Emergence of Islamic State group drags Obama back into Middle East quagmire

Rais Barack Obama amesema Marekani itashambulia kundi la Islamic state kote nchini Syria na Iraq ili kuwanyima makao ya kujificha.

The United States imprudently rushed into war in Iraq in 2003. At least nobody can make that criticism this time around.

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Forced Exodus: Christians in the Middle East
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In September, senior clerics from a dozen different Christian denominations all over the Middle East met in Amman, Jordan, for a conference organized by King Abdullah II. The subject was the crisis facing Christianity in the region, and what to do about it.
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As jihadists storm through the Sunni heartlands of Iraq towards Baghdad, where a Shiite government they regard as heretic clings on, they have lifted the veil on deep sectarianism which has also stoked the fires of Syria’s civil war and is spilling over into vulnerable mosaic societies such as Lebanon.

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US Secretary of State John Kerry’s single-minded and relentless efforts to drag reluctant Israelis and Palestinians towards peace have hit rock bottom, although analysts warned it was too early to sound the death knell.

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CEO of MeTL GROUP, Mohammed Dewji.

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DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) – Manufacturing and trading firm Mohammed Enterprises Tanzania Ltd, one of the country’s biggest private employers, said on Friday it would invest $250 million to expand its business in Africa to capitalise on a growing middle class demand.

Chief Executive Officer Mohammed Dewji also told Reuters he was upbeat about prospects in Tanzania, whose economy has been growing at about 7 percent a year and which he...

The unity pact between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and the militant group Hamas dealt a sharp punch to US-driven peace negotiations with Israel, but the Americans insisted it was not a fatal blow to the struggling talks.