Syria’s war-wounded turned away from Jordan border amid security fears
Jordan is refusing to admit injured fighters and civilians from Syria after closing its border in response to last month’s suicide attack near a refugee…
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Jordan to close down ‘Gulen’ schools
The Jordanian Ministry of Education closed a boarding school funded by Turkish religious scholar Fethullah Gülen, who is suspected of being the mastermind behind the…
UNESCO postpones vote on draft resolution on Al-Aqsa Mosque
The United Nation’s Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) postponed on Sunday a vote on a draft resolution that would designate Al-Aqsa Mosque as an…
Another Eid away from home for Syrian refugees in Zaatari
While Eid is normally a time of celebration, Syrian refugees in Zaatari despair for their country, lament continued separation from family Syrians usually mark Eid…
Jordanian women break stereotypes
Line’s dream is about to become a reality, the 14-year-old Jordanian girl will make history later this year when she takes part in her first…
Jordan Seeks Nuclear Deal with the U.S.
Chairman of the Jordan Atomic Energy Commission, Khaled Toukan, announced Amman’s renewed intent to reach a nuclear cooperation agreement with the U.S. in an interview…
ISIL claims responsibility for Jordan border attack
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) group has claimed responsibility for a car bomb suicide attack last week on…
Syrian refugees about horrors of war: It was just like hell
“They would rape women in the other rooms and make us hear their screams.” Syria’s civil war isn’t just being fought on the ground but…
Syrian refugees on Jordan border are left with nothing
Thousands of Syrian refugees are cut off from humanitarian assistance after border attack, aid workers say. Tens of thousands of Syrians refugees, trapped at the…
Jordan soldiers killed in Syria border bomb attack
A car laden with explosives killed a number of Jordanian border guards outside a camp for Syrian refugees near the boundary between the two countries…