Cairo plan a good start, but not a final destination
Faisal J. Abbas March 08, 2025 International analysts would be well advised to keep a close eye on what happens in Saudi Arabia over the next few weeks, as it […]
Over $50 billion needed to rebuild Gaza: UN, World Bank, EU
by Reuters GENEVA, Switzerland Feb 19, 2025 – Palestinians walk past damaged and destroyed buildings in Jabalia in northern Gaza, Palestine, Feb. 17, 2025. (AFP Photo) More than $50 billion will […]
Trump’s shocking plan for Gaza is an all-too-common approach. This is what must happen instead
OpinionEmergency planning Lucy Easthope Far too often, developers treat rebuilding like colonising a planet. Instead, Palestinians must be at the heart of everything, and the sooner the better Wed 12 Feb 2025 As world leaders throw around threats about ending the ceasefire in Gaza this week, Palestinians will be surveying the rubble […]
Saudi Arabia says no to displacement of Gazans, rejects relations with Israel without Palestinian state
A Palestinian woman hangs laundry as children climb debris in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip on February 4, 2025. (AFP/File) Updated 32 sec ago Arab News February 05, 2025 […]
What happened in the Russia-Ukraine war this week? Catch up with the must-read news and analysis
Source: Guardian It was May 2022 and Oleksandr Ivantsov was trapped. The Russians had seized the city of Mariupol. A small island of territory, the Azovstal steelworks, remained under Ukrainian control. For weeks, Ivantsov and his fellow soldiers had lived in a network of underground shelters, shared with a few […]
What experiences of devastated Middle East cities signify for Gaza’s postwar recovery
SPECIAL Palestinians check the destruction in the aftermath of an Israeli strike on the Jabalia camp for Palestinian refugees in the Gaza Strip, on November 1, 2023. (AFP) Updated 26 […]
Ahmadiyyas still homeless in Panchagarh
Quamrul Islam Rubaiyat Sun Mar 12, 2023 Photo: Quamrul Islam Rubaiyat Several hundred people of the Ahmadiyya community, who came under attacks by fundamentalists in Panchagarh, are still homeless nine […]
Build back better to preserve Antakya’s historical identity
YASAR YAKIS March 05, 2023 Now that the emergency is behind us, Turkiye has to consider what method would be appropriate for the reconstruction of devastated cities. The most reasonable […]
Festering food crisis worries Red Cross; Guterres terms floods ‘unnatural’
Festering food crisis worries Red Cross; Guterres terms floods ‘unnatural’ Dawn Report Published September 14, 2022 ISLAMABAD: International agencies have sounded the alarm over the acute food crisis expected to hit Pakistan […]
Syria, the forgotten crisis?
Mid-August, the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) announced that it faced a record funding gap for its emergency response budget in 2022. Last December, OCHA appealed […]
Al-Nouri Mosque restoration aims to revive spirit of Iraq’s ruined Mosul
Caline Malek September 21, 2019 The 12th-century Iraqi monument was blown up by retreating Daesh fighters in 2017 Project is part of a $100 million UNESCO-led heritage reconstruction plan for […]
Clearing the ground for post-conflict reconstruction
Apr 13,2019 – JORDAN TIMES By Giorgio Chiovelli, Stelios Michalopoulos and Elias Papaioannou LONDON — This year marks the 20th anniversary of the United Nations Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention. Since […]
Lombok earthquake: small private efforts
Of course we cannot wait for ‘officials’ or ‘others’ to assist and have to do what ever we can. With small amounts available my wife for instance checked with the […]
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 […]
China’s Xi pledges $20 billion in loans to revive Middle East
Reuters International This content was published on July 10, 2018 Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks to representatives of Arab League member states at a China Arab forum at the Great […]
Special Report – This man is trying to rebuild Mosul. He needs help – lots of it Politics
Reuters International This content was published on March 21, 2018 Abdelsattar al-Hibbu, municipality chief of Mosul, speaks during an interview with Reuters in Mosul, Iraq, January 9, 2018. Picture […]
‘Arabs should not miss Iraq, Syria rebuild opportunity’
By JT – Sep 30,2017 – JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Industry, Trade and Supply Minister Yarub Qudah on Saturday called on Arab stakeholders to take the initiative and compete for the largest possible share in project worth $2 trillion, designed for Iraq and Syria rebuild schemes, the Jordan News Agency, […]
Post-war Syria: destruction and reconstruction
PODCAST By Thomas Stephens http://tp.srgssr.ch/p/swi/inline?urn=urn:swi:audio:42532212 DOWNLOAD MP3 FILE OCT 23, 2016 – 11:00 Three archaeologists explain the importance and challenges of rebuilding ancient Syrian heritage sites destroyed by Islamic State. http://www.swissinfo.ch
Opinion: Post-disaster rebuilding of Nepal requires forward-thinking
OPINION Post-disaster rebuilding of Nepal requires forward-thinking By Kedar Neupane JUN 7, 2015 – 11:00 “Nepal has lurched ground like a ship on the high seas”. The headline of the Tribune de Genève after the second major earthquake of 7.3 magnitude rocked Nepal on May 12 said it all. By […]