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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 433

OMAR AKOUR

Crown Prince Hussein of Jordan recites the call to prayer as he cradles his new baby daughter Iman at a hospital in Amman, Jordan, August 3, 2024. (Screen capture: X/US Embassy of Jordan in Washington, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
August 4, 2024, 10:51 am
Jordan’s King Abdullah welcomes first grandchild in Amman
Princess Rajwa, 30, gives birth to baby girl Iman, a year after marrying king’s heir and oldest son Hussein; Jordanian law precludes women from inheriting Hashemite throne
By OMAR AKOUR
Jordanian Foreign minister Ayman Safadi (R) meets his Syrian counterpart Faisal Mekdad in Amman on May 1, 2023, ahead of a regional meeting on Syria (Khalil MAZRAAWI / AFP)
May 2, 2023, 11:47 am
Jordan says regional talks with Syria step toward ending Damascus isolation
FM Safadi says Arab envoys discussed Syria’s humanitarian needs, especially post-earthquake, plus drug smuggling and refugee crisis; won’t comment on possible return to Arab League
By OMAR AKOUR
Foreign ministers of Syria, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Egypt meet in Amman on May 1, 2023, to discuss Syria's long-running conflict. (Khalil MAZRAAWI / AFP)
May 1, 2023, 1:52 pm
Arab diplomats meet in Amman to discuss rapprochement with Syria
Foreign ministers of Jordan, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Egypt also weigh a Jordanian initiative on reaching a ‘political solution to the Syrian crisis’
By OMAR AKOUR
A dam built in the 1960's by the Department of Antiquities, and the ancient Mudlim tunnel, both built to protect the area from flooding, in Petra, Jordan, Nov. 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Laure Van Ruymbeke)
April 27, 2022, 9:11 pm
Activists work to battle land degradation in water-scarce Jordan
As UN report warns of vast global deterioration of land, local initiative introduces four native plants to 10,000 acres of desert in the Sabha reserve east of Amman
By OMAR AKOUR and WANJOHI KABUKURU
This photo provided by Jordan Tourism Ministry shows two carved standing stones at a remote Neolithic site in Jordan’s eastern desert. A team of Jordanian and French archaeologists said Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022, that it had found a roughly 9,000-year-old shrine. The ritual complex was found in a Neolithic campsite near large structures known as “desert kites," or mass traps that are believed to have been used to corral wild gazelles for slaughter. (Tourism Ministry via AP)
February 23, 2022, 5:40 am
Almost perfectly preserved 9,000-year-old shrine discovered in Jordanian desert
Ritual complex found in ancient Neolithic campsite near mass traps that are believed to have been used to corral wild gazelles for slaughter
By OMAR AKOUR
Bassem Awadallah, then-director of the Office of King Abdullah II of Jordan, attends a celebration to mark Independence Day, in Amman, Jordan, on May 25, 2008. (Nader Daoud/AP)
August 28, 2021, 2:43 pm
US raises concerns about treatment of ex-Jordanian official in ‘sedition’ plot
Representatives for Bassem Awadallah, a US citizen, say trial lacked due process and allege he has been beaten, tortured in jail
By Josef Federman and OMAR AKOUR
Security forces stand outside the state security court where the trial of Bassem Awadallah, a former royal adviser, and Sharif Hassan bin Zaid, a distant cousin of the king, takes place, in Amman, Jordan, June 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh, File)
July 12, 2021, 1:38 pm
Two Jordanian ex-officials sentenced to 15 years over alleged royal plot
A former top aide to King Abdullah and a royal are found guilty of sedition and incitement in the affair that also entangled the monarch’s half-brother
By OMAR AKOUR
Security forces stand outside the state security court where the trial of Bassem Awadallah, a former royal adviser, and Sharif Hassan bin Zaid, a distant cousin of the king, is taking place, in Amman, Jordan, on June 21, 2021. (Raad Adayleh/AP)
July 12, 2021, 12:20 am
In Jordan sedition trial, US defendant alleges torture
An attorney for Bassem Awadallah says he was beaten, subjected to electrical shock and threatened with future mistreatment ‘if he didn’t confess’
By Karin Laub and OMAR AKOUR
Bassem Awadallah, a former royal adviser, leaves a state security court in a vehicle after the first session of his trial, in Amman, Jordan, June 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh)
June 21, 2021, 6:41 pm
Jordanians on trial for sedition plot plead not guilty
Defendants are accused of conspiring with a senior royal — Prince Hamzah, a half-brother of the king — to foment unrest against the monarch while soliciting foreign help
By Karin Laub and OMAR AKOUR
The hospital where at least six people died due to an oxygen shortage, March 13, 2021, Salt, Jordan. (Screen grab/Al Mamlaka television)
March 13, 2021, 3:02 pm
Jordan health minister quits as COVID patients die from hospital oxygen shortage
PM reportedly asks Nathir Obeidat to step down after at least 6 patients die at government-run medical center near Amman
By OMAR AKOUR
A member of the Iranian Army works at a temporary hospital in Tehran, Iran, March 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
March 30, 2020, 1:20 pm
Prisoners riot in Iran after 100,000 convicts released to curb virus
Meanwhile in Jordan, authorities begin releasing thousands of citizens and foreigners who had been quarantined in hotels near Dead Sea
By Amir Vahdat and OMAR AKOUR
Jordanians protest in the capital Amman against the natural gas deal with Israel, January 17, 2019. (Screen capture: Twitter)
January 17, 2020, 8:27 pm
Hundreds protest in Jordan against gas deal with Israel
Demonstrators in Amman chant slogans against Jewish state, call for cancellation of multi-billion-dollar contract to buy gas from field off Israeli coast
By OMAR AKOUR
A convoy of Syrian military vehicles at Naseeb border crossing with Jordan, in the southern province of Daraa, Syria, July 7, 2018. (Syrian Central Military Media, via AP/ File)
October 14, 2018, 8:48 pm
Syria and Jordan agree to reopen vital crossing after 3-year closure
Naseeb crossing set to bring major relief to Assad regime by restoring gateway for Syrian exports to Arab countries
By Albert Aji and OMAR AKOUR
Muslim pilgrims circumambulate around the Kaaba in the Grand Mosque, before leaving for the annual Hajj pilgrimage in the Muslim holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on August 19, 2018. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
August 19, 2018, 9:25 am
Over 2 million Muslims kick off annual hajj pilgrimage
Saudi Arabia has invested billions to ensure worshipers’ safety after deadly accidents such as 2015 stampede, as well as potential jihadist threats
By OMAR AKOUR
Britain's Prince William (C) and Jordanian Crown Prince Hussein bin Abdullah (R) chat with Syrian and Jordanian school children during their visit to the Jerash archaeological site, June 25, 2018 (AFP PHOTO / AHMAD ABDO)
June 25, 2018, 1:11 pm
Prince William tours Roman ruins in Jordan, meets child refugees
Kids greet British royal in the amphitheater of Jerash, show him their artwork
By OMAR AKOUR
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