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Ahead of the submission of a Palestinian-drafted resolution to the 15-member Security Council calling for Israeli occupation of Palestinian land to end by November 2016, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has met with U.S Secretary of State John Kerry in Read more
The World Food Program has suspended the distribution of food and assistance to the Syrian refugees living in Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, Turkey and Egypt due to lack of funding. It is the first time WFP has been forced to close Read more
“Syria as it was will never exist again. The economy will be smaller. The population will be smaller,” said Bassel Kaghadou, program director of the National Agenda for the Future of Syria. After more than three and a half years Read more
Chairman Yu Zhengsheng of the National Committee of Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) visit to Jordan has marked the end of his tour in the Middle East and North Africa after visiting Algeria, Morocco and Bahrain. Yu arrived in Read more
Tensions are beginning to rise in Amman due to latest developments surrounding the Al-Aqsa mosque. King Abdullah II delivered a speech sending strict warnings to Israel that Jordan will against “through all available means” Israeli actions in Jerusalem that will Read more
The Kingdom of Jordan has opened a landmark power station destined to enable the country meet its growing energy needs and reduce its reliance on imported oil in a bid to achieve a more sustainable energy balance. Dubbed “Al Manakher”, Read more
“A terrible crime was committed here… The brutal killings in Kafr Qassem are an anomalous and sorrowful chapter in the history of the relations between Arabs and Jews living here,” Israeli President Reuven Rivlin told the victims of the families who Read more
Kuwait has announced that it will be hosting the World’s biggest and largest military exercise next year under the codename Eagle Resolve 2015. Lt Col Mohammad Al-Kandari, chief of Kuwait’s joint military operations and head of the committee tasked with Read more
The controversial and unpopular draft civil retirement bill that was voted by the Jordanian parliament has been rejected by King Abdullah. The bill was openly criticized by the public as a move meant to further increase the wealth of the Read more
The president of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), Suma Chakrabarti, met with Jordanian Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour to discuss the ties between them and means of increasing the support and cooperation of the bank in the country. Read more