Who’s Killing Civilians In Syria?
I joined the early days of the Syria uprising in February 2011. It was only a matter of weeks before the chants and dancing were met with bullets and arrests…
Amnesty International Criticism Returns Qatar to Square One
A new report from Amnesty International slams Qatar for not living up to promises to improve workers’ rights and adds to a growing international criticism of Qatar’s inability to properly…
Haram Ham in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Customs on Monday foiled an attempt to smuggle pork into the Kingdom at Al-Batha border crossing point with the UAE. Customs officers seized 54 kg hidden under ice inside fridges being shipped…
Expanding Israel’s Military Power in Middle East
The Israel Defence Force (IDF) is the most powerful military in the Middle East, a new study by New York-based technology and news website Business Insider found. The Israeli army is…
Terrorist Attacks in Brussels – a Clash of What?
Here we go again. Recent terrorist attacks against another European capital city in less than a year continue to shake the core of world politics. It is worth to note…
Cultural Bridging in Amman – Grassroots Projects with Scarce Resources
JORDAN – While political conflicts have dominated almost all discourses around the region of West Asia, narratives on the region have remained ensnared by political and religious frameworks. Thus the…
Agreement to Ceasefire in Yemen
Yemeni officials on Sunday said that Shiite Houthi rebels and the internationally recognized government have agreed to begin a ceasefire for a week or two before their next round of negotiations,…
Smiles in Exile – Syrian Children Can Tell It All
They are not just refugees, they are, above all, human beings just like us. Medias always portray them as a whole tragedy but behind the tragedy there are people. As…
The Truth International Law Proclaims About Palestinian Territories: Jerusalem (Part Two)
Legal Perceptivity Exercised by Israeli Chief Court The Supreme Court of Israel held that the fundamental rules of international law accepted as binding by all “civilized” nations were incorporated in the domestic…
The Commonwealth and Arab-Israel Reconciliation
In 2016 Commonwealth Day falls on March 14. That may not mean much to some people, but to the 53 member nations of the Commonwealth, representing some 2.2 billion people,…