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Palestine: Hundreds stranded at Jordan river due to restricted Israeli crossing hours

INTERNATIONAL Hundreds of Palestinians from the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem have been stuck for days at a crossing with Jordan due to Israeli limited opening hours. A bridge that crosses the Jordan River is the only available route for Palestinians in the West Bank and for some from the besieged Gaza Strip, who obtain permits to use it to travel to the outside world. The bridge is controlled mainly by Jordan and Israel, which […]

21 July 2022

International

10 dead, 251 injured in toxic gas leak at Jordan’s Aqaba port

Ten people died and 251 were injured in a toxic gas leak from a storage tank at Jordan's Aqaba port, state television reported on Monday, as authorities called on residents to shut windows and stay indoors, Reuters reports. The leak came after a tank filled with toxic gas fell while being transported, state news agency, Petra, said, citing the spokesperson of the Public Security Directorate. A video posted on state television's Twitter page showed a storage tank falling from a winch and slamming into […]

28 June 2022

International

Saudi Crown Prince visits Jordan in thaw in ties

Saudi Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman, arrived on Tuesday in Jordan as ties thaw after years of frayed relations due to divergent views on regional conflicts and unfulfilled pledges of aid, officials said, Reuters reports. The first such visit in years by the de facto ruler of Saudi Arabia comes at a time, officials say, when Jordan's economy is struggling with the economic knock-on effects of the Ukraine war. "This is an opportunity for a new […]

22 June 2022

International

Jordanian army says two pilots killed in a plane crash

Two Jordanian pilots were killed on Sunday in a plane crash in northern Jordan during training exercises, the Jordanian army said, citing a technical error, reported Reuters. The training plane crashed in empty land in the Ramtha area near the border with Syria, the army added in a statement. Source: Middle East Monitor

6 June 2022

International

Jordan: Sufi community led by US scholar faces child abuse complaints

INTERNATIONAL A religious order founded by an American Sufi scholar linked to a senior Jordanian prince has been accused of abusive treatment and physical punishment of children. Middle East Eye has spoken to dozens of former adherents of Nuh Ha Mim Keller's Sufi seminary who said they had left the community, based in the Jordanian capital Amman, because of their concerns about how children were being treated and their frustration at the way in […]

30 May 2022

International

Jordan: Thousands march in support of Palestine

Thousands of protesters in Jordan marched on Friday in Amman, chanting slogans in support of the Palestinian resistance and rejecting Arab normalisation with Israel, Anadolu Agency reported. Jordanians gathered in front of the Grand Husseini Mosque in central Amman following Friday prayer, while Secretary-General of the Islamic Action Front Murad Adayleh and former Islamic MP Ali Abul Sukkar headed the march. The participants chanted in support of the Palestinian resistance and called […]

2 April 2022

International News

Jordanian and Palestinian leaders pin hopes on Biden reviving two-state solution

Jordan's King Abdullah on Sunday met with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, with both leaders expressing high hopes that US President-elect Joe Biden would revive peace talks over a two-state solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, officials said. In a palace statement after meeting with Abbas in the Red Sea port of Aqaba, the monarch, who in recent months has said Israeli policies and US President Donald Trump's Middle East peace plan would […]

30 November 2020

International News

Huge explosions rock Jordan’s Zarqa, no casualties reported

A series of massive explosions rocked the Jordanian city of Zarqa early on Friday, but there were no initial reports of casualties and authorities said the blasts were probably caused by an electrical short circuit at a nearby military munitions depot. Huge orange flames lit the desert night sky after the explosions sparked a large fire east of Jordan's second-largest city. The flames could be seen as far away as […]

12 September 2020

International News

Jordan’s king: Israel’s annexation undermines stability in the Middle East

Jordan’s King Abdulllah II warned on Tuesday that Israel’s planned annexation of large parts of occupied West Bank would threaten stability in the Middle East, news agencies reported. King Abdullah “warned that any unilateral Israeli measure to annex lands in the West Bank is unacceptable and undermines the prospects of achieving peace and stability in the region,” a statement issued by the Royal Palace reported. His remarks came during a […]

18 June 2020

Jordan

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