The Jordan Valley, with its unique weather condition, could become a main pillar of the national economy, if there were a strategy and a well-defined plan of action to exploit it to the fullest.As is it now, it seems that the agricultural and fruit production in the area is

Leading Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is surprising most of his friends and critics alike for still leading the pack of other Republican candidates to the White House even though much of what he says or calls for is ridiculous, to say the least.Still, T

The last Democratic presidential debate pitted former secretary of state Hillary Clinton, Senator Bernie Sanders and former governor of Maryland, Martin O’Mally, the three contenders to the White House, against one another in an attempt to demonstrate to the American voters who w

Russian President Vladimir Putin seems to be impressed by Donald Trump, the front-runner Republican candidate to the White House, having heaped on him all sorts of praise and compliments.At the end of his annual three-hour press conference in Moscow last week, Putin called Trump

Not too long ago, Republican candidate for the White House Marco Rubio prophesied that terrorist attacks in Jordan are imminent.The leading Democratic candidate in the race for the White House, Hillary Clinton, made a similar forecast about the security and safety of Jordan and c

There is widespread recognition that Daesh is a global problem and that the war against it must be total and universal.In order for this consensus among nations and the global determination to wage a successfully war against the extremist group, the proponents of the war effort m

I had the occasion to stay a couple of days at one of the five-star hotels at the Dead Sea a few days ago, and I must say that it was a most pleasant weekend. Or it should have been.The weather was just right, sunny and warm, but not too hot.

It is no joke when a warplane belonging to a superpower is downed, as happened last week when a Russian SU-24 was downed by a Turkish E-16 warplane along the Syrian-Turkish border.Russia’s ego and stature were understandably gravely wounded by the destruction of one of its planes

No one can blame the government of France for taking some draconian measures after the appalling terrorist attacks that occurred on its soil more than a week ago.The counterterrorism actions ordered by French President Francois Hollande include the declaration of a state of emerg