The recent escalation in Jerusalem prompted the Israeli government to convene an emergency security Cabinet meeting to seal off some Arab neighbourhoods in East Jerusalem in a desperate attempt to contain the violence.Never before has Israel moved to effectively divide Jerusalem

A timely event took place recently, organised by the Sisterhood is Global Instituted-Jordan  and funded by USAID, centred on the controversial Article 308 in the Penal Code that allows rapists and sex offenders to escape punishment if they marry their victims.Shocking f

French Prime Minister Manuel Valls’ recently concluded visit to Amman for talks with His Majesty King Abdullah and other high-level officials came at a time the region is witnessing many conflicts and unrest.The French official could not have described Jordanian-French relations

 NATO is apparently taking the new Russian thrust into Syria and its daily bombardment of targets that are not associated with Daesh seriously.It, therefore started to shore up its flanks in the Middle East and Europe, especially after a Russian war plane penetrated Turkish

His Majesty King Abdullah described the visit of Indian President Pranab Mukherjee to Jordan as historic, and it is in every sense of the word.Receiving the Indian leader in Amman, the King said: “As you and I have discussed in our private discussions, this is built on the visit

After months of wrangling, the UN Security Council was able at last, on Friday, to adopt a resolution authorising the EU and other countries to use force to seize migrant-smuggling vessels on the high seas, off Libya, to prevent them from reaching the shores of European countries

The pan-Arab conference on the role of Arab media in combating terrorism, held in Amman, was a timely exercise in raising awareness and mobilising Arab media in the fight against extremism and terrorism.The Arab media experts and officials who took part in the two-day conference

One cannot fail to see that the West Bank, especially East Jerusalem, is on fire.During the past few weeks, hardly a day passed by without violence being witnessed between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian protesters, either on the streets of East Jerusalem or in the cities and to

Faced with similar threats from a common enemy, Daesh, Iraq and Syria are being drawn closer at rapid speed.Daesh occupies large swathes of territory in both Iraq and Syria, and continue to pose grave dangers to both countries.Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al Abadi recently acknowl