Saudi Arabia will impose a nationwide curfew starting on Monday after reporting a jump of almost a quarter in coronavirus cases, while the United Arab Emirates will suspend all passenger and transit flights to and from the country. Saudi King Salman ordered a curfew – from 7 pm to 6 …
Read More »Iraqi FM: U.S. pullout from Iran nuclear deal destabilizes region
Iraqi Foreign Minister Mohammad Ali Al-Hakim, in a news conference with his Jordanian counterpart Ayman Al Safadi in Baghdad, has said that Washington’s unilateral withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) has been the cause of recent tensions in the region. U.S. President Donald Trump quit the nuclear …
Read More »Iraq concludes a memorandum of understanding with Jordan in the field of transfer convicts.
The Ministry of Justice signed a Memorandum of Understanding with its Jordanian counterpart in the field of transferring those convicted of custodial sentences, except those convicted of terrorism cases. The spokesman of the Ministry of Justice, Thaer al-Jubouri said in a statement on Tuesday that the Minister of Justice, Farouq …
Read More »Arab nations condemn Netanyahu’s Jordan Valley annexation plan.
Arab nations have condemned a plan by Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu to annex a third of the occupied West Bank. On Tuesday Netanyahu pledged to apply Israeli sovereignty over the Jordan Valley and the northern Dead Sea if he is returned to office following a general election next week. Officials …
Read More »Jordan summons Israeli ambassador to demand nationals’ release.
The Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates has summoned Israeli Ambassador to the country, Amir Weisbrod, to express the Amman government’s resentment over the detention of two Jordanian civilians of Palestinian descent in the occupied territories, demanding their immediate release. Sufyan al-Qudah, a spokesman for the ministry, said on …
Read More »Iraq sends first shipment of Kirkuk oil to Jordan as part of 10,000 bpd deal.
Iraqi and Jordanian officials announced that Amman would receive its first shipment this week of a planned 10,000 barrels per day (BPD) of oil from Iraq’s province of Kirkuk as apart of an agreement made between the two neighboring countries in early 2019. Hala Zawati, Jordan’s Minister of Energy and …
Read More »Gunmen Attack Tourist Guides in Jordan’s Petra.
According to Ammon news agency, an unidentified gunman opened fire on a tour bus in the vicinity of Petra, an archaeological site in Jordan; no injuries have been reported. “Unknown people opened fire on Saturday on a bus carrying tourist guides from the Wadi Musa region to Petra. There were …
Read More »Jordan summons Israel envoy over Jerusalem ‘violations’
Jordan summoned Israel’s ambassador on Sunday in protest over “violations” at Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, the foreign ministry said. It summoned envoy Amir Weissbrod to voice its “condemnation and rejection of Israeli violations” at the highly sensitive site, where Israeli security forces clashed with Palestinian worshippers last week. Jordan, …
Read More »Airstrikes on migrant center kill at least 40.
At least 40 people have been killed and another 80 injured after an airstrike hit a migrant center east of the Libyan capital of Tripoli early Wednesday, according to the Health Ministry’s emergency service Field Medicine and Support Center. Images from the ground showed piles of rubble left where the …
Read More »Princess Haya: Dubai ruler’s wife in UK ‘in fear of her life’
Princess Haya Bint al-Hussein, a wife of the ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed Al Maktoum, is in hiding in London and said to be in fear for her life after fleeing her husband. Sheikh Mohammed, 69, who is a billionaire racehorse owner and has often been seen conversing with the …
Read More »Video: March to return home…
For more than a year now, Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip are marching along the border with Israel every week, titled “Return to Home” Before 1948, the number of Palestinians lived in Palestine was 2050000. While the number of Jews Migrated to Palestine with the help of Britain was …
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