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1 July 2021

The heads of state and government of Egypt, Iraq and Jordan met on June 27 in Baghdad. The three countries intend to strengthen their relations with Turkey as well as with Saudi Arabia and Iran.
Turkey occupies northwestern Iraq and supports the Muslim Brotherhood against Egypt. Saudi Arabia (...)

The coup that didn’t happen in Jordan

by Thierry Meyssan

Paris (France) | 13 April 2021

The aborted coup in Jordan has nothing to do with an internal rivalry within the royal family, even if it did find a leader. It is about opposition to Donald Trump’s questioning of the normalisation of Arab-Israeli relations and Joe Biden’s reactivation of a three-quarter century old conflict. (...)

Jordan is trying to relaunch the plan for a Red Sea-Dead Sea aquaduct

23 November 2018

When it comes to water, Jordan is the fifth poorest country in the world. During recent years, its consumption has increased by 40% whilst its supply continues to decrease.
While this is going on, Israel has had to deal with an evaporating volume of water from River Jordan (the volume has (...)

The Silk Route will pass through Jordan, Egypt and Israel

19 October 2018

After the Daesh attack on the city of Palmyra, China renounced the
traditional “silk route” (Bagdad, Palmyra, Damas-Tiro). An alternative
trail had been envisaged, no longer across Syria but Turkey. This has also
been abandoned.
During antiquity there was also a secondary route through Petra (...)

Remarks by Abdullah II of Jordan to the 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly

by Abdullah II of Jordan

New York (USA) | 25 September 2018

In the name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate,
Madam President, Mr. Secretary General, Your Excellencies,
Thank you. It is an honour to take part, once again, in this great General
Assembly.
The United Nations was bom in the ashes of the Second World War, out
of a deep desire to (...)

Jared Kushner and the Palestinians’ « right to happiness »

by Thierry Meyssan

Damascus (Syria) | 26 June 2018

We were wrong to believe that the US project for the Middle East was a peace plan for Palestine. Despite the communications from the White House, this is not what President Trump is seeking. He is approaching this question from a radically different angle than that of his predecessors – not (...)

Angie hits Jordan and Lebanon

by Thierry Meyssan

Damascus (Syria) | 26 June 2018

Throughout her voyage of the Levant, the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel (Angie), is presenting herself as a person with a good heart, who wants Germany to play its part to helping the Syrian refugees. But the people that she is speaking see her as a fallen angel, who is masking her true (...)

Netanyahu’s surprise visit to Jordan

22 June 2018

The Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, made a surprise visit to Amman, the capital of Jordan. He was accompanied by the Head of Mossad, Yossi Cohen. The delegation was received by King Abdallah II.
According to our sources, the talks focussed on the establishment of pro-Iranian (...)

Why is Washington pressuring Jordan?

by Thierry Meyssan

Damascus (Syria) | 12 June 2018

Are the Jordanian demonstrations a sign of a new episode of the Arab Spring, or, on the contrary, are they a means of pressuring King Abdallah II to accept the US plan for Palestine ?

What’s happening in Jordan?

9 January 2018

King Abdullah II of Jordan has announced that Princes Ali, Faisal and Talal are retiring from their military offices.
Prince Ali ben Al Hussein is the son of the former King Hussein and his third wife. He was the head of the Royal Guard. Whilst the United States was dreaming of (...)

Jordan lends its support to Syria

30 August 2017

The Minister of Jordan in charge of press relations, Mohamed Momani, appeared on national television to show case the excellent relations his country has with Syria.
According to the United Nations, Jordan is providing a safe haven to 650 000 Syrian refugees. However Amman thinks that the (...)

Jordan support to jihadists in Syria

by Bashar Ja’afari

New York (USA) | 30 September 2016

On instructions from my Government, and further to our previous letters concerning the Jordanian regime’s support for the armed terrorist groups that are active and have committed brutal terrorist acts in the territory of the Syrian Arab Republic, I should like to inform you that the Jordanian (...)

Arms trafficking from Jordan to Syria

by Bashar Ja’afari

New York (USA) | 25 August 2016

On instructions from my Government, I should like to draw your attention to the following:
Further to my numerous letters concerning the support the Jordanian regime provides to armed terrorist groups in Syria, including facilitation of the entry via Syrian border crossings of trucks loaded (...)

Jordanian government support to terrorists in Syria

by Bashar Ja’afari

New York (USA) | 29 June 2016

On instructions from my Government, and further to our previous letters concerning the support the Jordanian regime provides to terrorist groups that are active and perpetrate savage acts of terrorism in the territory of the Syrian Arab Republic, I should like to convey to you the following (...)

Jordan Answer to the Syrian accusations

by Dina Kawar

New York (USA) | 20 June 2016

On instructions from my Government, and with reference to the repeated letters from the representative of the Syrian regime, the latest of which is dated 7 June 2016 (S/2016/517), and our responses to those letters addressed to the Secretary-General and the President of the Security Council, I (...)

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