This is Beirut, 12/02 09:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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President Donald Trump on Tuesday doubled down on his idea of exiling Palestinians and placing a rebuilt Gaza under "US authority," but faced pushback from visiting Jordanian King Abdullah II. "I reiterated Jordan's steadfast position against the displacement of Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank. This is the unified Arab ...
This is Beirut, 01/02 15:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Top diplomats from Egypt, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Qatar rejected any forcible displacement of Palestinians during a meeting in Cairo on Saturday, according to a joint statement. The meeting came after US President Donald Trump floated an idea to relocate Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to Egypt and Jordan. The foreign ...
This is Beirut, 29/01 18:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The European Union on Wednesday promised 3 billion euros ($3.1 billion) of financing and investments for Jordan as part of a new "strategic" partnership with the key Middle East ally. "With the current geopolitical shifts and growing crises in the region, strengthening the EU-Jordan partnership is the right decision at the right time," European ...
This is Beirut, 28/01 09:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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US President Donald Trump on Monday reiterated his desire to move Palestinians from Gaza to "safer" locations such as Egypt or Jordan, and said he would meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington "very soon." The president on Saturday floated the idea to "clean out" Gaza after more than 15 months of war between Israel and ...
This is Beirut, 16/01 12:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Lebanese President General Joseph Aoun welcomed on Thursday the recently brokered ceasefire in Gaza, expressing hope that it would bring an end to the region’s humanitarian crisis. He commended the international efforts that facilitated the agreement and stressed the importance of Israel adhering to its terms. President Aoun urged continued ...
This is Beirut, 07/01 16:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Jordan's Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi said on Tuesday that the kingdom was ready to work with the new Syrian authorities to tackle drug and weapons smuggling across their shared border. Safadi welcomed his Syrian counterpart Asaad al-Shaibani and other top officials, who are on a regional trip with stops in other Arab capitals including in Saudi ...
Makram Haddad, 2024-11-29 09:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Lebanon began its campaign in the fourth edition of the West Asia U-18 Women's Championship with a 1-1 draw against the host team, Jordan. The match, played Thursday evening at the Aqaba Stadium, was filled with suspense and emotions, marking a highly competitive start to the tournament. A Controlled First Half The beginning of the match was ...
This is Beirut, 2024-11-24 10:07 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A man was killed after opening fire on and wounding three members of the security forces near the Israeli embassy in the Jordanian capital Amman on Sunday, state media said. Government spokesman Mohamed Momani described the incident as a “terrorist attack” and said the assailant was a criminal with a history of drug-related ...
This is Beirut, 2024-10-30 21:30 - Reading : less than a minute
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Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and Chief of Staff of the Israeli Army Herzi Halevi have decided to create a new division aimed at "protecting Israel's eastern borders," according to a statement published on Wednesday on X by the Israeli army’s Arabic-speaking spokesperson, Avichay Adraee. The objective of the move is to strengthen ...
This is Beirut, 2024-10-26 16:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
A cross-border attack in October by two young Jordanians against Israeli soldiers is a sign of deep anger at the war in Gaza in a country with strong ties to the Palestinians. "Jordanians are boiling with anger; this is undeniable," said Oraib Rantawi, head of the Amman-based Al Quds Center for Political Studies. The attackers, who were killed ...
This is Beirut, 2024-10-18 16:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan on Friday said that two attackers who were killed by the Israeli army after crossing the border were members of the Islamist group. The attackers were "members of the group and always participated in events in solidarity with Gaza and in support of the resistance", Muslim Brotherhood spokesman Moath al-Khawaldeh ...
Béatrice Moreau, 2024-10-14 18:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
"This is an exceptionally rare discovery. In two centuries of archaeological research in Petra, nothing like this has been found before," says Josh Gates, host of the show Expedition Unknown on Discovery Channel, who announced the discovery during the broadcast of the show's first season on Wednesday, according to CNN. In the heart of Petra, ...