Congress wants answers after 10 bomb-sniffing dogs die in Jordan

Congress is demanding answers after an inspector general report showed that a number of bomb-sniffing dogs from the United States have died from neglect in Jordan.

Jordan

Jordan resorts to diplomacy to foil Netanyahu's annexation plan

Jordan will not stand idly by as Benjamin Netanyahu threatens to annex the Jordan Valley.

Palestine

Palestine launches its first agricultural cluster

The Palestinian government decided to allow investors to use Palestinian endowment lands in the West Bank for new agricultural projects that contribute to the advancement of the Palestinian economy and to protect them from Israeli expropriation.

Palestine

Will Jordan yield to teachers’ salary demands?

The Jordanian government arrested members of the Jordanian Teachers' Syndicate following a protest for higher wages in front of government headquarters in Amman.

Jordan

Musicians bring art to streets to save picturesque hill in Amman

A group of Jordanian artists is working to preserve the cultural heritage of Amman's beloved Jabal Luweibdeh area and protect it from overdevelopment.

Jordan

Video game exec encourages independent developers in Mideast

Hussam Al-Natour, founder of Rababa Gaming, describes the challenges and potential of the Mideast’s video game industry.

Jordan

Interview

Former PM Olmert: 'Netanyahu is finished'

In an exclusive Al-Monitor interview, former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will fail to form a government after the Sept. 17 elections and will be cast aside by Likud before a third round of elections.

How Jordan handled fuming crisis over cigarettes

Residents of the border city of Ramtha in the north of Jordan have protested recently against new government measures to curb smuggling, which would further add to their economic burdens.

Jordan

Cash-strapped Jordan imposes new taxes; public anger ensues

Economists suggest the Jordanian government should cut its own expenses and those of its staff instead of imposing taxes that add to the people’s economic burden.

Jordan

Will Jordanian prisoners in Israel complete sentences at home?

Questions arise as to whether Israel will send Jordanian prisoners to complete their prison sentences in their country, in an attempt to avoid releasing them in a possible prisoner exchange.

Palestine

Syrians in makeshift displacement camp face ‘impossible choice’

A joint United Nations-Syrian Arab Red Crescent mission has arrived at the Rukban camp, near the Jordanian border, where more than 10,000 people are living in dire conditions, to ask them if they want to go back to the government-held area of Homs province.

Jordan

Jordan warns against changing status quo at Al-Aqsa Mosque

Jordan summoned the Israeli ambassador over Israeli violations at Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, while Jordan’s Parliament called for his expulsion amid tension at the Muslim holy site.

Palestine