Jordan

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has said that during the months of December and January a total of 1,900 Iraqi asylum seekers registered with its offices...

Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh said on Sunday that Jordan refuses to recognise Israel as a Jewish state. He added that there are no written US documents about the proposed...

Turkey will sign a technical cooperation agreement with Jordan on Monday, the first such agreement between the two countries. Talks will also start on Monday to discuss means of...

An informed government source in Jordan has said that closing the borders with Iraq for security reasons has led to the suspension of oil imports to the kingdom. The...

The European Union Ambassador to Jordan, Joanna Wronecka, said on Wednesday that the EU recognises the country's vital role in supporting Syrian refugees and is "committed to help" the...

It appears that Israeli gas will be the most likely alternative supply for large Jordanian institutions, including the mining and energy companies, in the coming phase. Prime Minister Abdullah...

The Jordanian authorities denied entry to thousands of refugees fleeing the conflict in Syria during 2013, Human Rights Watch has alleged. Most were either Palestinian or Iraqi, single, military-age...

The Chairman of the Palestine Committee in the Jordanian Parliament, Yahya al-Saud MP has urged the Jordanian government to reveal the details of the peace plan proposed by U.S....

Fatah veterans in Amman have refused to comply with an order from Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas to close the PLO office in the Jordanian capital. The Palestine Affairs office...

Jordan has voiced strong opposition to an Israeli plan to build an airport near the city of Aqaba, citing "several technical and legal issues" according to official Jordanian sources....

Jordanian imports from Israel have decreased by 11 per cent during the first ten months of 2013 reaching JOD 53.3 million compared with JOD 60.1 million in the same...

The Islamic Action Front (IAF) in Jordan condemned on Monday the increasing Israeli aggressions against the Gaza Strip, as well as the Egyptian media propaganda campaign against the Islamic...

Israel's participation in the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) conference on Saturday in the UAE has sparked off widespread protests on social networking sites. The Kuwait Ministry of Electricity...

A member of Parliament affiliated with Likud Party and a close ally of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Saturday that Jordan supports Israel's insistence on maintaining its military...

Hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees have fled the crisis in their war-ravaged homeland, leaving behind family, friends and their livelihoods. Escaping with little more than the clothes on...