-hour cease-fire which is to take effect shortly before midnight Wednesday, the […]
Oct 17,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Hassan A. Barari In the wake of last month’s collapse of the ceasefire in Syria, Russia stepped up its lethal offence on Aleppo with one aim in mind: get the international community to accept Russia’s terms for peace. The high-level meeting on Syria which […]
In a bipartisan twist, the Obama administration is arguing that they shouldn’t be. 10/11/2016 Lawrence Hurley REUTERS PHOTOGRAPHER / REUTERS WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to decide whether to block a lawsuit against former Attorney General John Ashcroft and others by non-U.S. citizens, mainly Muslims, swept […]
Image copyrightAFPImage captionJulian Assange has been claiming asylum at London’s Ecuadorean embassy since 2012 Wikileaks says an unidentified “state actor” has shut down internet access for its founder Julian Assange. The transparency activist has been claiming asylum at London’s Ecuadorean embassy since 2012 to avoid extradition over sex assault allegations. […]