‘The Tumultuous Decade’
May 18,2020 – JORDAN TIMES – JAMES J. ZOGBY On May 20, the Middle East Institute will release my new book “The Tumultuous Decade,” a book that brings together a […]
UK and US bombs caused nearly 1,000 civilian casualties in Yemen, damning report finds
London, Washington under pressure to halt arms sales to Saudi Arabia and UAE after new report finds their weapons were used in 27 apparently unlawful coalition airstrikes which killed over […]
How the murder of Jamal Khashoggi finally put the spotlight on UK arms sales and the war in Yemen
Last week, something rather unusual happened: a member of the British military establishment admitted total complicity in the devastation that is engulfing Yemen Anna Stavrianakis @StavrianakisA The Independent Voices The […]
Challenges facing Saudi politics
Oct 21,2018 -JORDAN TIMES – AMAR AL-SABAILEH Over the past decade, we have seen almost all of the larger Arab countries face crises which have significantly weakened their political systems; […]
Singapore’s Arab community traces ancestral roots to Yemen’s Hadhramaut Valley
Wadi Dawan in the Hadhramaut Valley, main picture. (Arab News photo by Munshi Ahmed) Joanna Tan July 20, 2018 Though the Indian Ocean separates the Asian metropolis of Singapore and […]
Drawings from prisons in Yemen show routine torture by US ally UAE
ASSOCIATED PRESS CAIRO This undated photo obtained by The Associated Press shows a drawing of prisoners being transported in a pickup truck to an Emirati-run prison in Yemen. (AP Photo) […]
Iran willing to push for ceasefire in Yemen talks with European powers
By Reuters – May 30,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Boys carry rifles as they attend a gathering held by women loyal to the Houthi movement to show their support in Sanaa, Yemen, on January 14 (Reuters file photo) ANKARA/PARIS — Iran and European powers have made good progress in talks to […]
Yemen cholera epidemic reaches ‘devastating proportions’ as deaths mount
By Middle East correspondent Sophie McNeill and Moohialdin Fuad Yemen is in the grip of an unprecedented cholera epidemic that is killing one person nearly every hour. The Saudi-led coalition has closed the country’s main airport and prevented many reporters and human rights workers from entering Yemen. But the evidence […]
Costly Yemen SEAL raid could bolster anti-US anger
Source: CNN The US Special Forces raid in central Yemen on January 29 is further evidence of two things: al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) remains a formidable, resilient enemy — and is more deeply entrenched in Yemen’s tribal society than ever. The raid, in the province of al-Bayda, […]
General Raheel Sharif should reconsider commanding the ‘Islamic military alliance’
this would not only be a very risky undertaking militarily but a fiasco in the political sense for Pakistan at least January 09, 2017, 2:06 am Syed Fazl-e-Ali Naqvi The media is agog with the news of General Raheel Sharif’s likely appointment as the Commander of the 39 nation Islamic […]
Saudi Arabia ‘deliberately targeting impoverished Yemen’s farms and agricultural industry’
Increasing evidence suggests Kingdom is not merely bombing civilians in neighbouring country, but systematically targeting infrastructure survivors will need to avoid starvation when the war is over Robert Fisk Middle East Correspondent @indyvoices Fire and smoke rise after a Saudi-led airstrike on a site near Sana’a AP The Yemen war uniquely combines tragedy, hypocrisy and […]
Ban Ki-moon’s big sin against Arabs
By Matin Moslem Ban Ki-moon’s big sin against Arab June 14, 2016 The United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in an extraordinary speech that truly surprised the public and could be referred to as “revolutionary remarks of a traditional conservative”, left no respect and credit for the House of Saud […]
Workers suffer in Saudi Arabia as once-mighty Hariri firm falters
By AFP – Mar 27,2016 – JORDAN TIMES A picture taken on March 9, 2016, shows towers under construction at the King Abdullah Financial District in the Saudi capital Riyadh. Towers in the complex are being built by the Saudi Oger Company and other constructors (AFP photo) RIYADH — […]
The Pentagon plan to ‘divide and rule’ the Muslim world
Nafeez Ahmed Friday 3 April 2015 12:30 BST Yemen is the latest casualty of a neoconservative strategy commissioned by the US Army to ‘capitalise on Sunni-Shia conflict’ in the Middle East – the goal is nothing short of ‘Western dominance’ Yemen is on the brink of “total collapse” according to […]
Yemen crisis: What will Saudi Arabia do when – not if – things go wrong in their war with the Shia Houthi rebels?
By Robert Fisk, The Independent They might ask the Pakistanis to send part of their vast army into the cauldron – but that would not be adding oil to the fire. It would be adding fire to the oil. The depth of the sectarian war unleashed in Yemen shows itself […]
SAUDI-LED STRIKES KILL 25 CIVILIANS IN SANA’A
Ali Ibrahim Al-Moshki (author) YEMEN TIMES SANA’A, March 26—Twenty-five citizens were reported killed and another 40 injured in the capital Sana’a on Thursday following Saudi-led airstrikes early that morning. The air raid came as part of operation “Decisive Storm” involving over a hundred fighter jets, with strikes reported in […]
OIC supports military action in Yemen
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has backed the military action in Yemen and slammed the Houthis for undermining the country’s legitimate government. Iyad Ameen Madani, secretary general of the OIC, said here Thursday that military action was inevitable to save the country from “the chaos unleashed on it by […]
Yemen highlights broader Arab ailments
Rami G. Khouri, Daily Star, Lebanon Summary The stunning situation in Yemen, as the country’s foundations shake and slowly collapse, is an example of the structural weaknesses that plague many countries in the Arab world. If you want to teach someone about why the Arab world continues to lurch from […]
New light on Early Islam shed by Buried Christian Empire
Buried Christian Empire Casts New Light on Early Islam By Matthias Schulz Paul Yule The “crowned man” relief found in Zafar, Yemen is seen as evidence that there was a Christian empire in the region before Islam took hold. Archeologists are studying the ruins of a buried Christian empire in […]
Why Islamism Is Winning
Source / Courtesy: NY Times By JOHN M. OWEN IV EGYPT’S final round of parliamentary elections won’t end until next week, but the outcome is becoming clear. The Muslim Brotherhood will most likely win half the lower house of Parliament, and more extreme Islamists will occupy a quarter. Secular parties […]