Palestinian Authority and Amman demand investigation over incident at crossing between West Bank and Jordan Israeli troops at a border crossing shot dead a Palestinian-Jordanian judge who allegedly tried to snatch a soldier's weapon, prompting Amman and the Palestinian Authority to demand an investigation. The shooting took place on Monday at the Allenby Bridge crossing between the West Bank and Jordan,...
Israel says Raed Zeiter was shot at border between West Bank and Jordan after he tried to snatch weapon from soldier A Jordanian-Palestinian judge who was shot dead by Israeli troops at the Jordan border tried to snatch a weapon and strangle a soldier, the Israeli army said on Tuesday. The incident occurred on Monday when troops opened fire at the Allenby Bridge border crossing between the West Bank...
s parliament acts after Israeli lawmakers debate taking over Muslim holy shrines administered by Jordan Jordan's parliament has voted unanimously to expel the Israeli ambassador and recall its own envoy, after Israeli lawmakers debated whether to take over a Jerusalem holy site administered by Jordanians. The vote by acclamation on Wednesday in the 150-seat parliament is not binding to the cabinet,...
Israeli sovereignty' over mosque Jordan's opposition Islamists have called on the government to freeze a 1994 peace treaty with Israel as the Knesset was set to debate Israeli sovereignty over Jerusalem's al-Aqsa mosque compound. "We urge the government to meet the demands of people who have repeatedly called for freezing and eventually cancelling the peace treaty," the Islamic Action Front (IAF) said...
Luke Arnold: However and whenever the Syrian conflict is resolved is largely out of our hands, but the responsibility to keep the children caught in the crisis healthy and happy rests on our shoulders Luke Arnold ...
US president announces more help for King Abdullah and officials hint at more aggressive policy against Assad ...
timeshare' plan in Lebanon will bring hope to Syria's young refugees – but it needs your support Slowly but surely a revolutionary idea is being put into operation in the most unpromising area of the world. While more than 100 years ago the Red Cross established the right to healthcare in conflict zones, the right of refugee boys and girls to continue their education, irrespective of borders, has yet...
t go to see him, because this man takes all the money I earn from work. The situation of my family is so miserable. I don't know what to do. I hope you can help and find a solution for me." Aid workers are warning that young Syrian women in Jordan are increasingly at risk of exploitation , with many struggling to survive in a country where they are not allowed to work. Some have families who are reliant...
Jordan says move is in line with goal of fighting terrorism as Iraq government battles to retake Falluja and Ramadi ...
s pontificate, following his 2013 visit to Brazil for World Youth Day. Francis said the prime aim was to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the historic meeting in Jerusalem between Pope Paul VI and the then-spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox Christians, ecumenical patriarch Atengora. Francis will be joined by the current ecumenical patriarch, Bartholomew. They will celebrate mass together at...
New Year's Eve at the largest refugee camp in the world, Zaatari in Jordan ...
Aid agencies warn of crisis for refugees living in tents and makeshift shelters as flood waters rise Miserable conditions endured by Syrian refugees and others in the Middle East as a result of the harshest weather for decades are set to worsen in the coming days as melting snow causes flooding. Heavy snowfalls, torrential rain and icy winds have caused havoc, bringing down power lines, blocking roads...
A powerful winter storm sweeping the eastern Mediterranean this week is causing mayhem across the region and inflicting extra misery on Syrians convulsed in civil war and refugees who have fled the fighting. The storm, named Alexa, is expected to last until Saturday, bringing more snow, rain and freezing temperatures to large swaths of Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel and the Palestinian territories...
makeshift shelters are leaking badly. "The winds have torn the plastic sheeting, and the ground has become like a swamp," he told the Guardian. "Many of the children don't have proper shoes, they are wearing flip flops, and most only have summer clothing. Some families have small stoves but can't afford wood, so they are burning plastic bags and grocery boxes. It's very dangerous for the children...
s deportation The radical cleric Abu Qatada, who was deported to Jordan from the UK in July, pleaded not guilty at a military court in Amman on Tuesday to charges of conspiracy to carry out terror attacks. The 53-year-old preacher, who was once described as a senior al-Qaida figure with close links to Osama bin Laden, protested at the presence of a military judge as the first of two trials began. "I...
s sermons were found in an apartment in Hamburg, Germany, used by some of the September 11 hijackers. On his arrival in Amman on 7 July, Jordanian prosecutors charged Abu Qatada with conspiring to carry out terror attacks in Jordan twice – once in 1999 for a foiled plot against the American school in the Jordanian capital, and another time in 2000 for allegedly targeting Israeli and American tourists...
s energy and infrastructure minister, Silvan Shalom, said it was "a historic agreement that realises a dream of many years... [and] is of the highest diplomatic, economic, environmental and strategic importance." He and the Palestinian and Jordanian water ministers, Shaddad Attili and Hazem al-Nasser, attended a signing ceremony at the headquarters of the World Bank in Washington on Monday. The proposed...
General assembly chooses replacement for Saudi Arabia after it turned down seat in protest at failure to end Middle East conflicts The UN general assembly has elected Jordan to the security council seat that Saudi Arabia rejected in an unprecedented act. Jordan was elected to the two-year term on the council with 179 votes in the 193-member general assembly. Saudi Arabia got one vote. Jordan was selected...
t take it in Syria anymore because our lives were threatened on a daily basis," Bassam said. "We, the Syrian people, are living under a very oppressive regime and asking for freedom. There was no differentiation for elderly people, children and women. They were targeting everybody. They were bombing homes, villages … it just became unliveable. So we fled to Jordan, fled the persecution." Bassam came...
s public resources to breaking point, including health and education. Jordanians have been generous to the latest wave of refugees, but many are beginning to grumble about the strain on their hospitals and schools. Around 85,000 Syrians are already registered for school in Jordan, in addition to 21,000 Syrians in refugee camps (compared with 1.3m Jordanians). But 140,000 Syrians of school age are among...