Death Is Hard Work by Khaled Khalifa review – searing Syrian road trip
The poetic and horrific combine in this tale of love and death set in a Syria torn apart by civil war by Hisham Matar Fri 10 May 2019 Recently, at […]
Arab League reverses decision on Syria
Feb 06,2019 – JORDAN TIMES – Hasan Abu Nimah Eight years ago, the Arab League suspended Syria’s membership as it did Libya’s. Both decisions were wrong, not just because they […]
Death Knell For Syria Pullout: “We Have To Protect Israel” Says Trump
By Tyler Durden After approaching two months of talk of a “full” and “immediate” US troop withdrawal from Syria, first ordered by President Trump on December 19 — which was […]
The demise of Western illusions in Syria
Jan 28,2019 – JORDAN TIMES – Javier Solana MADRID — In March 2018, Syrian President Bashar Assad had himself filmed as he drove his car through the rubble-filled streets of […]
Regional effects of US withdrawal from Syria
Dec 30,2018 -JORDAN TIMES – Amer Al Sabaileh The US decision to withdraw its troops from Syria should be considered from a political perspective, as well as from its military implications. […]
Syria’s regime on path to come in from the cold
By AFP – Dec 30,2018 -JORDAN TIMES BEIRUT — Almost eight years into Syria’s civil war, President Bashar Assad seems closer than ever to securing a comeback at home and […]
Syria: Assad has decisively won his brutal battle
The Observer Syria Trump’s decision to pull US troops out leaves the opposition stranded Hassan Hassan @hxhassan Sun 30 Dec 2018 Now the clear winner: A Syrian flag bearing Bashar […]
Syria: a new front in the battle between Iran and Saudi Arabia?
REUTERS/US army By Nathalie Goulet The Middle East has never been an area of great stability. Areas of lawlessness or lacking of governance have multiplied since the US invasion […]
Donald Trump’s attempt to rehabilitate Bashar al-Assad is a losing battle
It must be the US president who sent the Sudanese leader to Damascus. When will the West understand that sharing a bed with a monster will give you nightmares? Ahmed […]
Armageddon Postponed: Syria’s Idlib Province Gets New Lease on Life
The looming military offensive on the Idlib province in Syria has been called off for now. People there are yearning to return to normal life and rapidly planning for the […]
Syrian army transfers hundreds of Daesh terrorists to Idlib — monitor
Militants were ferried overnight from Deir Ezzor By AFP – Sep 25,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Syrians wave flags during a demonstration in the rebel-held northern Syrian city of Idlib on […]
UN Syria envoy thanks Erdoğan, Putin for Idlib agreement, asks speedy application
ANADOLU AGENCY WASHINGTON AFP Photo A U.N. representative for Syria on Tuesday praised the agreement reached between Russia and Turkey that has averted what officials had warned could have […]
Trump denies wanting Assad killed after Syria chemical attack
ANADOLU AGENCY WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the press before a meeting with Republican Congressional leaders at the White House in Washington, DC, on September 5, 2018. (AFP […]
New book by Woodward says Trump wanted Syrian leader killed
Reuters International THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON SEPTEMBER 5, 2018 U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks before signing an executive order on strengthening retirement security in America at Harris […]
Iran defence minister in Damascus, says will help rebuild Syria
By AFP – Aug 26,2018 – JORDAN TIMES An artist paints war-damaged buildings in the Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp on the southern outskirts of the capital Damascus on August 15 (AFP […]
All roads lead to Moscow
Jul 18,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Michael Jansen The most positive statement by US President Donald Trump at the news conference following his one-on-one meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin […]
Repairing Jordanian-Syrian relations
Jul 11,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Hasan Abu Nimah During the lifetime of the Arab League, already 68 years old, it is rare to locate a period during which inter-Arab […]
Does Israel want Syria’s Bashar al-Assad in power?
As Syrian forces close in on rebels in the south, experts say Israel likely to be at ease with Assad remaining in power. by Zena Tahhan President Assad has […]
This moment will go down in history: the US has given up on the overthrow of Assad in Syria
When Washington ‘understands the difficult conditions’ its militia allies are facing and says it ‘advises’ the Russians and Syrians not to violate a ceasefire – which was Moscow’s idea in the first […]
Jordan seeks truce for south Syria after army gains
Rebels want Kingdom to be guarantor of Daraa residents’ safety By Thomson Reuters Foundation – Jul 02,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Syrians wait at the border areas near Jordan after they […]
