Jordanian kills sister to `cleanse family honour`
Source: Zee News
Amman :: Jordan | updated 2013-04-30 06:32:42 -0700 | disasters-news
A Jordanian has confessed to slitting his sister's throat and stabbing her 20 times in the face and chest because she was rarely home, apparently "to cleanse the family honour," police said Tuesday. "People last night found the body of...
May to address MPs over Abu Qatada
Source: BBC
Amman :: Jordan | updated 2013-04-23 20:04:37 -0700 | disasters-news
Theresa May will make a statement to MPs later about the fight to deport Abu Qatada, after the Appeal Court refused to refer his case to the Supreme Court. Mrs May wanted the UK's top court to reverse a lower...
Jordan: Ex-prisoner released in Shalit deal found dead
Source: Ynet News
Amman :: Jordan | updated 2013-04-23 17:14:58 -0700 | disasters-news
Mystery Fatah operative who was released as part of Shalit prisoner exchange deal found dead in Jordanian side of Dead Sea; cause of death undetermined Elior Levy Salih Jahalin, 54, a Fatah operative who was released in 2011 as part...
US sending 200 troops to Jordan but thousands more could follow
Posted by: northsunm32
Amman :: Jordan | updated 2013-04-23 14:57:43 -0700 | disasters-news
The Pentagon is sending 200 US troops to Jordan. The troops will be used to control violence spilling over from the Syrian civil war according to Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel. But senior US officials said that the 200 could be...
Bin Laden son-in-law held in Jordan
Posted by: imdad ali
Amman :: Jordan | updated 2013-03-09 17:33:31 -0800 | disasters-news
Son-in-law of Osama bin Laden, who has served as a representative of Al-Qaeda, was arrested and detained in Jordan in the operation led by the Jordanian authorities and the FBI, the U.S. government sources on Thursday. The sources said that...
CIA captures Son-in-law of bin Laden in Jordan
Posted by: rsa76
Amman :: Jordan | updated 2013-03-09 17:33:31 -0800 | disasters-news
Son-In-law of Osama bin Laden and one of the leaders of the "al-Qaeda" Suleiman Abu Ghaith captured by CIA agents on the border of Jordan and Kuwait and sent to the United States. A joint operation between the organization of...
Tensions Rise in Jordan over Syrian Refugees - YouTube
Posted by: fibonnaci
Amman :: Jordan | updated 2013-03-13 17:14:31 -0700 | disasters-news
Increased tensions in Jordan Refugees from Syria to Jordan puts neighbor relationship to the tes Since the beginning of the year, a record number of Syrians seeking refuge in neighboring Jordan. The massive influx of refugees is a challenge both...
Conflicting reports on Hamas recognizing a two-state solution
Posted by: saleh1966
Amman :: Jordan | updated 2013-02-03 13:38:22 -0800 | disasters-news
Hamas has denied a report that its leader-in-exile, Khaled Meshaal, told Jordan's King Abdullah that he accepts the idea of a two-state solution between Palestine and Israel. Hamas said in a statement that the report was baseless and that Meshaal...
Jordan: Islamists shunned by legislative
Posted by: rsa76
Amman :: Jordan | updated 2013-03-07 00:11:19 -0800 | disasters-news
Polls opened Wednesday in Jordan legislative elections boycotted by Islamists and should elect a parliament without opposition and unlikely to reform. The Muslim Brotherhood, the main opposition force, and the Front national reform of the former Prime Minister Ahmad Obeidat,...
Netanyahu, Jordan's king discuss Syria's chemical weapons
Posted by:
saleh1966
Amman :: Jordan | updated 2012-12-30 13:56:21 -0800 | disasters-news
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met secretly with Jordanian King Abdullah II in Amman to discuss the situation in Syria and the risk of Syria's chemical weapons falling into the hands of fighters in Syria or Iran, including the Hezbollah...
Will the Jordanian Oasis Fall Next to Arab Spring Uprisings? - YouTube
Posted by: fibonnaci
Amman :: Jordan | updated 2012-12-19 01:06:38 -0800 | disasters-news
So far, Jordan has been a quiet spot in a region full of horror and fear. But with a quarter million people in refugee camps and neighbors like Syria, Iraq, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Israel and Palestine, it takes a lot...
Jordan’s ex-spy chief sentenced to 13 years jail over graft charges
Posted by:
saleh1966
Amman :: Jordan | updated 2012-11-14 15:08:23 -0800 | disasters-news
The Jordanian news agency Petra reported that the Amman Criminal Court sentenced former spy chief Mohammed al-Dahabi to 13 years in prison with hard labor and ordered him to pay a 21 million dinar ($29 million US) fine, after finding...
Jordan foils major al-Qaida plot to attack malls and diplomats
Posted by:
saleh1966
Amman :: Jordan | updated 2012-10-25 11:36:54 -0700 | disasters-news
Jordan has foiled a major al-Qaida plot involving suicide attacks at shopping malls and residential areas and the assassination of Western diplomats in Amman, Jordanian state television reported Sunday. Reports say that 11 people were arrested. They had previously been...
Riad Hijab, former Syrian prime minister, says Assad regime controls only 30 percent of Syria
Posted by:
saleh1966
Amman :: Jordan | updated 2012-08-18 03:10:13 -0700 | disasters-news
Defecting Syrian prime minister Riyad Hijab said on Tuesday that the Assad regime will collapse soon and urged political and military figures to defect as he did. "The regime is on the verge of collapse morally and economically," said Riad...
Defected Syria PM predicts collapse of regime
Posted by: StephenManual
Amman :: Jordan | updated 2012-08-17 15:22:53 -0700 | disasters-news
Is there any end to violence and bloodshed in Syria? The question haunts the world powers and they have also been exploring different options to restore normalcy and peace in the volatile country. The 17-month long uprising has failed to...
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