Jan 01,2016 -JORDAN TIMES – Ahmad Y. Majdoubeh We in this part of the world welcome all efforts geared towards fighting and then eradicating terrorism, exercised by countries from the region and beyond. While terrorism is primarily ravaging several countries in our region, it is also directly affecting several other countries […]
Source: The New York Times BAGHDAD — Breaking a seven-month occupation by the Islamic State, Iraqi troops on Monday retook most of Ramadi, the most populous city in western Iraq, […]
Dec 29,2015 – JORDAN TIMES – The liberation of Ramadi from the terrorist group Daesh is certainly a big victory for Baghdad, and could be the beginning of a campaign to liberate other cities and Iraqi territories still in the clutch of this extremist grouping. “This great victory has broken […]
Dec 29,2015 – JORDAN TIMES – Hassan A. Barari A newly released opinion poll conducted by the Doha-based Arab Centre for Research and Policy Studies offers an insight into the way Arabs in 12 countries view Daesh and President Bashar Assad’s role in radicalising some Syrians. The polls focused on various issues […]
Voices Syria’s war is complicated – but the refugee crisis is not How is it that Lebanon and Jordan – smaller, less-wealthy nations – are able to take in more refugees than the whole of Europe put together? Rachel Shabi @rachshabi The child of Kurdish migrants stands outside a tent […]
Reuters International DEC 28, 2015 – swissinfo.ch By Jonathan Landay, Warren Strobel and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Islamic State has set up departments to handle “war spoils,” including slaves, and the exploitation of natural resources such as oil, creating the trappings of government that enable it to manage large […]
Voices You won’t hear it, but news from Afghanistan is bad Isis men are now fighting in their thousands in the country we arrived to “liberate” 14 years ago, quite apart from tens of thousands of Taliban “pushing” in to their “heartland” around Sangin Robert Fisk @indyvoices Member of Afghan […]
I.A. REHMAN — UPDATED DEC 24, 2015 DAWN.COM 11 COMMENTS Throughout the past fortnight or so, people have been plied with reports, surveys and much rhetoric about the progress of the National Action Plan (NAP) but little has been offered to enable them to share the mood of complacency evident […]
By AFP – Dec 26,2015 – JORDAN TIMES – AFP Iraqi counterterrorism forces drive a tank past rubble south of Anbar province’s capital Ramadi on Thrusday (AFP photo) BAGHDAD — Die-hard militants made a desperate last stand Saturday in Ramadi’s former government complex, the main remaining target of Iraqi forces […]
Source: BBC Iraqi government forces are advancing into the centre of the city of Ramadi, which is controlled by jihadist group Islamic State (IS), officials say. Security sources told the […]
By Khetam Malkawi – Dec 20,2015 – JORDAN TIMES – Khetam Malkawi AMMAN — Following the adoption of the UN Security Council resolution that supports international efforts to seek a political solution in Syria, local analysts differed in forecasting the scope and influence of Jordan’s role in these efforts. The […]
Dec 19,2015 – JORDAN TIMES – WALID M. SADI Not too long ago, Republican candidate for the White House Marco Rubio prophesied that terrorist attacks in Jordan are imminent. The leading Democratic candidate in the race for the White House, Hillary Clinton, made a similar forecast about the security and […]
WASHINGTON | BY PHIL STEWART People cycle past a Syrian Army soldier along a street during a biking tour for charity, in Damascus December 11, 2015. REUTERS/OMAR SANADIKI The United States has delivered a fresh supply of ammunition to Syrian Arab fighters ahead of an expected stiff battle with Islamic […]
Published time: 17 Dec, 2015 An Islamic State fighter uses a mobile to film his fellow fighters taking part in a military parade along the streets of Syria’s northern Raqqa province June 30, 2014. © Stringer / Reuters US intelligence services have mapped Islamic State’s media installations producing terrorist […]
By Hubert Gude and Wolf Wiedmann-Schmidt spiegel.de Quelle: Instagram Islamist extremist Harry S. wasn’t in Syria for long. But during his stay there, he claims, Islamic State leaders repeatedly tried to recruit him to commit terror attacks in Germany. Security officials believe he could be telling the truth. […]
ABDULATEEF AL-MULHIM Published — Thursday 17 December 2015 ARABNEWS.COM According to subsequent reports, the Soviets were complying with a treaty signed between the two nations in 1978. Regardless of the reasons behind the invasion, had there been no American interference, it would have ended with much less casualties and less […]
By Reuters – Dec 16,2015 – JORDAN TIMES US Defence Secretary Ash Carter addresses the US troops as he stands in front of a drone at the Incirlik Air Base near Adana, Turkey, Tuesday (AP photo) BAGHDAD — US Defence Secretary Ash Carter and Iraqi leaders on Wednesday discussed the […]
By Mohammad Ghazal , AFP – Dec 15,2015 – JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — The formation of the Saudi-led military coalition of 34 Muslim countries to fight terrorism sends a strong message on how Muslims and Arabs in their countries and abroad are the main victims of terrorism, which seeks […]
Dec 13,2015 – Joschka Fischer – Jordan Times For four years, a bloody war has raged in Syria. What began as a democratic uprising against Bashar Assad’s dictatorship has developed into a cat’s cradle of conflicts, partly reflecting a brutal proxy struggle among Iran, Turkey and Saudi Arabia for regional […]
Dec 13,2015 – JORDAN TIMES The campaign of one key Republican contender to the White House, Donald Trump, has been awash with gaffes, posturing, and all sorts of irresponsible and inane declarations that often made one teeter between laughter at the lack of political savvy of this man and annoyance at […]