Jul 27,2016 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL The final communiqué of the 27th Arab Summit is disappointing to say the least. This disappointment comes as no surprise, since most of the results of previous Arab summits have been the same. The decisions of the attending Arab leaders or their representatives paid […]
Moving from one country to another always is accompagnied with mixed emotions. On the one hand we experienced many things in the country we are leaving and on the other […]
Jordan loses religion from identity cards Published July 5th, 2016 – 14:41 GMT via SyndiGate.info Until now, religion has been displayed on all citizens’ identity cards (AFP / File) Follow > Jordan’s Passport Authority , Marwan Qutaishat , Zakaria El Sheikh Jordan has removed mention of religion from its national […]
REUTERS AMMAN Facebook TwitterGoogle+ Two rebel Free Syrian Army soldiers run after attacking a Syrian Army tank during fighting in the Izaa district in Aleppo, Syria. (AP Photo) Weapons shipped into Jordan for Syrian opposition forces by the Central Intelligence Agency and Saudi Arabia were stolen by Jordanian intelligence operatives […]
Jun 26,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Amer Al Sabaileh After the terrorist attack on the Jordanian access point for Syrian refugees in Rakban, Jordan has found itself in an open and unstoppable confrontation with terrorist groups. Therefore, it stands to reason that any forthcoming confrontation could take on a bigger dimension, […]
6 Jordanian troops killed, 14 injured in car bomb attack on Syria border By Mohammad Ghazal – Jun 21,2016 – JORDAN TIMES The terrorist attack Tuesday targeted a forward post dedicated to assisting Syrian refugees (File photo) AMMAN – Six Jordanian troops were killed and 14 others injured Tuesday when […]
Queen (of Jordan) urges world to listen to refugees ‘cast into unknown’ By JT – Jun 21,2016 – JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Her Majesty Queen Rania on Monday called on the global community to listen to refugees, on the occasion of World Refugee Day. “The global refugee crisis has […]
By Suzanna Goussous – Jun 16,2016 – JORDAN TIMES Family Kitchen volunteers deliver food to areas around the Kingdom, such as Madaba, Um Al Rassas, Salt, Hitteen camp and Zarqa (Photo courtesy of Family Kitchen) AMMAN — Aiming to promote Ramadan values, a group of 120 volunteers is collecting […]
By Rula Samain – Jun 15,2016 – JORDAN TIMES Muslims and Christians share an iftar meal at the Assembly of God Church in Salt on Friday (Photo courtesy of Fakhri Rihani) SALT — Gathered in a Bedouin tent in a churchyard, around 40 people waited for the mosque to […]
By Dana Al Emam – Jun 14,2016 – JORDAN TIMES This undated handout image shows archaeologist Christopher A. Tuttle investigating the doorsill of the small building on the newly […]
Jun 11,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – MUSA KEILANI One big question emerges from last week’s terrorist attack in Baqaa, where five intelligence staff officers were killed by Jordanian Mahmoud Masharfeh who used to live in the adjacent refugee camp: Who pushed a 22-year-old man to join Daesh, and betray his family […]
By Suzanna Goussous – Jun 10,2016 -JORDAN TIMES In this recent photo, volunteers at the Restaurant of Mercy in Amman’s Jabal Luweibdeh prepare the iftar meal to serve underprivileged people during Ramadan (Photo courtesy of Restaurant of Mercy and Caritas Jordan) AMMAN — Delivering a message of peace, forgiveness […]
Ramadan mubarak! Jun 05,2016 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL The holy month of Ramadan has just begun and the new government is taking measures to help people during the fasting month; it had, for example, made control of prices, which usually go up during Ramadan, one of its early priorities. On […]
By Laila Azzeh – May 26,2016 -JORDAN TIMES Experts participate in a session titled ‘The Secret of Attraction: ISIS Propaganda and Recruitment’ in Amman earlier this week (Photo courtesy of Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung) AMMAN — Faced with mounting economic hardships, young people are attracted to Daesh’s rhetoric and methods of […]
By Khetam Malkawi – May 23,2016 – JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Jordan ranked among the top 10 refugee welcoming countries, according to a global index issued this week. The “Refugees Welcome Index” issued by Amnesty International, based on a global survey of more than 27,000 people and carried out […]
Source: Jordan Times AMMAN — Human dignity must be the highest priority above all else, HRH Prince Hassan, the chairman of the Royal Institute for Inter-Faith Studies’ (RIIFS) board of […]
Source: Associated Press By SAM McNEIL and MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Jordan has banned a performance by a popular Lebanese rock band on religious grounds, spurring criticism of […]
By JT – Apr 25,2016 – JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Her Majesty Queen Rania on Monday called for a collective global response to the growing refugee crisis, explaining that its impact is much greater than any one country or any one region’s capacity to cope. The Queen made these statements […]
Source: Associated Press AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Jordan’s prime minister on Monday said his government has decided to call off a plan to install surveillance cameras at Jerusalem’s most sensitive […]
By JT – Apr 16,2016 – JORDAN TIMES In this photo taken on Thursday, Syrian families load their belongings onto a bus in the town of Palmyra in the central Homs province, Syria (AP photo) AMMAN – The World Bank Group (WBG) on Friday announced that eight nations […]