Jordan recently signed a 250-million-U.S. dollar agreement with the World Bank Group to finance a water efficiency project for the kingdom. The financing package consists of a 200-million-dollar soft loan from the International Bank for [Read More]
Jordan and Syria on Sunday held a meeting in Amman to discuss cooperation to prevent drug smuggling across Syrian borders into Jordan, the state-run Petra news agency reported. The meeting, also the inaugural meeting of [Read More]
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has called for taking immediate action to address its funding crisis to avoid dire consequences for refugees. Dominik Bartsch, the UN refugee agency’s representative in Jordan, said [Read More]
Three people wanted for “terrorism acts” have been killed in a shoot-out with Jordan’s special security forces, the country’s Public Security Department said Sunday. A special security force raided where the three wanted individuals were [Read More]
Jordan on Monday warned of the catastrophic consequences of the Israeli raid on the West Bank city of Jenin, calling for the international community’s intervention to stop Israel’s military operations. Jordan’s Deputy Prime Minister and [Read More]
Jordan will extend the validity of Syrian refugees’ security ID until the end of this year. The Ministry of Interior said that the move is intended to facilitate the renewal of refugees’ documents, particularly the [Read More]
A Jordanian-Iraqi business and finance forum recently took place in Jordan’s capital Amman, gathering business people and officials from the two countries for boosting bilateral trade and economic cooperation. During the forum, Jordanian Minister of [Read More]
A Royal Jordanian flight heading to Aqaba on Tuesday returned to the capital of Amman due to a dust storm, said Fayez Al Fayez, spokesperson of the Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority (ASEZA). The airplane [Read More]
Jordan and Egypt have inked an agreement aimed at bolstering cooperation in the realm of gas infrastructure. As per the deal, Egypt will utilize the floating storage vessel located at Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Port in [Read More]
Tourism sector revenue in Jordan increased during the first four months of 2023 by 84.5 percent, recording a value of about 2.2 billion U.S. dollars. According to the Tourism Ministry’s monthly bulletin, nearly 2 million [Read More]
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