Tag: Middle East

The 16 million Jews in the world represent less than 1 percent of the world’s population.  Yet 30 percent of the billionaires in the world are Jewish.  Saudi Arabia next door is the world’s 18th largest economy, relying heavily on oil. 

Meanwhile, Biden said there would be "no US boots on the ground" as part of the construction of the port, but it does represent a crucial shift in his administration's intervention in the Gaza crisis.

Historians in Europe were quick to dispute Putin’s version of events.  But really, going back to the ninth century, can we ever determine whose version of events is the correct one?  Different people interpret history differently. 

Easter, which marks the resurrection of Jesus Christ in the Christian tradition, coincides again this year with the Muslim holy month of Ramadan and the Jewish festival of Passover.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said U.S. Central Command forces carried out "precision airstrikes" on installations in eastern Syria affiliated with the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps.

If they are waiting for Trump to be impeached, don’t hold your breath. If by chance that did occur President Pence would purportedly be as loyal to Israel or perhaps more.

The letter says: “many Christian refugees, having been terrorised by IS in Syria and Iraq, have had to leave the refugee camps because of cruelties inflicted upon them inside the camps”.

HISTORY reveals this answer. The Ottoman Empire once ruled the then entire Arab world from North Africa, across the Arabian peninsular, up through what was then Palestine, Lebanon, Syria and to the very north, Turkey.

In an interview, Mohammed al-Rubai said, "These houses belonged to Christians who fled from Baghdad, seeking refuge from violent attacks targeting them and their homes.”

A powerful explosion in the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital Beirut - stronghold of the Shia armed group Hezbollah - has killed at least six people and left another 66 wounded.