AMMAN: Jordan's municipal elections drew a poor turnout on Tuesday with the impact of a huge refugee influx from...
Updated 28 Aug, 2013 07:06am
AMMAN: Islamist cleric Abu Qatada pleaded not guilty on Sunday to terror charges pressed by Jordanian military...
Published 08 Jul, 2013 05:04am
AMMAN: Syria’s neighbours face a growing risk of the conflict spilling across their region as Bashar al-Assad turns to ever more desperate acts to halt rebels — including the alleged use of chemical weapons.
Published 28 Apr, 2013 03:05am
AMMAN: An estimated 600,000 people have been “tricked and trapped” into forced employment in the Middle East, many of them also sexually exploited, the UN’s labour agency said on Tuesday.
Published 10 Apr, 2013 05:02am
AMMAN: “I wish I could live at the Zaatari Syrian refugee camp because there is water there,” a Jordanian man says, frustrated that he has not had any tap water of his own in months.
Published 02 Oct, 2012 02:43am
DAMASCUS Belgium and Switzerland may be the current kings of chocolate, but Syrian confectioners believe another...
Published 18 Apr, 2010 12:00am
DAMASCUS Damascus, arguably the world`s oldest city, is bustling with chic new life as Ottoman-era homes are turned...
Published 16 Apr, 2010 12:00am
AMMAN “I am actually really proud that my best friend in the whole world is Jewish,” Palestinian-Canadian Eman...
Published 27 Dec, 2009 12:00am
GHOR HADITHA (Jordan) The Dead Sea may soon shrink to a lifeless pond as Middle East political strife blocks vital...
Published 25 Nov, 2009 12:00am
AMMAN Ali, a 30-year-old Jordanian father of three, was without a job and desperate. A friend convinced him that...
Published 25 Oct, 2009 12:00am
BAROUK (Lebanon): Lebanon’s majestic cedar trees have withstood the test of time for centuries but climate change is...
Published 08 Feb, 2009 12:00am
BAROUK (Lebanon) Lebanon`s majestic cedar trees have withstood the test of time for centuries but climate change is...
Published 08 Feb, 2009 12:00am
