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By Editorial - Oct 27,2015
The celebration of the 40th anniversary of the inception of The Jordan Times is not a one-day occasion but a continuous opportunity to appraise and identify the newspaper’s mission and goal. The story of the Kingdom’s sole English daily is therefore an evolving narrative tha
By Editorial - Oct 26,2015
This time our meteorology authorities got it absolutely right when they predicted heavy rainfall in most areas of the Kingdom beginning Sunday, with the northern region getting the lion’s share.The Jordan Meteorological Department (JMD) had forecast that a Red Sea depression acco
By Editorial - Oct 25,2015
Amman has been the scene of an intensive flurry of diplomatic activity over the past few days with His Majesty King Abdullah receiving visiting US Secretary of State John Kerry on Saturday to discuss ending the recent wave of violence in the West Bank, in general, and Jerusalem i
By Editorial - Oct 24,2015
The unexpected meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Syrian counterpart, Bashar Assad, left many speculating what really went on and why the meeting was arranged so hurriedly in the first place.Putin has been reportedly working energetically on a solution to th
By Editorial - Oct 22,2015
There is now a glimmer of hope, although still faint, that the conflict in Yemen might come to an end through a peaceful resolution.Such hope comes as the conflicting sides signalled their acceptance to attend UN-sponsored talks.Both the rebels and President Abed Rabbo Mansour Ha
By Editorial - Oct 21,2015
US Secretary of State John Kerry decided that he should also be talking to Jordan, alongside Russia, Turkey and Saudi Arabia, if peace in Syria were to be given a chance.Kerry announced recently that he intended to engage a number of countries in an effort to find a common denomi
By Editorial - Oct 20,2015
Moscow seems to be sending confusing signals about its objectives in Syria.On Saturday, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev told Russian Rossiya TV channel that Russia operates militarily in Syria not to keep President Bashar Assad in power, but to defeat Daesh.If indeed the g
By Editorial - Oct 19,2015
US Secretary of State John Kerry said it all, and as it is, when he told his audience at Harvard University last week that there is a direct link between Israeli settlement activity and the recent surge in violence in the occupied Palestinian territories.“What is happening,” said
By Editorial - Oct 18,2015
It never fails.Every time Israel implements a certain policy, there is a strategic objective behind it.This time, the increase in violence in the West Bank and East Jerusalem — due to Israelis’ provocations — seems to be giving Israel a pretext to implement a master plan it wante
By Editorial - Oct 18,2015
The Palestinians are accusing Israel, and rightly so, of provoking a third Intifada in the West Bank by attempting to change the status quo of Al Haram Al Sharif compound and by attempting to kill, successfully, no doubt, as many Palestinian protesters as possible.Palestinian For

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