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Terror suspect Abu Qatada released from British jail
The cleric, a father of five whose real name is Omar Mohammed Othman, arrived in Britain in 1993 claiming asylum and has been a thorn in the side of successive British governments
EBRD: investments in Egypt to reach €1.25bn by 2014/15
The meeting highlighted talks of potential strategies for economic reform and boosting European investments in Egypt
American banned for rant against Egypt
Row comes as a shock to Egyptians working at consulate
Jordan and Egypt move toward renewed natural gas exportation
Hope to overcome issues of pipeline sabotage and Egyptian domestic demand
Syrians burn Jordan camp tents in protest
Jordan says more than 200,000 Syrian refugees have crossed into its territory since the conflict in neighbouring Syria erupted in March last year.
Jordan’s women celebrate success
Eman Hylooz is a Jordanian Computer Science graduate and a successful young entrepreneur. The company she started in June 2012 is steadily growing and is expected to make a net profit of 114,108 Jordanian Dinars in its first year of operations. Hylooz recalls that the idea for her business start-up first came about when she …
Islamists protest after Jordan king calls early polls
King Abdullah II decisions stir protests
Syrian clashes near Jordanian border
Fighting in Syria approaches borders again
Jordan passes law restricting internet freedom
New online media laws to increase censorship in Jordan
Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood causes contreversy
The Jordanian Brotherhood’s new plan to limit powers of the king
King Abdullah II: Israel disrupting nuclear plans
Israeli official dismissed the charges by the King of Jordan
Numbers of Syrian refugees on the rise
Current number of Syrian refugees outside Syria much higher than previous UN estimate
Highest rates of death and displacement since the uprising in Syria began
Struggle intensifies with no end in sight
Jordan goes back on fuel price hikes
Proposed 10% rise in fuel prices stooped by King Abdullah II
Jordan demands international support in order to house Syrians
“The cost of hosting Syrians is almost $700 million”, says the Jordanian planning and international cooperation minister
Jordanians protest skyrocketing fuel prices
Ten percent fuel price hike sparks outrage in Amman
Jordanian online media hosts electronic protest
Press and Publication Law amendments stir electronic protest
Egypt builds field hospital at Syrian-Jordan border
Egypt supporting Syria by building border hospital, sending aids inside and outside Syria
Palestine activists challenge West Bank siege
Airflotilla attempts to breach the Israeli siege on Palestine
International support to Syrian refugees and opposition increases
The number of refugees fleeing Syria rises, host states have sought international aid to help cope with the influx
Jordan police disperse angry Syrians at desert camp
Around 60 Syrians at the Zaatari refugee camp clashed with security guards when the group attempted to leave the camp and go back to the border town of Ramtha
Power struggle in Jordan
Jordanian minister for media affairs slams the call to boycott upcoming parliamentary elections
Jordan-Syria border clashes
The Jordanian border to Syria serves as a gateway for Syrian refugees fleeing violence in their country
Defected Syrian PM confirmed in Jordan
Hijab only came to power in June but defected last week
Syrians seeking asylum in Egypt overlooked
Hidden crisis as countries across the region struggle to deal with effects of uprising
Jordanian and Syrian troops exchange fire at border
Refugees continue streaming into Jordan amid cross border gunfire between Jordanian and Syrian authorities
Syrian refugees making a deadly crossing to Jordan
Jordan is making preparations for an historic refugee exodus
Jordanian Foreign Minister discusses Syria with President Morsy
Egypt pledges support for humanitarian aid to Syrian refugees in Jordan
Violence in a Jordan University sparked by ‘tribalism’
The fighting which had started earlier this week in Mutah University, South Jordan reached a new level of violence on Wednesday
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