Israel, UAE collaborating to eliminate UNRWA – report
In doing so, Abu Dhabi would be rallying to a long-standing demand from Israel, insisting for years that UNRWA is obstructing peace. By SARAH CHEMLA DECEMBER 27, 2020 Israel and […]
U.N. Official Calls for Julian Assange Pardon; Trump Mulls Granting Immunity to Mohammed bin Salman
HEADLINEDEC 23, 2020 Trump is expected to grant more pardons in the coming weeks. On Tuesday, the U.N. special rapporteur on torture, Nils Melzer, urged Trump to pardon WikiLeaks founder […]
GSA: Trump’s unpredictability pushed Arabs to seek partnership with other powers
By Mohammad Mazhari International December 25, 2020 – TEHRAN TIMES TEHRAN – Chief executive officer of Gulf State Analytics (GSA) says that the “unpredictability” of U.S. policies under Trump’s presidency […]
Trump Team Weighs Immunity For Saudi Prince In Assassination Plot: Report
Saudi Arabia wants the U.S. to act before Jan. 20, when President Donald Trump leaves office and Joe Biden — who has promised a tougher stance toward the kingdom — […]
Putting a price on normalization with Israel
BY BATU COŞKUN OP-ED DEC 25, 2020 White House senior adviser Jared Kushner (L) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a news conference in Jerusalem, Dec. 21, 2020. (AP […]
‘Cheaper than water’: Iraqis angry but unsurprised over Blackwater pardons
An Iraqi man rides a bicycle passing by a remains of a car, burnt after Blackwater guards escorting US embassy officials opened fire in Baghdad on September 16, 2007. (File/AFP) […]
President Donald Trump urged to pardon Julian Assange to ‘keep him out of the hands of the Deep State’
By Tristan Kirk@kirkkorner The fiancée of Julian Assange has renewed her pleas for a pardon from President Donald Trump to stop the Wikileaks founder “falling into the hands of the […]
White House advisors fear Trump’s final days
By Kevin Liptak and Jeremy Diamond, CNN December 22, 2020 (CNN)President Donald Trump has turned to a fringe group of advisers peddling increasingly dubious tactics to overturn the results of […]
Iran on edge in the waning days of the Trump administration
Dec 15,2020 – JORDAN TIMES – OSAMA AL SHARIF Iran is bracing itself with five weeks to go before the Trump administration is finally ousted and as tensions rise in […]
Trump administration moves forward with $1B Moroccan arms deal after normalization with Israel
BY REUTERS WASHINGTON AMERICAS DEC 12, 2020 President Donald Trump’s administration moved forward with $1 billion in sales of drones and precision-guided weapons to Morocco on Friday, sending a notice […]
Iran ambassador to Yemen thanks Trump for sanctioning him
Politics December 9, 2020 – TEHRAN – Following the United States’ decision to impose sanctions on Iran’s ambassador to Yemen, the Iranian envoy thanked U.S. President Donald Trump for imposing […]
Trump announces Morocco and Israel will normalize relations
US President Donald Trump announced on December 10 that Morocco is now the fourth Arab state this year to recognize Israel. (AFP/File Photos) Trump said Israel and Morocco would restore […]
Israel making hay while sun of Trump administration continues to shine
Dec 09,2020 – JORDAN TIMES – MICHAEL JANSEN Israel is making hay while the sun of the Trump administration continues to shine. Fearing incoming President Joe Biden will not be […]
What is driving Saudi Arabia’s apparent rapprochement with Turkey?
What is driving Saudi Arabia’s apparent rapprochement with Turkey? Ali Bakeer Saudi Arabia’s changing attitude towards Turkey is motivated by Biden’s election victory. [Getty] Date of publication: 4 December, 2020 […]
Trump’s waning weeks in the White House could be the most dangerous
Dec 02,2020 – JORDAN TIMES – MICHAEL JANSEN Donald Trump has, once again, demonstrated that the waning weeks of his tour in the White House could be the most dangerous […]
The Israeli-Palestinian mess Biden inherits and what he can do
Nov 30,2020 – JORDAN TIMES – James J. Zogby If finding a resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was not difficult enough, the Trump administration and the Netanyahu government seem hell […]
EXCLUSIVE: Saudi crown prince was reluctant to back US attack on Iran
Israel’s Netanyahu called for strikes on uranium facilities during Neom meeting with ‘very nervous’ Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi sources say By David Hearst Published date: 27 November 2020 Saudi Crown […]
The Biden formula
Nov 22,2020 – JORDAN TIMES – Javier Solana MADRID — There is an eternal debate about how much leadership and personality matter in international relations. But after the turbulence of […]
The Trump administration argued today that it can kill my client without even telling him why
Source: MSN Eric Lewis, who is a lawyer working on Bilal’s case. He is also a board member of the company which owns The Independent Last week, President Trump and […]
America prepares for post-election violence
1 / 4 Workers board up stores on Rodeo Drive in preparation for Election Day in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, US, November 2, 2020. (Reuters) 2 / 4 Workers […]