BIG STORY
Sykes-Picot Drew Lines in the Middle East’s Sand That Blood is Washing Away
By Michael Williams | Reuters
Last week British Foreign Secretary Phillip Hammond said the struggle against Islamic State was “effectively Iraq’s last chance as nation state.”
That somber...
Amnesty: Iraqi Shia Militias Decimating Sunni Neighborhoods
RIGHTS GROUP SAYS MASS KILLINGS OF SUNNIS, IN RETALIATION TO ISIS, ENJOY IRAQI GOVERNMENT SUPPORT
VIVIAN SALAMA | AP
BAGHDAD — Iraq’s Shiite militias have abducted...
After the Aggression, $2.7 Billion Pledged to Rebuild Gaza
Donors plan to funnel the aid through Abbas’ Palestinian Authority, bypassing Hamas; UN chief says we must not lose sight of the root causes of...
If Only Clearing One’s Conscience Were As Simple As Wielding A Broom – Aijaz Zaka Syed
You may go on pretending for all the world that your hands are clean and you sleep with a clean conscience, it really doesn’t...
Massive Construction; Overhaul Changes the Face of Makkah
Associated Press
MAKKAH: As a child, Osama Al-Bar would walk from his home past Islam’s holiest site, the Kaaba, to the market of spice and...