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To expand on these political-economic linkages, Jordan helped create the Arab Cooperation Council (ACC) in 1989, in the immediate aftermath of the Iran-Iraq war. The ACC alliance of Jordan, Iraq, Egypt, and Yemen was meant to facilitate capital and labor flows between members while also allowing them to act as a fairly formidable lobbying bloc ...
From left to right: Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, Saddam Hussein of Iraq, King Hussein of Jordan, and Ali Abdullah Salih of Yemen. Egypt–Iraq relations soured in 1990, when Egyptian migrant workers in Iraq faced persecution, harassment and murder by Iraqi veterans because they viewed Egyptians as competitions in the labor market.
For this reason, the Government of Jordan argued that the displaced Iraqis were not refugees, but "guests" who would return to Iraq. [18] Jordan is not a signatory to the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, and its treatment of Iraqis as "guests" ensures that Iraqis are secured and respected but fails to provide them with clear legal ...
BAGHDAD (Reuters) -Hundreds of supporters of Iranian-backed Iraqi paramilitary groups gathered on Friday at Iraq's main border crossing with Jordan to express solidarity with Gaza and call for an ...
The Federation was formed on 14 February 1958, when King Faisal II of Iraq and his cousin, King Hussein of Jordan, sought to unite their two Hashemite kingdoms as a response to the formation of the United Arab Republic between Egypt and Syria. The union lasted only six months.
On February 16, 1989, Yemen, Jordan, Iraq, and Egypt signed an agreement in order to establish the Arab Cooperation Council in Baghdad. [6] Iraq’s president, Saddam Hussein, and Yemeni president, Ali Abdullah Saleh were closely allied. Saleh opposed the US-led coalition in the Gulf War but did not fight against the coalition.
Jordan reached the quarterfinals of the 2023 Asian Cup after producing a remarkable late comeback thanks to two stoppage-time goals to beat Iraq 3-2 in controversial circumstances.
In March 1972, Ba'athist Iraq proposed to Egypt and Syria a re-establishment of the United Arab Republic, which failed in 1963.The Iraqi proposal was an immediate reaction to Jordan's proposal for a United Arab Kingdom but collided with the already established Federation of Arab Republics and failed because of Iraqi–Syrian differences.