Gathering was ‘the best since the start of Arab Spring’ By Mohammad Ghazal – Mar 30,2017 -JORDAN TIMES His Majesty King Abdullah presides over the 28th Arab League summit at the Dead Sea (Anadolu Agency photo) AMMAN — The clear and unified Arab message regarding the Mideast peace process, […]
Hani Hazaimeh | Published — Thursday 30 March 2017 RELATED ARTICLES THE DEAD SEA, Jordan: Arab leaders on Wednesday adopted the Amman Declaration, issued at the conclusion of the Arab […]
By JT – Mar 30,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Arab leaders and heads of delegations gather for a group photo at the opening of the Arab summit at the Dead Sea on Wednesday (Anadolu Agency photo) AMMAN — The 28th Arab summit meeting held on Wednesday at the Dead Sea […]
The summit will do little to end the conflicts in the region, analysts say. Jordan King Abdullah II (R) receives Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi upon his arrival in Jordan, […]
By Suzanna Goussous – Mar 05,2017 -JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Under the theme of “Building Tomorrow”, the 12th Annual Harvard Arab World Conference (HAWC) will discuss key issues such as entrepreneurship, education, healthcare and law next week, organisers said on Sunday. To be held under the patronage of His […]
Feb 28,2017 -JORDAN TIMES = Hasan Abu Nimah Amman will host the annual Arab leaders’ summit on March 29, 2017. On the agenda will be myriad of very difficult issues, probably topped by the Arab-Israeli conflict. Since the Arab League was created seven decades ago, this issue has been a regular […]
Reuters International FEB 13, 2017 – A street vendor sells coffee outside Aleppo’s ancient citadel, as posters depicting Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad are seen in the background, in Syria February 1, 2017. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki (reuters_tickers) By Angus McDowall ALEPPO, Syria (Reuters) – In the rubble-strewn square outside Aleppo’s ancient […]
Dec 15,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Rami G. Khouri The fall of Aleppo to the coalition of Syrian-Iranian-Russian-Hizbollah forces this week is likely to be a symbolic and historical turning point amidst different eras. How events play themselves out will be determined in the same way as events in Syria have […]
By Khetam Malkawi – Dec 08,2016 – JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Syria will not be invited to take part in the Arab League summit that is scheduled to take place in Amman in March, a top official said on Thursday. Minister of State for Media Affairs Mohammad Momani, who […]
Aug 02,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – HASAN ABU NIMAH Like the many annual Arab summits in the last decade, the latest in the Mauritanian capital Nouakchott was an unexciting event. Other than expressions of goodwill, empty promises and routine political rhetoric, the summit produced nothing that can be viewed as […]
JULY 25, 2016 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki urged the Arab League to help the Palestinian Authority to sue the United Kingdom over the Balfour Declaration of 1917 on Monday.Speaking on behalf of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, al-Maliki delivered a speech Thursday at the Arab League’s annual […]
Source: NY Times: CAIRO — The leaders of the Arab world on Tuesday blamed the Syrian government for a chemical weapons attack that killed hundreds of people last week, but declined to back a retaliatory military strike, leaving President Obama without the broad regional support he had for his last […]
Story Summary Qatar’s prime minister on Saturday delivered a biting criticism of Arab League meetings during emergency talks in Cairo, and called for a review of the pan-Arab body’s dealing with the Palestinian issue. At the meeting, Arab League chief Nabil al-Arabi said the bloc should review its peace proposals […]
The Arab League has welcomed the formation of a new anti-Damascus opposition bloc, and recognized the so-called Syrian National Council (SNC) as the representative of the Syrian people. On Sunday, Syrian oppositionists agreed to unify the multiple military councils in command of the foreign-backed insurgents inside Syria under pressure from […]
The latest antics of the Arab League have proved once again that the body is essentially sleepwalking through its duties, jerked awake occasionally by its need to prove it is still alive, before returning to its stupor. Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem al-Thani appealed to President Bashar Assad […]
Arab nations urge Assad to give up power AFP | Jul 23, 2012 | JORDAN TIMES DOHA (AFP) – Arab nations have called on Syrian President Bashar Al Assad to swiftly give up power in order to end his country’s unrest, Qatar’s prime minister said Monday. “There is agreement on […]
By REUTERS ARABNEWS BEIJING/BEIRUT: Syria has accepted a cease-fire and peace plan drawn up by UN and Arab League special envoy Kofi Annan, his spokesman said on Tuesday, even as Syrian troops thrust into Lebanon to battle rebels who had taken refuge there. Annan conceded he faced a “long and […]
AMMAN — Jordan’s delegation to the Qatar-hosted International Conference for the Defence of Jerusalem on Sunday called for joint Arab, Islamic and international action to stop violations against the Arab […]
By AGENCIES ARABNEWS TUNIS/DAMASCUS: Arab League chief Nabil Elaraby called on the UN Security Council on Friday to issue an urgent resolution calling for a cease-fire in Syria. “This conference should make practical moves and prioritize the issuance of an urgent Security Council resolution for a cease-fire,” he told an […]
The Arab League says it has accepted the resignation of the Sudanese general who led the group’s observer mission to Syria, and will nominate a former Jordanian foreign minister as the new special envoy for the Syrian crisis. Officials said General Mohammed Ahmed al-Dabi stepped down Sunday, as foreign ministers […]