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Hasan Abu Nimah
By Hasan Abu Nimah - Jul 01,2015
How much deeper does humanity have to further sink in chaos and bloody violence before we can say we are now at the very bottom, we cannot sink any further?Apparently, and while witnessing unimaginable crimes unfolding repeatedly, indiscriminately and so callously, the end seems
By Hasan Abu Nimah - Jun 23,2015
All that French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius wanted Israel to agree to is a very loose framework for restarting Palestinian-Israeli talks.
By Hasan Abu Nimah - Jun 16,2015
UNRWA is struggling to avert a critical financial crisis that threatens the essential operations of the 60-year-old UN agency for Palestine refugees.At a recent briefing in Amman, UNRWA Commissioner General Pierre Krahenbul warned that the current deficit stands at $101 million a
By Hasan Abu Nimah - Jun 09,2015
The relatively new Queen Alia International Airport (QAIA) is a great project. Most of little snags that caught the critics’ eyes at the beginning have been adequately dealt with.
By Hasan Abu Nimah - Jun 02,2015
The best thing in wars that cannot be won is to lose, and lose quickly. That not only saves lives and property, it also provides the loser with an exit.The most problematic wars are those that can neither be won nor lost.
By Hasan Abu Nimah - May 26,2015
Daesh forces continue their advance in Iraq and Syria; their recent territorial gains were significant.In Iraq, they defeated the Iraqi forces in Anbar’s provincial capital of Ramadi, occupied the city and are continuing their offensive towards Habbaniyyah.
By Hasan Abu Nimah - May 19,2015
The traffic situation in Amman continues to worsen.
By Hasan Abu Nimah - May 05,2015
In a few weeks’ time, the Daesh offensive in Iraq will have already completed its first year without being reversed or even greatly threatened. It was in June last year that hundreds of Daesh rebels managed without difficulty to occupy the entire Iraqi province of Nineveh
By Hasan Abu Nimah - Apr 28,2015
Saudi Arabia’s announcement that the coalition it leads would end its air raids on Yemen on April 22 was pragmatic and, under the circumstances, wise. It is not clear if the announcement was the result of some kind of agreement on a political process or due to “press
By Hasan Abu Nimah - Apr 21,2015
Many critics have been cynically remarking that Arabs are tough fighters but only when battling each other.  In their wars with Israel, by contrast, they hardly put up any resistance.

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