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Three views of Egypt

Islam Times - General Mustafa Gamal, who fought in the Egyptian air force in Egypt's 1973 war with Israel, went down to Tahrir Square in 2011 even though his son Yusuf, a doctor, sat it out, confused about the protest's goals and fearful for the future....

Posters of President Mahmoud Abbas are strung across the square as Palestinians rally in the center of the West Bank city of Ramallah on March 17, 2014

23 Mar 2014 06:22

An illegitimate leadership can sign away rights

Islam Times - The latest round of US-driven negotiations has yet to engender a significant, organized response from Palestinians in the Diaspora.

19 Mar 2014 06:39

The hidden secret behind the victories of Hezbollah

Islam Times - Hezbollah initiated in the eighties, and evolved slowly because of fighting Israel’s presence in Lebanon. The more Israel focused on it, the more it developed more quickly.

9 Mar 2014 09:12

Will Ukraine remains in Russia’s orbit or link its future to Europe?

Islam Times - Ukraine troubled history, its sitting at the crossroad in between Russia, Europe and the Ottomans has span for well over three centuries.

2 Mar 2014 08:00

Ukraine: Act II

Islam Times - Act I of the proxy war in Ukraine ended in favor of the West - the United States and the EU, as their minions are in power for now.

A general view shows a section of Israel

22 Feb 2014 05:53

EU aid to Palestinians -- help or hindrance?

Islam Times - The European Union has long been one of the most reliable foreign sources of humanitarian, economic and political aid in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT), providing 426 million euros ($575 million) in 2013 alone.

19 Feb 2014 06:17

“Sleeping with the Devil”: Bandar is a Super Ambassador and the Al-Saud family is buying the ruling elite in Washington

Islam Times - “Robert Baer” is the author of the book “Sleeping with the Devil”, and he is a former field officer in the U.S. intelligence community (CIA) and has occupied various positions of office, most notably heading the CIA station in Lebanon in ...

17 Feb 2014 06:59

Anti-Shiite Terrorism, a Grave Danger for Pakistan´s Future

Islam Times - On 20 January, heavily-armed gunmen killed a prominent Shiite leader, Allama Alim Al-Musvi, in northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar. “Two gunmen opened fire on the scholar and escaped when he came out of his house and walked towards ...

Young Israelis dance with national flags in hand in Jerusalem

14 Feb 2014 19:27

Indoctrination in the Israeli school system

Islam Times - Tal G. is a high school teacher in central Israel. His name has been altered to protect his anonymity.

12 Feb 2014 05:22

An Iraqi analyst clarifies the reasons for the defeat of America in the region and in the Geneva II Conference

Islam Times - The political analyst and TV personality the editor-in-chief of the Iraqi Al-Saymar newspaper, Wadad Fakher Abdul Zahra, mentioned the most important reasons that led to America’s defeat in Syria and in some countries in the region, in ...

9 Feb 2014 10:49

Stop Muslim pogrom in CAR: Human Rights Watch

Islam Times - Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called for an immediate action to stop the pogrom of Muslims in the Central African Republic, saying the killings have imperiled their future in the country.

1 Feb 2014 06:27

Geneva II ... American mines killing their producers

Islam Times - It is meaningless to think that Syria with its official negotiating delegation in Geneva is actually negotiating a bunch of people that were gathered together by the United States in the same period of time and called the “Syrian National ...

30 Jan 2014 05:28

Egypt back to square one as army returns to politics

Islam Times - Three years after a popular uprising forced out ex-general Hosni Mubarak, Egypt's army is again pushing a commander to stand for president after he ousted the first civilian head of state.

21 Jan 2014 11:17

Iraq is facing a turning point between the Army and “Daesh”

Islam Times - Al-Maliki’s political inability and the paralysis of his government is reflected in the ability of “Daesh” to exploit the divisions in imposing its control over the cities.

4 Jan 2014 05:29

Anbar: Maliki’s Two-Dimensional Battle

Islam Times - The Iraqi province of al-Anbar, which occupies one-third of the national area, presents a diminutive image of what has been going on in several Syrian areas.

28 Dec 2013 08:05

Lebanon may be targeted with more terror

Islam Times - A political analyst says the recent deadly terrorist attack in Beirut raises the speculation that certain regional states led by Saudi Arabia might use Lebanon as the stage for more acts of terror.

5 Dec 2013 08:10

Syria Militant Threat ‘May Force US Rethink President Assad’

Islam Times - Intensifying violence has presented new opportunities for militant groups across the Middle East and raised concerns among US intelligence and counterterrorism officials that militants aligned with al-Qaeda could establish a base in Syria ...

4 Dec 2013 11:27

Russia is rewriting the history

Islam Times - In a recent interview with a Russian official, he remorsefully spoke about the days of the Soviet Union, and this was shocking to me. When I raised the issue of the serious abuses that happened in that era, he said that they are exaggerations ...

17 Nov 2013 09:10

Reasons behind deep Bandar-US divide

Islam Times - A London-based Arabic language newspaper has revealed the reasons behind the deep differences between Saudi Arabia's intelligence chief Prince Bandar Bin Sultan and the US administration.

12 Nov 2013 05:36

A Turkish analyst warns that terrorism might reach to Turkey

Islam Times - The Turkish writer and historian Nuri Akjaa saw that the Ankara authorities lost its control over al-Qaeda in Syria despite is massive support.