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More unneeded complications in Syria
The shooting down of a Syrian warplane near the central Syrian city of Raqqa, where US-supported Syrian Democratic Forces are deployed to help capture the city from Daesh gangs, threatens to escalate tensions over Syria between Moscow and Washington.Russia war ...
Civilians suffer in Iraq and Syria
By Michael Jansen - Jun 22, 2017 - Last updated at Jun 22, 2017 00:18
US-backed forces in Iraq and Syria have launched fierce assaults on Daesh-held Mosul and Raqqa, jangling alarm bells over the certain slaugh ...
To strengthen steadfastness of Palestinians in Jerusalem
By Daoud Kuttab - Jun 22, 2017 - Last updated at Jun 22, 2017 00:18
King Abdullah’s iftar banquet for Jerusalemites has become an annual tradition and has grown in importance.His Majesty invited tens of polit ...
Midwives deliver lives
By Project Syndicate - Jun 22, 2017 - Last updated at Jun 22, 2017 00:17
The past few decades have brought incredible progress for women and children’s health.Since 1990, preventable child deaths have declined by ...
Time for another Arab summit?
By Hasan Abu Nimah - Jun 21, 2017 - Last updated at Jun 21, 2017 00:21
Jordan was host to the last Arab summit, at the end of March this year.Contrary to previous annual leaders’ gatherings, the Amman Summit was ...
Hamas parts ways with Qatar
By Osama Al Sharif - Jun 21, 2017 - Last updated at Jun 21, 2017 00:20
Qatar may be losing one of its regional assets and a major component in its divisive interventionist network in the wake of its recent diplo ...
Israel vs. the United Nations; the Nikki Haley doctrine
By Ramzy Baroud - Jun 21, 2017 - Last updated at Jun 21, 2017 00:20
The United States ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, seems to be championing a single cause: Israel.When Haley speaks about Isra ...
‘What we did not know or chose to ignore about the 67 war’
By James J. Zogby - Jun 20, 2017 - Last updated at Jun 20, 2017 00:11
In June 1967 I was in the midst of my final weeks in college when the war broke out.At the time, I knew little about the Middle East, since ...
Dahlan and Hamas
By Hassan A. Barari - Jun 20, 2017 - Last updated at Jun 20, 2017 00:10
It seems that the unthinkable is about to take place. Reports that Mohammed Dahlan — a fierce foe of Hamas — is moving slowly but surel ...
A new paradigm
By Jawad Anani - Jun 20, 2017 - Last updated at Jun 20, 2017 00:09
People in Jordan are fed up with excuses that external factors are responsible for the current economic crisis, not denial.They have been li ...

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