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AMMAN (Reuters) -Jordan's King Abdullah swore in a reformist government on Wednesday tasked with accelerating IMF-backed reforms and pushing through political and economic modernisation crucial to ...
Turnout among Jordan's 5.1 million eligible voters in Tuesday's poll was low at 32.25%, initial official figures showed, up slightly from 29% at the last election in 2020.
Black September. Black September (Arabic: أيلول الأسود Aylūl al-ʾAswad), also known as the Jordanian Civil War, [9] was an armed conflict between Jordan, led by King Hussein, and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), led by chairman Yasser Arafat. The main phase of the fighting took place between 16 and 27 September 1970 ...
Ammon News. Ammon (in Arabic عمون) also known as Ammon News is a private news agency and alternative news body based in Amman, Jordan. [1] It is the first online newspaper in the country. The agency has both Arabic and English language websites. The name of the agency, Ammon, refers to ancient name of Amman, capital city of Jordan. [2]
The Jordan Times. OCLC number. 56565751. Website. alrai.com. Al Ra'i (Arabic: الرأي; lit. 'The Opinion'), also spelled Alrai, is an Arabic daily newspaper in Jordan. The Jordan Press Foundation, owner of the Al Rai, is government-owned. It has been regarded as Jordan's newspaper of record.
Unknown. The Jordanian military intervention in the Syrian Civil War began on 22 September 2014, with airstrikes on Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) targets, and escalated after the murder of Muath al-Kasasbeh, a Jordanian pilot who was captured by ISIL when his F-16 Fighter Jet crashed over Syria in early 2015.
Jordan Gate. Zahran district in west Amman is the location of the Jordan Gate, which is a high class commercial and residential project currently under construction in the Wadi Al-Seer district of Amman, Jordan, it consists of two high-rise buildings connected by a multi-storey podium. [118]
2023 cybercrime law in Jordan. On August 12, 2023, King Abdullah II ratified a new cybercrime law, Law No. 17 of 2023, [1] which threatens Jordanians' freedom of expression, their right to anonymity, and their right to access information. [2] The law does not meet international human rights standards nor principles which are included in the ...