Saudi Crown Prince, US Secretary of Defense discuss troop deployment
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman received a phone call on Wednesday from the US Secretary of Defense during which they discussed ongoing arrangements to send US troops of a More »
Saudi Energy Minister confirms restoration of Kingdom’s gas production capacity
:: Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Energy confirmed on Wednesday the restoration of production capacity, affirming the Kingdom’s position as a reliable energy supplier in the global market. The energy minister, Prince Abdulaziz More »
Egypt calls Erdogan statements ‘ironic,’ accuses Turkey of sponsoring terrorism
:: Egypt’s foreign ministry spokesman, Ahmed Hafez, slammed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s statements at the UN General Assembly this week where he urged the UN to “handle the suspicious death of More »
Saudi Crown Prince: Attacks are test of int’l resolve against destructive acts
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said on Wednesday that the attacks on Saudi Aramco oil facilities are a test of international resolve in the face of destructive acts that More »
Saudi Crown Prince says attacks on oil facilities are a ‘dangerous escalation’
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said the recent attacks on Saudi Aramco facilities represented a “dangerous escalation not only toward the Kingdom but also the entire world.” The Crown More »
Category Archives: Jordan
Jordan gets Mideast’s largest wind power plant
The first and largest utility scale wind power plant in Jordan and the Middle East, the Tafila Wind Farm, was inaugurated on Thursday under the patronage of King Abdullah II. The 117-megawatt wind farm is directly connected to the national
Jordan has begun deporting Sudanese asylum seekers
Jordan on Friday began deporting hundreds of Sudanese, despite warnings by the U.N. refugee agency that they could face danger and persecution in their troubled homeland. Jordanian security forces rounded up about 800 Sudanese earlier this week, with the intention
Jordan camps for Syria refugees get community police patrols
Community police have begun patrolling the alleys of Jordan’s two main camps for Syrian refugees, hearing grievances and trying to spot problems. The new police assistants are retired Jordanian officers trained in a British Embassy program. Wearing neon-yellow vests, they
U.N. says 12,000 Syrian refugees stranded at Jordan border
Around 12,000 people who have fled the war in Syria are stranded at the Jordanian border, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees said Tuesday, urging authorities to allow them into the country. Warning of “deteriorating humanitarian conditions”, the UNHCR appealed
U.S. yet to agree details on new force’s role in Iraq
The United States has yet to agree with Baghdad on crucial details governing the role of a new American special forces unit aimed at hunting ISIS militants in Iraq, U.S. officials said, underlining the difficulties Washington faces dealing with Iraq’s
Jordan’s King Abdullah to discuss war on Syria militants with Putin
U.S. ally Jordan’s King Abdullah will hold talks in Moscow on Tuesday with Russian President Vladimir Putin on how to tackle “terror groups” led by Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in Syria, an official source said. Jordan reached
Jordan: Muslims must lead the fight against terrorism
Jordan’s King Abdallah II on Sunday said terrorism is the “greatest threat to our region” and that Muslims must lead the fight against it. In a speech, he said confronting extremism is “both a regional and international responsibility, but it
Jordan: Killing of trainers won’t harm U.S. security ties
A government spokesman says a shooting rampage that killed three foreign police instructors, including two Americans, will not harm Jordan’s security ties with other nations. Mohammed Momani also told The Associated Press on Wednesday that images circulated on social media
2 Americans killed in Jordanian training center
A Jordanian policeman shot dead on Monday two U.S. instructors, a South African and a translator from his home country before being gunned down at a police training facility east of the capital, a government spokesman said. The Jordanian government’s
Jordanians mourn shock deaths of prominent sisters
Jordanians this week mourned the passing of two prominent sisters who were found dead on Friday, as authorities in the capital Amman continue an investigation into their mysterious deaths. The bodies of Soraya Salti, 44, a mother of one, and
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