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Jordanians protest against water-for-energy deal with Israel
Nov 27, 2021 04:08Thousands of Jordanians have taken to the streets to protest against a water-for-energy deal with Israel and the United Arab Emirates, denouncing it as humiliating submission.
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Electricity transfer deal reached among Lebanon, Syria & Jordan
Oct 29, 2021 05:45A deal has been reached between Lebanon, Syria, and Jordan to help transfer electricity to Lebanon, which is suffering from acute energy and economic crises.
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Jordan pledges support for crisis-hit Lebanon
Oct 11, 2021 05:00Jordan’s King Abdullah II has assured the Lebanese prime minister that his country will stand by Lebanon which is grappling with its worst-ever economic crisis amid power outages.
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Syria’s Assad, Jordan’s King Abdullah II hold 1st phone talk since start of conflict in 2011
Oct 04, 2021 03:21Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has held a phone call with Jordan’s King Abdullah II for the first time since foreign-backed militancy broke out in Syria a decade ago.
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Jordan says Israel’s aggression on al-Aqsa Mosque ‘provokes Muslim sentiments’
Sep 29, 2021 03:31In a strong indictment of continued aggression against the al-Aqsa Mosque, Jordan has sent an official note of protest to Israel, warning that the violations of the holy site by regime forces and settlers will provoke sentiments of Muslims around the world.
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Jordanians protest ‘catastrophic’ gas deal with Israel on 5th anniversary
Sep 28, 2021 04:56Jordanian protesters have taken to the streets in the capital Amman, calling for the cancellation of a multi-billion-dollar gas agreement signed between the state-owned National Electric Power Company (NEPCO) and the regime of Israel in 2016.
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Syrian defense minister makes rare visit to Jordan to talk border security, Dara’a situation
Sep 20, 2021 02:33Syrian Defense Minister General Ali Abdullah Ayyoub has made a rare trip to neighboring Jordan to discuss stability on their mutual border as well as the situation in Syria’s southwestern city of Dara’a.
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Two top Jordanian officials handed 15-year jail terms for ‘sedition’ and ‘incitement’
Jul 12, 2021 06:15A security court in Jordan has sentenced two former royal court officials to 15 years in prison on charges of sedition and incitement following a high-profile trial that lasted three weeks.
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High-profile trial in Jordan royal drama begins with two top officials in the dock
Jun 21, 2021 04:01A high-profile trial of two former Jordanian government officials, facing charges of sedition and incitement, is set to get underway at the country’s security court on Monday.
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Paper details US, Israel, Saudi role in coup plot against Jordan king
Jun 14, 2021 08:51Israel, Saudi Arabia and the United States joined forces to pressure Jordan's King Abdullah II to partake in the US-sponsored "normalization deals" with Tel Aviv, according to the Washington Post.