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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 370

Jamal Halaby

Jordanian volunteer teacher Mohammed Marahleh holds a physical education class for Syrian refugees in Northern Shuneh area of Jordan Valley, north of Amman, Jordan in February 2014. (photo credit: AP Photo/Raad Adayleh)
February 22, 2014, 8:07 pm
Syrians in remote tented settlement feel abandoned
1,200 families, among the 1.2 million Syrian refugees in Jordan, are living in squalid, impromptu communities in the Jordan Valley
By Jamal Halaby
In this Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014 photo, customers smoke water pipes at a coffee shop in Amman, Jordan. In Jordan, a country where smoking is so popular that motorists can be seen puffing away on miniature water pipes in traffic, the kingdom’s government now wants to enforce a Western-style smoking ban in restaurants, cafes and other public places. (photo credit: AP/Mohammad Hannon)
January 25, 2014, 4:43 pm
Public fumes at Jordan smoking ban
Half of men in Hashemite Kingdom said to smoke
By Jamal Halaby
Omar Mahmoud Mohammed Othman aka Abu Qatada (photo credit: AP/Matt Dunham, File)
December 8, 2013, 3:26 pm
Jordan to begin trial of radical Muslim preacher
Abu Qatada, 53, recently deported from the UK, will face trial in a military court for foiled 1999 and 2000 terror plots
By Jamal Halaby
December 6, 2013, 1:02 pm
Syrians flee across desert in search for safety
Refugees use some 45 points to cross into Jordan, avoiding official checkpoints where fighting has intensified
By Jamal Halaby
A Syrian boy crosses a water puddle at the Zaatari refugee camp, in Mafraq, Jordan, on Tuesday (photo credit: AP/Mohammad Hannon)
December 4, 2013, 5:52 am
Syrian refugees prepare for another winter
At the Zaatari camp just south of the Syrian border in Jordan, aid workers labor to provide adequate shelter for 120,000 people
By Jamal Halaby
King Abdullah II of Jordan gives a speech during the opening session of parliament in Amman, Jordan, Sunday, Nov. 3, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Mohammad Hannon)
November 3, 2013, 7:11 pm
Jordan’s king calls for reform as opposition simmers
Abdullah II says Amman seeks home-grown peaceful change, but opponents say he’s stalling for time
By Jamal Halaby
A Syrian opposition fighter watches over as heavy fighting breaks out in in the Idlib province countryside, Syria, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013 (photo credit: AP Photo)
September 22, 2013, 11:32 pm
Mortar round lands in Russian Embassy in Damascus
Three workers injured in attack, which officials in Moscow say was carried out by rebel fighters
By Jamal Halaby and Jim Heintz
A Syrian boy carries a water jug to his family's tent at the Zaatari Refugee Camp, in Mafraq, Jordan (photo credit: AP/Mohammad Hannon/File)
September 17, 2013, 6:13 am
Jordan: Syria refugee influx surges nearly tenfold
Rebels say there are nearly 40,000 Syrians waiting to cross into the kingdom should the US launch a strike
By Jamal Halaby
A Syrian army soldier fires a heavy machine gun during clashes with rebels in the village of Maaloula, northeast of Damascus, Syria, on Saturday, September 7, 2013. (photo credit: AP/SANA)
September 8, 2013, 11:20 pm
Syrian rebels seize control of Christian village
Al-Qaeda-linked fighters overrun town that is home to two of the oldest surviving monasteries in Syria; hundreds of residents flee
By Jamal Halaby
Illustrative photo of al-Qaeda-linked fighters after an attack on a Syrian army convoy in March, 2013. (screen capture: YouTube)
August 25, 2013, 3:58 pm
Syrian Islamists vow revenge for alleged gas attack
Leader of al-Qaeda-linked al-Nusra Front says he will target Shiite Muslim villages to hit back at Assad regime
By Jamal Halaby
August 20, 2013, 5:49 pm
Jordan’s king warns of sectarian ‘destruction’
Abdullah II urges Sunnis and Shiites to respect democracy and opt for inclusiveness in order to safeguard the Islamic world
By Jamal Halaby
This image, taken from leaked video obtained by Ugarit News and posted on Monday, July 15, which has been authenticated by AP, purports to show forces loyal to President Bashar Assad firing rockets into Homs, Syria. . (photo credit: AP Photo/Ugarit News via AP video)
July 22, 2013, 4:18 am
Syrian troops shell market, killing 20 civilians
Unclear what prompted the attack from Assad’s forces in opposition-held town; 49 rebels killed in ambush near Damascus
By Jamal Halaby and Zeina Karam
Illustrative photo of fighters from the Kurdish YPG militia alongside the group's flag in northern Syria (al-Jazeera video screenshot , YouTube)
July 21, 2013, 5:46 pm
Syrian Kurds release local al-Qaeda honcho
State media reports pro-Assad hackers stole information on rebels from social media sites
By Jamal Halaby and Zeina Karam
A Syrian standing in the rubble of a destroyed building from Syrian forces shelling, in the al-Hamidiyyeh neighborhood of Homs province, Syria, on Thursday, June 27, 2013. (photo credit: AP Photo/Lens Young Homsi)
June 30, 2013, 1:10 pm
6 reported killed in Homs, Idlib as army goes on offensive
Syrian government says conflict has cost the public sector some $15 billion and damaged more than 9,000 government establishments
By Jamal Halaby
An illustrative photo of US Marines monitoring 'Eager Lion' multinational military exercises in Quweira, Jordan, on June 18, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Maya Alleruzzo)
June 23, 2013, 8:46 am
Jordan’s PM: 900 US troops boost defense in country
Assad’s fall would leave a ‘vacuum, whereby attacks and conflicts would persist,’ says Abdullah Ensour
By Jamal Halaby
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