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Jordanian Foreign minister Wednesday deplored the warm welcome Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reserved to the Israeli security guard who killed two Jordanians in the Israeli embassy in Amman Sunday night. “It is a disgrace,” Ayman Safadi told Sky News Read more
The Israeli foreign ministry has instructed closure of the embassy in Ankara and consulates throughout Turkey as a preventive measure amid growing tension in the region over clashes at Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem and following the killing of two Read more
An Israeli security guard killed two Jordanians in a shooting incident in the Jordanian embassy in Amman on Sunday. The shooting has reportedly been triggered when the security guard was attacked by a Jordanian carpenter with a screwdriver. The incident Read more
King Abdallah of Jordan and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi discussed in Cairo “ways to push the stagnant Middle East peace process” in light of the position of President Donald Trump’s administration. The meeting between the two leaders came days Read more
Protesters who assembled in front of the office of Prime Minister Hani Mulki, recently reappointed by King Abdullah to form a new government, are demanding his sacking, following the assassination of writer Nahed Hattar who was shot dead by a Read more
Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov who also doubles as President Putin’s special representative for the Middle East and Africa met with King Abdallah of Jordan on Thursday to discuss the Syrian crisis. The Russian official also met Prime Minister Read more
King Abdullah of Jordan, in a Palace statement, vowed to respond “with an iron fist” to the car bomb attack that killed six army border guards in the Rukban district, close to the border with Syria. Six hours after the Read more
Amman has warned that its policies towards Syrian refugees could change if the upcoming February 4 donor conference in London does not help it to overcome the challenges it is facing. Authorities claim to have spent around $6.6billion over the Read more
Israeli media reported that Palestine’s proposal for secret talks to be held were rejected by Tel Aviv but Secretary General Saeb Erekat of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) denied such claims while admitting to meeting with the then-Israeli Vice PM Read more
Jordan’s Minister of Industry, Trade and Supply Maha Ali told members of the Iraqi Business Council that Amman would help investors by removing all obstacles as she promotes the economic stimulus package designed to overcome the effects of the ongoing Read more