Jordan

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.
Syria reopens Nasib border crossing with Jordan after 3-year closure by terrorists

Sep 29, 2018 10:10

Syria has reopened a vital border crossing with Jordan, three years after the major transit route was shut down by foreign-sponsored Takfiri terrorists.
US decision to remove missile systems is routine: Kuwait

Sep 27, 2018 04:41

A US decision to remove anti-missile systems from several Arab allies was an "internal and routine procedure", Kuwait said on Wednesday, adding that its defenses would not be affected.
Syria, Jordan in talks to reopen key border crossing, resume bilateral trade

Sep 14, 2018 07:20

Syrian and Jordanian officials have started talks to reopen the key border crossing of al-Nassib after a three-year hiatus in a bid to re-establish bilateral trade and help revive the economy of war-torn Syria.
Jordan blasts Israel’s closure of al-Aqsa mosque

Aug 19, 2018 03:02

Jordan has condemned Israel’s recent move to shut down the al-Aqsa mosque, which forced Muslim worshipers out of the compound in the Old City of occupied East al-Quds.
Jordan says three people killed in police raid on house sheltering terrorists

Aug 12, 2018 04:07

Jordan said on Saturday, August 11, three people were killed during a police raid on a house sheltering terrorists suspected of being behind a bomb attack on a police van.
Jordan warns of catastrophic consequences of UNRWA budget crisis

Aug 09, 2018 02:36

Jordan has warned that a severe cash crisis facing the UN agency for Palestinian refugees could have a “catastrophic” impact on the lives of millions of Palestinian refugees in the region.
Jordan, Iraq ink security deal but still face rocky road

Aug 06, 2018 07:35

Jordan and Iraq have signed a military and security cooperation agreement after years of stormy ties which saw Daesh terrorists gain control of their joint border and cut vital trade to a bare minimum.
Syria: Hundreds of Daesh terrorists in flee towards Jordanian border

Aug 02, 2018 07:47

At least 100 members of the Takfiri Daesh terrorist group have fled from Syria’s southwestern province of Dara’a toward Jordan’s border areas after losing ground to advancing Syrian army troops, a monitor says.