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Jordanians Continue Fuel Protests As Gov’t Warns against Violence
Jordanians conducted sit-ins on Friday and activists called for further protests against rising fuel prices, which have increased the cost of living. One police officer was killed during a riot in the southern city of Maan a day earlier, Al Jazeera reported. The authorities said the policeman was killed on Thursday night by a gunshot fired by an unidentified individual when armed officers entered a neighborhood of Maan to quell riots. Youths ...
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Jordan PM Orders 4 Km Isolation Distance, Chlorine Gas Accident Probe
After a chlorine accident that has devastated hundreds in the Jordanian coastal city of Aqaba, Jordanian Prime Minister Bisher Al-Khasawneh said that 'Although the situation is under control, we have decided to keep an isolation distance of 4 kilometers in diameter from the scene of the accident for additional hours.' Accompanied by the ministers of interior and health in the incident's region, Al-Khasawneh noted to the Jordanian Al-Mamlaka news channel 'that experts' ...
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Jordan’s King Says He Would Support a Middle East Version of NATO
Jordan’s King Abdullah II said he would support the formation of a Middle East military alliance similar to NATO, and that it can be done with countries that are like-minded. The kingdom works actively with NATO and sees itself as a partner of the alliance, having fought “shoulder-to-shoulder” with NATO troops for decades, the monarch told CNBC’s Hadley Gamble on Wednesday. Cooperation in the region “I’d like to see more countries ...
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Jordan Summons Israeli Ambassador over Al-Aqsa Clashes
Jordan's Foreign Ministry summoned Israeli ambassador to Amman on Monday, after days of clashes in Al-Aqsa in occupied Al-Quds. Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi told lawmakers that the Israeli diplomatic official, Sami Abu Janeb, is expected at the Foreign Ministry. Safadi also said that the country plans to host a meeting of Arab League ministers on Thursday to discuss Israeli escalation, according to Haaretz. Jordan, serving as custodian of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, referred ...
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