Topic: Kingdom of Jordan
AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian forces arrested Saturday opposition leader Walid al-Bunni, a veteran opponent of Baath party rule who has called for a national conference to work out a peaceful transition of power after a five-month uprising, a rights group said.Bunni, who ...
AMMAN (Reuters) - Staunch U.S. ally Jordan said on Monday it hoped the death of Osama bin Laden would end an era of "terror" by radical groups in the region that damaged global support for the Palestinian cause.A Jordanian source told the ...
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - There might be little to link New York and Tora Bora, Bali and Madrid, London and the holy shrines of Kerbala were it not for Osama bin Laden.Since the 1990s, and attacks in the United States, Saudi Arabia and ...
A Jordanian court has charged the ex-mentor of slain Al-Qaeda in Iraq head Abu Musab al-Zarqawi with recruiting people in the kingdom to join the Taliban, a court official said on Wednesday.Last week, the state security court charged Issam Barqawi, known as ...
America heavily contributed to the rise by aligned itself with Israel and interfering in Middle Eastern affairs. The homeland was decided to be within the Transjordan region between Syria, Jordan and Egypt. However, in 1956, Egypt's leader, Nasser, sent his forces into ...
The Arab tribes, led by Hussein, the Sharif of Mecca and a direct descendent of the prophet Muhammad , were backed by the allies, who were fighting in that front to begin with in order to maintain their control over the Suez ...
AQABA, Jordan (Reuters) - Rockets from Egypt's Sinai, where Islamist militants have operated in the past, hit Israel's and Jordan's Red Sea port resorts on Monday, killing a Jordanian civilian and injuring three others, Jordanian and Israeli police said.A Jordanian interior ministry ...
Jordan: rocket launched from outside Jordan hits country's Red Sea port city of AqabaA rocket launched from outside Jordan struck a refrigerated warehouse in the country's Red Sea port city of Aqaba, officials said Thursday.Jodanian Information Minister Nabil al-Sharif said initial investigations ...
Jordan says its ambassador in Pakistan was the target of a kidnapping attemptJordan's ambassador to Pakistan was the target of a Taliban kidnap attempt foiled by authorities in Islamabad and is now safe, the Jordanian information minister said Tuesday.The incident followed calls ...
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Al Qaeda and Lebanon's Hezbollah top Israel's list of suspects in the bomb attack against its diplomats in Jordan, an Israeli official said on Friday.No group took responsibility for Thursday's attack on two cars carrying Israeli diplomats. "My assessment ...
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Mideast Jordan Election
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Mideast Jordan Women In Elections
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Jordan- The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
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