Devaluing ‘honour’

Source: Dawn BY AFIYA S. ZIA THE 2016 Amendment to Offences in the Name/ Pretext of Honour Act has had mixed reactions. Some celebrate the reforms while others consider these to be a mere ‘smokescreen’. For decades, legal and rights activists have campaigned against this specialised form of murder of women […]

What was the British SAS doing in Basra?

By Chris Marsden 28 September 2005 The September 19 arrest of two undercover Special Air Service officers in Basra, traveling in an unmarked car containing weapons and explosives, has led to numerous accusations that they were acting as agents provocateurs. The BBC reported that the SAS men’s car contained “weapons, […]

Turkey, the game changer

Oct 16,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Amer Al Sabaileh More than six years into the Syrian crisis, it appears that neither a political nor a military solution is unattainable.  Still, the military situation is not completely against the Syrian army and its Russian ally. Strategically, the real change on the ground […]