USA Prepares Regional War in the Middle East

Prensa Latina - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

Ottawa, May 23 (Prensa Latina) Hidden behind alleged peace talks between, the United States is preparing a regional war, denounced today the Canadian alternative publication Global Research. Using as background curtain the peace talks between the Syrian government and Western-backed "rebels", Secretary of State, John Kerry, met with US allies to prepare for region-wide war, says the ...

The War for the Arab World - Marc Lynch

Foreign Policy - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

Obama to redouble efforts to shutter Gitmo, reduce drone strikes; Rosa Brooks wants POTUS in her classroom; Horror in the U.K.; Is Jon Stewart goading the WH on the VA?; Hagel: build a better software program; and a little bit more. - by Gordon ...

Arab Spring Puts the Middle East in Bloody Whirlpool Says Patriarch

Christian Post - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

Latin Patriarch Fouad Twal of Jerusalem said that the historical period referred to as the "Arab Spring" puts the Middle East in a "serious and bloody ...

Egypt Hope in the Midst of Storms

Christian Post - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

The following article was written by Michael (not his real name). He is a Christian leader in Egypt, which is ranked No. 25 on the Open Doors 2013 World Watch List of the worst persecutors in the ...

AP PHOTOS Egypts languishing Islamic antiquities left worse for wear after 2011 uprising

Canada.com - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

In this photo taken Sunday, May 12, 2013, Egyptians walk by the medieval fortress wall in the historic Fatimid Cairo, Egypt. Cairo, the Arab world's most populated city, is often referred to as an open-air museum of Islamic antiquities and the city of 1,000 minarets. But its rich history and contributions to Islamic art has languished. (AP Photo/Nasser ...

Syrian refugee exodus to Jordan has slowed to trickle U.N. says

McClatchy - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

BAGHDAD - The flow of refugees crossing from Syria into Jordan has all but stopped in the last six days amid heavy fighting in the area and claims by Syrians that Jordanian border guards are preventing them from entering. The Jordanian foreign minister has denied that his government had closed the border, but Syrians said Jordanian soldiers had turned them back. A decision by the Jordanian ...

Jordanian Parliament Speaker Slams Iranian Meddling in Bahrain

Bahrain News Agency - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

Amman-May-23(BNA)Jordanian Parliament Speaker Saad Hayel Al-Srur today voiced dismay over the statements made by a top Iranian official against Bahrain, dismissing the blatant stance as a flagrant interference in the Kingdom's internal affairs and a violation of international covenants and norms. In a statement to Jordanian news Agency "Petra", he strongly condemned the ...

56700 Indians face deportation from Saudi Arabia says Khurshid

India Today - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

As many as 56,700 Indians face deportation from Saudi Arabia in the next one-and-half months and ten officials have been despatched to the kingdom to help the Indian mission prepare emergency certificates for their exit, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said on Thursday."As of now, 56,700 Indians have registered with the Indian mission for getting exit permits as they have no valid ...

Jordan Miles hires two attorneys for civil trial against Pittsburgh officers

Tribune Review - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

A Homewood man bolstered his legal team with two high-profile attorneys in preparation for a November civil trial to try to prove that three Pittsburgh police officers falsely arrested him and used excessive ...

Egypt lowers the boom on Sinai and wins release of security officers

World Tribune - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO -- Egypt has employed negotiations and heavy military pressure to defuse an insurgency crisis in the Sinai Peninsula. The regime of President Mohammed Morsi has won the release of seven Egyptian soldiers and security officers held in Sinai. Officials said Bedouin gunmen released the seven unharmed on May 22 in a move that halted a major counter-insurgency ...

Turkey debates alcohol sales and ad restrictions

San Diego Union-Tribune - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

ANKARA, Turkey -; Turkish lawmakers on Thursday began debating a bill that bans all alcohol advertising and tightens restrictions on sales of such beverages - a proposal the government insists is aimed at protecting the young from the ills of spirits but which secularists say is an example of the Islamic-based ruling party's encroachment on personal ...

Opposition open to key talks

Global Times - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

Syrian rebels take position in a house during clashes with regime forces in the old city of Aleppo on Wednesday. Syria's main opposition group opened key talks in Istanbul to debate whether to negotiate with the regime on ending the bloody two-year civil war, as proposed by the US and Russia. Photo: ...

U.S.s Kerry samples Palestinian shawarma and sweets

The Daily Star - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry eats sweets inside a shop after his meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Thursday, May 23, 2013. (AP Photo/Fadi Arouri, Pool) John ...

Bahrain Attends Arab League Meeting on Syrian Crisis

Bahrain News Agency - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

Cairo-May-23(BNA)Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Ghanim bin Fadhl Al-Buainain today led Bahrain's delegation to the extraordinary meeting of the Arab ministerial committee in charge of the Syrian Crisis. Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Shaikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabr Al-Thani chaired the session which discussed Syrian developments in the aftermath of the US-Russian ...

Minister of Human Rights Bahrain and Morocco are on the Path of Reform Democracy and Reinforcing Rights and Freedoms

Bahrain News Agency - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

Rabat, May 23rd (BNA) -Minister of Human Rights, Dr. Salah Bin Ali Abdul Rahman met with Moroccan Minister of Interior, Mohanad Laenser within the official Bahraini delegation's visit to Kingdom of Morocco, in reply to the invitation received by Ministry of Human Rights from the Moroccan Government through the ministerial commissary in charge of human rights. At the beginning of the ...

UN 300000 Sudanese have fled Darfur fighting this year 1.4 million are living in camps

Canada.com - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

The U.N.'s top humanitarian official says that 300,000 people have fled fighting throughout Sudan's rebellious province of Darfur in the first five months of this year, more than the total number of people displaced there in the last two years put together. U.N. Humanitarian Chief, Valerie Amos is on a visit to the area and spoke Thursday in Khartoum, Sudan. She says "We cannot ...

With youth pounding at kingdoms gates Saudi Arabia begins religious police reform

Christian Science Monitor - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

Saudi Arabia's religious police force is infamous for patrolling streets and shopping malls to enforce Islamic conduct. With an eye to restless youth, the kingdom's aging king has ordered ...

Lubna opens Mrajeeb Al Fhood camp for Syrian refugees in Jordan

WAM - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

WAM Amman, 23rd May 2013 (WAM) -- UAE Minister of Development and International Cooperation Sheikha Lubna bint Khalid Al Qasimi described the condition of the Syrian refugees as a complex humanitarian crisis, calling for concerted efforts from the international community and its active humanitarian organisations to alleviate their sufferings. ''The UAE humanitarian message is to ...

Whats Behind the Drop in Syrian Refugees to Jordan

VOA - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

A Syrian refugee woman carrying her son is reflected a puddle of rain water as she stands outside her tent after heavy rain at al-Zaatari refugee camp in the Jordanian city of Mafraq, near the Syrian border, January 10, ...

Fifa World Cup-themed mall for Qatar attracts retailers

The National - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

A Fifa World-Cup themed shopping mall in Doha has attracted an "extreme" amount of interest from the region's biggest retailers, more than two years ahead of its scheduled opening. Mall of Qatar, a 162,000 square metre mall located in Doha next to a future venue for the 2022 World Cup, is due to open in September 2015. The cost of the project is estimated at 3 billion Qatari ...

Bahrain opposition boycotts talks with government

The National - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

DUBAI // Bahrain's main opposition group has suspended its participation in reconciliation talks with the government for two weeks, blaming the slow pace of negotiations and a raid last week on a top Shiite leader's home. Little progress has been achieved in the talks, which began in February as part of efforts to end two years of political deadlock following pro-reform protests by ...

Iran Refutes Statements of Bahrain Government

Prensa Latina - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

Tehran, May 23 (Prensa Latina) An Iranian official spokesman today refuted allegations by a Bahrain official claiming that a Persian drone violated the airspace of the kingdom of the Arabian peninsula. The Foreign Ministry of Iran advised the Bahraini government to respect the legitimate rights of its people instead of raising baseless arguments, stated the spokesman, according to IRNA. The ...