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Anti-ISIS CoalitionSaudi top diplomat urges allies to face IS ‘on the ground’
Saudi Arabia's foreign minister on Thursday urged the US-led coalition conducting air strikes against the Islamic State group in Syria and Iraq to wage a ground war against the jihadists.
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Islam in AmericaNew York City public schools will close for Muslim holidays.
New York public schools will begin closing to observe two Muslim holidays beginning next school year, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced on Wednesday. The move makes New York the first major American city to close in observance of the Muslim holidays Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha. The city's public school system is the largest in the country with 1.1 million students; Muslim students make up approximately 12 percent of the population, according to a 2008 study.
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Pakistan: Nuclear PowerOutcry and fear as Pakistan builds new nuclear reactors in dangerous Karachi
The new plants, utilizing a cutting-edge design not yet in use anywhere in the world, will each supply 1,100 megawatts to Pakistan’s national energy grid. The reactors are being built next to a much smaller 1970s-era reactor located on a popular beach where fishermen still make wooden boats by hand.
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Art in BeirutBeirut re-brushed
However, some of the most interesting developments in culture anywhere in the Middle East have been quietly taking place in Lebanon’s capital, Beirut. The once culturally buzzing city, whose name became synonymous with civil war, terror attacks and assassinations over the last four decades, seems to be steadily reclaiming the crown of Arab culture. But what is more impressive is the organic growth of the cultural scene in Beirut that is flourishing despite the dysfunctional Lebanese government, or perhaps because of it.
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Operation Inherent Resolve: A-10 ThunderboltsThese Stunning Images of the U.S. A-10 Thunderbolts in Kuwait say a lot about their missions against ISIS
Noteworthy, as noted with little differences on previous deployments in Afghanistan, along with their trademark cannon, the aircraft carry an interesting mix of rockets, missiles and bombs, that enable the pilot to select the proper weapon to attack any kind of target, from technicals, to tanks, to armored vehicles, to light and heavy fixed or moving targets: AGM-65 Maverick missiles (on station 3 and 9), LAU-131 rocket launcher (station 2), GBU-12 Paveway LGBs (Laser Guided Bombs – on station 5 and 7), GBU-38 JDAMs (Joint Direct Attack Munitions – station 4 and 8) and an AN/AAQ-28 Litening AT targeting pod (station 10).
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Qatar World CupWorld Cup 2022: European clubs seek “fair solution” from FIFA
The European Club Association includes Chelsea, Bayern Munich and Barcelona. Europe's biggest football clubs are set for talks with Fifa following proposals to switch the Qatar 2022 World Cup from summer to winter. Negotiations are expected to start with football's governing body in the coming weeks but any conclusion may take time.
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U.S. - IsraelBigger than Iran: stormy seas ahead for Netanyahu-Obama relationship
Netanyahu worked to placate angry Congressional Democrats by bending over backwards to praise President Obama and to emphasize the value he attaches to bipartisan support for Israel. Talking to folks on the Hill after the speech, I’m not sure he succeeded – and that’s despite the fact that many Democrats share his concerns about the Iran nuclear issue.
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EgyptEgypt’s Low-Burn Insurgency
Islamic State and its jihadist allies are targeting Western-allied governments in the Middle East, and lately they’ve turned their bombs on Egypt. The low-burn insurgency there isn’t an urgent threat to the Cairo government, but it needs watching and perhaps some American help to put down.
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U.S. - SyriaDempsey does not rule out U.S. ground troops in Syria
Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs, testified on Capitol Hill that military commanders may consider the need for small teams of U.S. troops to help local Iraqi and Syrian forces if that is critical for defeating the Islamic State militants.
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SyriaU.S. Syria strategy falters with collapse of rebel group
A blow to U.S. moves to aid rebels, the dissolution of Hazzm also highlights the risks that a new Department of Defense program could face in training and equipping fighters in Jordan, Turkey and Qatar.
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