Jordan

Aid reaches internally displaced Syrians at Rukban camp near Jordan border

Feb 08, 2019 02:14

A convoy of the UN and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) has delivered aid, including medical supplies and basic commodities, to tens of thousands of internally displaced Syrians, who are enduring freezing temperatures and harsh living conditions in a refugee camp near the country’s southern border with Jordan.
Jordan agrees to host Yemen talks about prisoner exchange

Jan 16, 2019 04:38

Jordan has announced that it will host a round of UN-brokered negotiations between delegates from Yemen’s Ansarullah Movement and representatives loyal to former Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi to discuss a prisoner swap deal between the two warring sides.
Jordan's Abdullah visits Iraq for first time since 2008

Jan 14, 2019 08:42

Jordanian King Abdullah II has made his first trip to Baghdad in more than a decade, meeting Iraqi President Barham Saleh.
Israel must respect intl. law, leave occupied Golan Heights: Jordan

Jan 09, 2019 02:56

Jordan has hit out at Zionist regime over its recent call for the United States to recognize the regime’s occupation of the Golan Heights, saying Tel Aviv will have to eventually pull its forces out of the Syrian region.
Jordanian lawmakers demand restoration of full Syria relations

Dec 31, 2018 03:47

Jordanian legislators have reportedly called on the Amman government to restore full diplomatic relations with neighboring Syria amid promising signs that the incumbent Damascus government led by President Bashar al-Assad is being admitted back into the Arab world.
Israel irate after Jordanian minister steps on regime's flag

Dec 30, 2018 08:55

A Jordanian minister has been photographed stepping on an Israeli flag, infuriating the occupying regime and leading it to summon Amman's envoy to Tel Aviv.
Jordan’s border guards kill 4 trying to enter kingdom

Nov 26, 2018 04:27

Jordanian border guards killed four people and detained two others attempting to sneak into the kingdom Sunday, the army said, adding that it had also foiled two bids to smuggle drugs.
Jordan ministers resign after flash floods kill 21

Nov 02, 2018 12:06

Jordan’s education and tourism ministers have resigned after flash floods killed 21 people, mostly children, during a school outing at a resort in the capital Amman last Thursday.
Jordan flash flood kills at least 18, mostly children

Oct 26, 2018 03:14

At least 18 people, mainly schoolchildren and teachers, were killed on Thursday by a flash flood during a school outing near Jordan's Dead Sea in one of the worst disasters in the kingdom in years, rescuers and hospital workers said.
Jordanian king wants Israel to return border areas leased under 1994 peace deal

Oct 22, 2018 03:03

Jordan’s King Abdullah II says Amman has already notified Zionist regime that it will not extend its lease of two border territories to the Tel Aviv regime, stressing that his country is resolute to reclaim both regions under a bilateral peace deal signed almost a quarter of a century ago.