As Jordan Seeks to Quell Royal Feud, Allies of Prince Remain in Detention
The country’s royal family said Prince Hamzah had now pledged his loyalty to King Abdullah II. The government banned news outlets and social media users from discussing the rare public show of conflict.
Pictures of King Abdullah II of Jordan at a frame shop in Amman, the capital, on Sunday.Credit.Mohammad Ali/EPA, via Shutterstock
By Patrick Kingsley and Rana F. Sweis
April 6, 2021Updated 8:58 a.m. ET
AMMAN, Jordan Employees and associates of a Jordanian prince accused of plotting to undermine the government were still being held incommunicado by security forces on Tuesday, their relatives said, casting doubt on earlier claims by the royal court that it had resolved an unusually public and bitter rift.
Jordan shaken by split between King and ex-crown prince
The crisis over the weekend prompted the US and other Jordanian allies, which view King Abdullah as a crucial partner in countering terrorism in the Middle East, to express support for him.
Rana Sweis, Adam Rasgon and Patrick Kingsley
Apr 5, 2021 – 11.52am
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Amman | The kingdom of Jordan has long been considered an oasis of relative stability in the Middle East. While wars and insurgencies flared in neighbouring Syria and Iraq, Jordan was for decades considered a secure and dependable ally of the United States, a buffer against attacks on Israel, and a key interlocutor with Palestinians.
RAMALLAH: Palestinian election officials announced on Sunday that 36 candidate lists had been approved to run in legislative elections set for next month, the first Palestinian polls in 15 years.
The vote, which precedes a presidential election called for July 31, is part of an effort by the dominant Palestinian movements Fatah secularists and Hamas Islamists to boost international support for Palestinian governance.
Groups had until Wednesday to submit their lists of candidates to contest in the May 22 legislative polls.
Individual names on each list are due to be published on Tuesday, but the Palestinian electoral commission announced on its website that it had approved all 36 applications.
Monday, 5 April, 2021 - 04:15
A picture taken with a drone shows the exterior of the Palestinian Legislative Council, in Gaza City March 30, 2021. Picture taken March 30, 2021. (Reuters) Asharq Al-Awsat
Palestinian election officials announced Sunday that 36 candidate lists had been approved to run in legislative elections set for next month, the first Palestinian polls in 15 years.
The vote, which precedes a presidential election called for July 31, is part of an effort by the dominant Palestinian movements Fatah secularists and Hamas Islamists to boost international support for Palestinian governance, AFP reported.
Groups had until Wednesday to submit their lists of candidates to contest in the May 22 legislative polls.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas flew to Germany on Monday for a medical checkup, Palestinian officials said.
Abbas, 85, has long been in poor health and was admitted to hospital with pneumonia in 2018. A heavy smoker, he was also treated in a U.S. hospital the same year during a trip to address the U.N. Security Council.
Abbas flew by Jordanian helicopter from his Ramallah headquarters in the Israeli-occupied West Bank to Amman, where he made a brief comment on the placing of Jordanian King Abdullah’s half-brother under house arrest.