Tag: Jordan
Major military exercises under way in Jordan
Jordan on Sunday announced the start of military exercises involving more than 8,000 soldiers and observers from 19 different countries, but insisted the manoeuvres...
Syrian rebels seize key town near Jordan
Syrian rebels have seized an important town on a main highway between Damascus and the south in Daraa province on the border with Jordan,...
Kayani arrives in Jordan on official visit
Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Kayani on Sunday reached Jordan on an official visit. According to the ISPR statement, during his two-day...
Iraqis protest against ‘sectarian policies’
Tens of thousands of people have staged protests in western Iraq, blocking a highway leading to Syria and Jordan, against what they have termed...
Syria crisis: Refugee children ‘face winter risks’
International charity Save the Children has warned 200,000 Syrian refugee children are at serious risk from freezing temperatures, as winter sets in the Middle...
‘Gunman’ killed, 12 police hurt in Jordan fuel hike protest
A “gunman” was killed early Thursday and 12 Jordanian policemen were wounded after their station came under attack in the north amid a wave...
Syrians burn Jordan camp tents in protest
A group of angry Syrians set fire to their tents in protest at "bad living conditions" at the Zaatari desert refugee camp in northern...
Islamists protest after Jordan king calls early elections
Thousands of Islamists demonstrated in central Amman to call for reforms on Friday, just hours after King Abdullah II dissolved parliament and called early...
Israel denies blocking Jordan nuclear program
Israeli officials on Wednesday roundly denied charges by Jordan’s King Abdullah II that the Jewish state was seeking to foil Amman’s nuclear energy program....
Jordan king warns of ‘looming’ spillover of Syria turmoil
Jordan's King Abdullah II on Wednesday warned of a spillover of the Syrian turmoil into the countries it neighbours, saying the risk is "looming...
UN appeals for $54m to help Syrians in Jordan
The United Nations appealed on Monday for $54 million to help meet the growing needs of tens of thousands of Syrian refugees in Jordan,...
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Micheal Jordan
After being cut from his high school basketball team, he went home locked himself in his room and cried.
The Beatles
Rejected by decca recording...
Panetta, Jordan king discuss ‘post-Assad’ Syria
US Secretary of Defence Leon Panetta and Jordan’s King Abdullah II on Thursday discussed the question of a political transition in “a post-Bashar al-Assad...
Jordan opens first refugee camp for Syrians
Jordan on Sunday opened its first official refugee camp to help host tens of thousands of Syrians who have fled the mounting violence in...
The “Arab Spring” effect
The rise of political consciousness
Nine months into the “Arab Spring,” we surveyed public opinion in seven Arab countries and Iran, asking over 6,000 respondents...
Blasts hit gas pipeline between Egypt, Jordan, Israel
Saboteurs blew up the gas pipeline between Egypt, Israel and Jordan on Thursday in Northern Sinai using remote controlled bombs, forcing it to shut...
Blasts hit gas pipeline between Egypt, Jordan, Israel
Saboteurs blew up the gas pipeline between Egypt, Israel and Jordan on Thursday in Northern Sinai using remote controlled bombs, forcing it to shut...
