Author: Nabila Alkibsi

Two of Trump’s Senate allies have criticized the administration briefing on Soleimani killing, charging that it provided no evidence of an imminent attack, and it dismissed Congress’s role in military actions … ‘The Worst Briefing I’ve Had’: Senate Iran Briefing Gets Heated (CNN) … and reports confirm that Soleimani didn’t pose an imminent threat, but…

With Iran’s retaliation minimizing casualties, its FM’s announcement that they had ‘concluded proportionate measures’, and Trump’s “All is well” tweet, the war threat may be receding … At the Edge of a War, U.S. and Iran Appear to Step Back (NY Times) Trump Says ‘Iran Appears to Be Standing Down’ Following Its Retaliatory Attacks Against…

More than seventy protests across America planned by Act Now and other organizations have been planned to protest Trump policies and US presence in the Middle East … Outraged Americans Condemn US Actions in Iraq and Iran: ‘Enough with This Nonsense’ (US Today) … as a discredited FBI sting operation is floated as evidence of…

Enabling round the clock surveillance is the government’s price for liberalized store hours: Saudi Arabia to Allow Shops and Businesses to Open 24 Hours (Alarabiya) The U.S. called the demonstrations in Iraq a protest against Iranian intervention while Iran accused the U.S. of fomenting violence; now the shoe is on the other foot: Iran Is…

Muslims express solidarity with Jews in the wake of Hanukkah stabbings: CAIR, CAIR-NY Express Solidarity with Jewish Community After Hanukkah Stabbings (CAIR-NY) UAE Condemns Machete Terror Attack at Chanukah Party in Rabbi’s Home in NY (Jewish Press) Iran charges that “the United States has targeted the positions of forces that over the years have inflicted…

As the European signatories to the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran remain uncommitted, the EU Commission Chief said rescuing the nuclear deal with Iran is getting harder: EU Commission President Says Rescuing Iran Nuclear Deal Getting Harder (Iran News by Radio Farda) Deputy minister of Iran Industry, Khiabani, uncovers Iran’s export worth of 32.5 billion…

Both within and outside of the Muslim world the plight of Muslims is bad: The World’s Muslims Are Facing Unprecedented Repression (Axios) Opinion: The Muslim World’s Nightmare Decade (Buzzfeed) “To date, Gaza’s Ministry of Health reports that Israeli soldiers have shot 50 men, women, and children in the eye since the weekly demonstrations began last…

As millions visit Bethlehem for Christmas, 92% of Bethlehem’s 210,000 Palestinians, Christians as well as Muslims, have restricted access and are confined to 13% of the total land with a devastated economy: “We Are Living in a Touristic Prison”: Palestinians on Life in the Holy City of Bethlehem (VOX.com) A letter to the editor highlights…

Malaysia’s PM said at the end of the Islamic summit on Dec 19 that for Muslim countries to be self-reliant and able to face future economic embargoes, they consider trading in gold through a barter system: Muslim Nations Consider Gold, Barter Trade to Beat Sanction (Reuters) Muslim Countries Mull Trading in Gold, Through Barter System…

On December 20, the united Nations general Assembly called for “permanent sovereignty of Palestinian people in the Occupied Territory, including east Jerusalem.” Palestinians Can Claim Restitution for ‘Occupation,’ 160 UN Nations Say (The Jerusalem Post) Jayapal Pramila is targeted for sponsoring a Congressional resolution “urging India to lift its communications and internet restrictions in Indian-administered…