How the Iraq war was sold
In Pictures Gallery|In Pictures The US invasion of Iraq 20 years ago was sold to the world as one thing, but then the story had to be changed when the […]
Yemen war foes complete two-day prisoner swap
Yemeni prisoners at Sanaa airport on Friday after being released by the Saudi-led coalition Keystone Yemen’s warring parties exchanged hundreds more prisoners on Friday on the second and final day of […]
Yemen: Aden’s changing alliances erupt into four-year conflict’s newest front
Tue 1 Oct 2019 Every soldier in the Yemeni city of Aden is on edge. The main checkpoint on the coastal road has two large holes in […]
Coalition warplanes hit last Islamic State enclave in eastern Syria
This content was published on February 11, 2019 By Rodi Said NEAR BAGHOUZ, Syria (Reuters) – U.S.-led coalition warplanes struck Islamic State’s last stronghold in eastern Syria and hundreds […]
Yemen: All bets are off
Dec 17,2018 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL The ceasefire that was brokered in Stockholm between the legitimate Yemeni forces and the Houthi rebels in Hodeida Port city is officially scheduled to […]
UK tables UN security council resolution calling for Yemen truce
US response to UK push for ceasefire in port city of Hodeidah remains unclear Julian Borger in Washington Bethan McKernan in Beirut First published on Mon 19 Nov 2018 […]
Istanbul conference calls for tribunal to judge Yemen ‘crimes’
By AFP – Nov 11,2018 -JORDAN TIMES ISTANBUL — An Istanbul conference under the aegis of Nobel laureate Tawakkol Karman on Friday called for concrete measures to end the war […]
How the U.S. Is Empowering Iran in Yemen
Washington’s Policy Is a Strategic Blunder and a Humanitarian Disaster By Daniel Byman The Trump administration’s top goal in the Middle East is clear: counter Iran, which U.S. President Donald […]
U.S. fires ‘one-time shot’ at Syria after chlorine attack
By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali,Reuters Scroll back up to restore default view. By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and its allies fired more […]
Raqqa casualties: ‘I blame the coalition’
Civilians are returning to Raqqa after Islamic State were pushed out, but dangers, and wounds, remain. From the section Middle East BBC SEE VIDEO: http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-middle-east-42333745/raqqa-casualties-i-blame-the-coalition
Mosul and Aleppo : insider information from Dr. Juergen Todenhoefer
Jürgen Todenhöfer 18 hrs · Dear friends, are you allowed to speak openly? The destruction of Mosul was also a terror. Over 20.000 civilians were killed by the west and his allies alone in Mosul. But only 2.000 terrorists. For every terrorist, 10 civilians. 10:1. That’s shame number 1. SHAME […]
The invasion of Afghanistan 15 years ago was an arrogant, wretched adventure that caused a migrant crisis
Afghanistan will not become Islamistan or even Talibanistan. It will, when the West finally packs up and leaves, become Mafiastan. Perhaps it already is Robert Fisk @indyvoices A young man sits among the wreckage after a suicide bomb attack in Kabul in July EPA As usual, all the warnings were […]
Iraq oil fires could jeopardize mission to retake Mosul from Islamic State forces
An Iraqi government soldier celebrates in front an Islamic State group flag covered in graffiti in the town of Sharqat, around 80 km (50 miles) south of Mosul, Iraq, on Friday. | AFP-JIJI WORLD Iraq oil fires could jeopardize mission to retake Mosul from Islamic State forces AP SEP 24, […]
Civilians bear the brunt — Daesh kills 24, coalition 28
| Published — Saturday 30 July 2016 BEIRUT: Daesh has executed at least 24 civilians after seizing a village in northern Syria from a US-backed Kurdish-Arab alliance, a monitor said Friday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Daesh executed 24 civilians “in the last 24 hours” after taking […]
Indonesia opts out of Saudi-led military coalition
Source: Dawn Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo refrained from openly rejecting the idea of joining the Saudi Arabia-led military coalition of 34 countries to fight terrorism, but his chief security […]
Doubts About Saudi Arabia’s Antiterrorism Coalition while it keeps financing Wahhabi schools & clerics
NY Times: One of the greatest weaknesses in the American-led fight against the Islamic State is the lack of competent regional forces to join in defeating the militants, especially on the ground. Saudi Arabia’s plans to organize a military coalition of 34 Islamic nations against terrorism could be a breakthrough, […]
Bombs may kill extremists, but they will not kill extremism
Source: Belfast Telegraph ‘Bomb and be done with it. Destroy the enemy, and all will be well.’ This seductive voice cannot go unchallenged. ISIL must be defeated, but it will […]
Backed into corner, Turkey’s Erdogan shows hints of compromise
By Reuters – Jun 10,2015 – JORDAN TIMES Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (right) meets with Deniz Baykal, a veteran opposition lawmaker from the Republican People’s Party, in Ankara, Turkey, on Wednesday (Reuters photo) ANKARA — The choice of venue seemed to say it all. Straying from his vast new […]
IS insurgents hide behind civilian homes to avoid airstrikes
• Locals say strikes have reduced checkpoints • Militants travel on two wheels instead of four • Hide in trenches in backyards of civilian houses RAHEEM SALMAN AND YARA […]
After the atrocities committed against Muslims in Bosnia, it is no wonder today’s jihadis have set out on the path to war in Syria While the US State Department told us in Bosnia that 'fundamentalism' – the horror word of the time – might take root in Bosnia, no one spoke of 'radicalisation'
by Robert Fisk, The Independent In 1993, walking across the Qasr el-Nil bridge in Cairo, I was stopped by a young man. Was I a reporter, he asked? Had I […]