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As the war in Syria gets five years old next month, UN is trying to end it with already more than an estimated 200,000 people dead and millions displaced. Special envoy Staffan de Mistura will be in Damascus during the Read more
King Abdullah’s visit to Egypt has ended with both states hoping to reinforce their bilateral cooperation. High on the agenda was terrorism and security related issues. A plan to build a natural gas pipeline from Iraq to Jordan that will Read more
United Arab Emirates has sent a squadron of warplanes to Jordan to help Amman in its fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). The return of UAE was not described as being part of the U.S led Read more
The hostage crisis involving Jordan, Japan and the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) seems to come to an end without the Jordanian pilot who was seized in December by the extremist group not being released. ISIS twitted that Read more
Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi met with newly elected Anbar province governor Suhaib al-Rawi in Baghdad and he used the occasion to underline the importance of tribal militias in the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Tribal Read more
For the first time in the history between Lebanon and Syria, a visa will be needed to cross into Lebanese territory from war torn Syria. The implementation of the scheme is seen as measure than will enhance the control of Read more
Talks between Jordan and Noble Energy Inc. for the supply of gas starting from 2016 has been suspended after news broke out that Israel’s antitrust regulator is having second thoughts on letting a group led by the company develop the Read more
Militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) that are fighting on the Northern Syria border have claimed to have shot down a Jordanian warplane in Raqqa and taken the pilot hostage. Jordan confirmed that one of its Read more
After eight years of exercising moratorium, Jordan has returned to the implementation of the death penalty in a bid to end the alarming rate at which crime is rising in kingdom. Civil rights group denounce the decision saying that it Read more
Jordan has submitted the draft resolution setting a timeframe for Israel’s withdrawal on occupied lands but hinted that it will seek for further consultation rather than a quick vote. Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said the United Nations Security Council Read more