Jordan News
|
By AFP
-
Near the recently reopened border with Jordan, former Syrian rebel fighter Bahaa al-Masri sells date-filled pastries and sesame biscuits to Jordanians flocking across the frontier to snap up bargains.
|
|
By AFP
Apo -
Flash floods killed 12 people in Jordan and forced nearly 4,000 tourists to flee the famed ancient desert city of Petra, emergency services said on Saturday.
|
|
By AFP
Apo -
Jordan's education and tourism ministers resigned on Thursday, a week after a deadly school-bus accident in the flood-hit Dead Sea region, a government official said.
|
|
By AFP
Beirut -
In a desert camp along Syria's border with Jordan, nearly 50,000 displaced people struggle to eke out a living. There are no clinics, no nappies and little food -- welcome to Rukban.
|
|
By AFP
Apo -
Jordan said Wednesday a group of 279 Syrian rescue workers has left the kingdom for resettlement in Western countries three months after they were evacuated from Israel.
|
|
By AFP
Damascus -
Syria's transport ministry said Saturday its main border crossing with Jordan would reopen to trade next month for the first time in three years, but Amman said consultations were still ongoing.
|
|
By AFP
New York -
Jordan's King Abdullah II on Tuesday pleaded for urgent aid for Palestinian refugees to curb the appeal of radicalism after the United States ended all support.
|
|
By AFP
Den Haag -
Jordan defended Monday its decision not to arrest Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir during an Arab League summit last year, saying it was not obliged to detain and hand him over to the International Criminal Court.
|
|
By AFP
Apo -
Jordan's King Abdullah II firmly rejects the idea of a confederation with the Palestinians in the place of a two-state solution to the Middle East conflict, the royal court said Wednesday.
|
|
By AFP
Jerusalem -
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who has apologised for comparing himself to Hitler, will pay respects at Israel's Holocaust memorial on Monday after meeting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
|
|
By AFP
Jerusalem -
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte landed in Israel on Sunday as part of a regional tour including Jordan, as he pursues a pivot away from his nation's long-time reliance on American military hardware and support.
|
|
By AFP
Safut -
US President Donald Trump's cut to funds for the UN agency for Palestinian refugees has sparked fears in Jordan's largest refugee camp, where tens of thousands depend on its aid for survival.
|
|
By AFP
Apo -
Four members of the Jordanian security forces and three "terrorists" have been killed during a raid on a militant hideout after an officer died in a bomb blast near the capital, the government said Sunday.
|
|
By AFP
Apo -
Gunmen killed three members of Jordan's security forces in a shootout Saturday during a raid on a "terrorist" cell a day after an officer died in a rare bomb blast, the government spokeswoman said.
|
|
By AFP
Beirut -
Russia's Syria envoy on Thursday urged the international community to help Syrian refugees go back to their war-torn country.
|
|
By AFP
Beirut -
Several hundred Syrian rescuers remain trapped in the country's south with no escape from approaching regime troops, two of them said Monday after a secret evacuation saved many of their colleagues.
|
|
By AFP
Apo -
Israel evacuated hundreds of White Helmets rescuers and their family members threatened by advancing Syrian regime forces to Jordan on Sunday for resettlement in Western countries.
|
|
By AFP
Apo -
Jordan said on Sunday that it has taken in 800 Syrian White Helmets rescuers and their families from Israel and plans to transfer them to the United Kingdom, Canada and Germany.
|
|
By AFP
Jerusalem -
Israel evacuated 800 White Helmets rescuers and their families from Syria to Jordan overnight at the request of the United States and European countries, army radio said on Sunday.
|
|
By AFP
Ramtha -
At the market in the Jordanian town of Ramtha hope is rising that the Syrian regime's territorial gains just across the border might help bring business back to life.
|
|
By AFP
Apo -
The Jordanian army has sent cross-border deliveries of aid to displaced people in Syria's southern province of Daraa, where Damascus is pressing an offensive to oust rebels, officials said.
|
|
By AFP
Washington -
US President Donald Trump on Monday declined to offer a timetable for announcing his proposed Middle East peace plan, saying only that "progress" had been made in tackling the complex issue.
|
|
By AFP
Apo -
As England thrashed Panama 6-1 on Sunday Prince William, the president of the Football Association, was flying into Jordan for a historic Middle East tour.
|
|
By AFP
Apo -
A Western-educated trainee helicopter pilot with a huge Instagram following, Jordan's 23-year-old Crown Prince Hussein bin Abdullah has emerged as the fresh-faced future of the desert kingdom's monarchy.
|
|
By AFP
Apo -
Prince William flew in to Jordan on Sunday at the launch of a Middle East tour that will see him become the first British royal to pay official visits to both Israel and the Palestinian territories.
|
|
By AFP
Beirut -
German Chancellor Angela Merkel held talks in Beirut Thursday, on the second leg of a Middle East trip that comes amid an acrimonious debate at home over refugee policy.
|
|
By AFP
Apo -
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Jordan's King Abdullah II held rare talks in Jordan on Monday focused on the stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace process and on the Jerusalem issue.
|
|
By AFP
Apo -
Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait have offered $2.5 billion in aid for Jordan to ease its economic crisis following a wave of anti-austerity protests, the Saudi state media announced early Monday.
|
|
By AFP
Apo -
Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait have offered $2.5 billion in aid for Jordan to ease its economic crisis following a wave of anti-austerity protests, the Saudi state media announced early Monday."In light of the close brotherly ties......
|
|
By AFP
Apo -
Jordan's new prime minister on Thursday announced a controversial IMF-backed income tax bill will be withdrawn, after it sparked a week of angry protests in the kingdom.
|
apis-381305 apis-381254 apis-380600 apis-379980 apis-379397 apis-377811 apis-377471 apis-376065 apis-375631 apis-375411 apis-375376 apis-375356 apis-373637 apis-373570 apis-372244 apis-371946 apis-371835 apis-371833 apis-371832 apis-370267 apis-370064 apis-369604 apis-369527 apis-369473 apis-369472 apis-369283 apis-368990 apis-368321 apis-368319 apis-368033
Jordan Image
King Abdullah II Ibn Al Hussein during the World Economic Forum on the Middle East at the Dead Sea in Jordan, May 16, 2009. Nader Daoud
Jebel Qurma, a desert region in Jordan that is so desolate that one early explorer called it a land of "dead fire." Jebel Qurma Archaeological Landscape Project
The reception desk inside the Evergreen Hotel
El Deir, "The Monastery," in Petra, Jordan. Diego Delso
Traditional decorations in the Evergreen Hotel of Hong Kong
Zaatari is a refugee camp in Jordan, to host Syrians fleeing the violence in the ongoing Syrian civil war that erupted in 2011. On July 4, 2013, the camp population was estimated at 144,000 refugees U.N.
Samir Al Rifai, Prime Minister of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan captured during the session 'Rethinking the Balance of Power in the Middle East' at the Congress Centre at the Annual Meeting 2010 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland World Economic Forum
The Royal Special Forces of the Jordanian military are the counter-terrorism team of that nation. The team is tasked with carrying out operations against terrorists both in Jordan and abroad Sanandros
Aerial photo of a " pendant burial " in the Jebel Qurma range. The chain consisting of about twenty small, individual cairns leads to the left of the large cairn at the head. Jebel Qurma Archaeological Landscape Project
Our hotel in the Jordan area of Kowloon, Hong Kong
King Abdullah II of Jordan Marcello Casal Jr./ABr
Two Syrian boys collect food for their family from a WFP food distribution centre in the Zaatari refugee camp, Jordan. On July 4, 2013, the camp population was estimated at 144,000 refugees WFP / Reem Nada
Jebel Qurma Archaeological Landscape Project
The remains og aa tower tomb in the Jebel Qurma desert region of Jordan. Jebel Qurma Archaeological Landscape Project
The Evergreen Hotel serves a nice, reasonably-priced breakfast in its cafe
Little Jordan and Athena at the rehabilitation facility. YouTube screen grab
Jordan Weber Jordan Weber
A close-up view of the Za'atri camp for Syrian refugees in Jordan, as seen on July 18, 2013, from a helicopter U.S. State Department
A restaurant that serves BBQ meat near our hotel in Kowloon
|
|
