AFP | Apr 18, 2013 JORDAN TIMES DAMASCUS – President Bashar Assad on Wednesday threatened the crisis in Syria could spill over into Jordan, in an hour-long interview with official Al-Ikhbariya channel. “The fire will not stop at our borders; all the world knows Jordan is just as exposed (to […]
by Taylor Luck | Apr 15, 2013 | JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Authorities have seized several Jihadi Salafists along the Kingdom’s shared border with Syria, a local security source said on Monday. Border patrols seized a group of eight Jordanians allegedly attempting to cross into Syria late Saturday to join […]
JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — A specially equipped German military aircraft picked up more than 30 severely injured Syrian refugees from Amman on Monday to fly them to Germany for treatment, […]
by Abeer Numan | Apr 15, 2013 | JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — As the Syrian crisis enters its third year, Jordan and other refugee-hosting countries must come up with “innovative solutions” to reduce the exodus of Syrian refugees, said Davide Terzi, Jordan’s Chief of Mission of the International Organisation for […]
by Raed Omari JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Arabs’ indulgence in politics instead of focusing on science and mathematics is the main reason behind the region’s low productivity, weak competitiveness and poor scientific research, HRH Prince Hassan said Thursday. Speaking at a ceremony to honour winners of the 2013 El Hassan […]
by Hani Hazaimeh | JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — A study prepared by the International Labour Organisation (ILO), which was revealed on Tuesday, showed that the highest rates of human trafficking were registered in the Middle East. The study, which was named “Tricked and Trapped: Human Trafficking in the Middle East”, […]
by Taylor Luck | Apr 06, 2013 | JORDAN TIMES AMMAN/MAFRAQ — A Jordanian university student was killed while fighting alongside Syrian rebel forces on Friday, Islamist and Syrian sources said Saturday. According to Mousa Abdullat, representative of the Jordanian Salafist movement, 22-year-old University of Jordan student Walid Othman was […]
GENEVA: ARAB NEWS Saturday 6 April 2013 The UN gave its starkest warning yet yesterday that it would soon run out of cash to cope with the vast influx of Syrian refugees into Jordan and other neighboring countries. “The needs are rising exponentially, and we are broke,” Marixie Mercado, spokeswoman […]
By Gaelle Sundelin | Apr 04, 2013 | JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Thirty years of archaeological excavations culminated in the “groundbreaking discovery” of a bronze workshop in Jerash’s Temple of Zeus, adding to the Jordan’s rich heritage, according to a French archaeologist. Speaking at a seminar on Wednesday organised by […]
Petra | Apr 04, 2013 | 22:53 JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — A Russian aircraft carrying aid supplies for Syrian refugees landed in Jordan on Thursday. The aircraft was carrying 36 tonnes of food and other supplies, in addition to an electric power generator donated by the Russian government, according to […]
By Raed Omari, Al Arabiya There is seemingly no sign of dramatic change in Jordan’s long-held neutral position towards the ongoing violence in Syria in the near future despite the increasing border security concerns and refugees burdens, yet there might be. Since the start of the Syrian uprising in 2011, […]
AMMAN — Jordan and Palestine on Sunday signed an agreement under which the Palestinian side “reaffirmed” the status of His Majesty King Abdullah as the custodian of the holy sites […]
The Times of Israel: Palestinian leader and Jordanian king agree to ‘defend’ the Israeli capital’s holy sites, both Christian and Muslim By Yifa Yaakov and AP Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud […]
by Muath Freij JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — When Syrian refugee Hamidah Al Harsha arrived in Jordan six months ago, she was anxious to get the weight of the ordeal she […]
Why is olive oil, the crown jewel of the Mediterranean diet, so good for your health? Nutritionists point to its abundance of antioxidants and oleic acid, a monounsaturated fat that protects the heart. But new research suggests that some of the benefits of olive oil might be contained in its […]
by Dana Al Emam | Mar 28, 2013 | JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — As the issue of women’s right to pass their nationality to their spouses and children remains a point of contention in Jordan, a local initiative sought to give the two sides of the conversation a platform to […]
by Mohammad Ghazal THE JORDAN TIMES DOHA — His Majesty King Abdullah on Tuesday said that the international community is responsible for restoring the trust between the Palestinians and the […]
AMMAN — Military gains by Syrian jihadist and rebel forces along the Syrian-Jordanian border on Sunday placed Jordan on “high alert”, military sources said, as the armed groups moved closer […]
Source: Yahoo News By JULIE PACE | Associated Press – Sat, Mar 23, 2013 PETRA — US President Barack Obama set aside the Middle East’s tricky politics Saturday to marvel at the […]
Barack Obama, the US president, has arrived in Jordan on the last leg of his three-day Middle East trip after making symbolic visits to Israeli Holocaust memorial and Church of […]