United Press International
| 1 year ago
King Abdullah II, a key U.S. ally in the Arab world, has gone through three prime ministers in 18 months as he struggles to avoid the kind of Arab Spring political upheaval that toppled four presidents in 2011. But despite his most adroit efforts,...
Palestine Chronicle
| 1 year ago
57 04/30/2012 When Jordan's Prime Minister Awn Khasawneh took office six months ago, he was hailed as a much needed reformer with a clean slate in Jordanian politics after spending 10 years as a judge at the International Court of Justice in The...
NOW Lebanon
| 1 year ago
Jordan's King Abdullah II on Friday asked Premier-designate Fayez Tarawneh to form a cabinet for "a limited transitional period" to implement reforms needed to hold elections before the end of 2012. "I instruct you to form a new government whose top...
Christian Science Monitor
| 1 year ago
But the resignation of the prime minister is a reminder of unmet demands for change.
The Daily Star
| 1 year ago
Jordanian demonstrators on Friday criticized premier-designate Fayez Tarawneh, a day after he replaced Awan Khasawneh, accused by King Abdullah II of delaying much-needed reform. "The people want to change policies, not only governments," read a...