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Jordan arrested senior suspect over contact with Saudi crown prince Encrypted messages between Bassem Awadallah and Mohammed bin Salman intercepted and deciphered by Jordanian intelligence, sources tell MEE Bassem Awadallah speaks at a 2006 event (AFP) By Published date: 13 April 2021 13:55 UTC | Last update: 14 hours 54 min ago Bassem Awadallah, a senior ex-Jordanian official, was arrested over an alleged coup attempt after Jordan’s intelligence services intercepted and deciphered encrypted voice and text messages between him and Sa...

Disabled Syrian children in Jordan: Exclusion from education exacerbates the difficulties of asylum April 13, 2021 Ruqayyah, who suffers from bowed legs, is helped by her mother at their home in the Abu Nseir area of the Jordanian capital Amman, 2/3/2021 (Syria Direct) AMMAN — Women gather to drink morning coffee at an apartment in a housing complex with a beautiful view of the northern Abu Nseir area, a suburb of the Jordanian capital Amman. It is a seemingly  ordinary and familiar scene. However, all these women are widowed Syrian refugees who fled the grinding war in their homeland to s...

As the Islamic world prepares to welcome the holy month of Ramadan, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, urges greater support for millions of refugees and internally

Doctrinaire Severity Despite their doctrinaire severity, Salafi Muslims have never developed a coherent system of beliefs nor sustainable organizational structures. They have always been a divided community. Rudolph Chimelli provides background information When the first Salafi Muslims appeared in Western European cities, they were often laughed at, even by their fellow Muslims. This is because most of the young men wore trouser legs so short that their naked ankles were visible in their attempt to emulate the apparel of the Prophet Mohammed and his companions. These strictly pious Muslims...

AMMAN — Jordan has achieved all the targets that were set in the second review under $1.3 billion Extended Fund Facility (EFF) arrangement and has maintained the pace of reforms, said Jihad Azour, director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Middle East and Central Asia Department.The IMF is supporting Jordan’s reform agenda that was initiated last year with the objective