ANKARA (AA) – Iraq, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Qatar have condemned Saturday’s Israeli airstrikes on Iranian territory. In a statement, Oman’s Foreign Ministry expressed “strong condemnation and denunciation” of the strikes, calling them a “blatant violation of (Iran’s) sovereignty” and “a clear breach of interna...
ANKARA (AA) – Jordan has dismissed Israeli media reports alleging that military personnel from the kingdom had crossed its western borders into Israel. In an official statement, the Jordanian army urged the public to “rely on official sources for accurate information and to avoid spreading rumors and misinformation.” Earlier, two Israeli...
ANKARA (AA) – Jordan’s foreign minister has said that the creation of a Palestinian state is the key to peace in the region. “Without the establishment of a sovereign state for the Palestinians, Israel will not achieve peace,” Ayman Safadi said at the Future of Palestine Conference in Ankara. He said Israel only brings destruction [&hell...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Iran has threatened to target US-allied Middle Eastern countries if they allow Israel to use their military bases or airspace in an announced “retaliatory” strike, the American Wall Street Journal reported. Tehran has sent out warnings through diplomatic channels that it will retaliate against any Arab state that fa...
Turkish president calls for coercive UN Security Council measures against Israel; Jordanian King warns of crisis threatening UN legitimacy Muslim Network TV NEW YORK (MNTV) – Jordan’s King Abdullah II and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivered scathing criticism against Israel on the opening day of the 79th United Nations Gene...
AMMAN, Jordan (AA) – Jordan has said that it has again closed the King Hussein Bridge (Allenby) Crossing with the West Bank to both outbound and inbound travelers, as well as cargo, hours after statements regarding its reopening. In a statement from the Public Security Directorate, which operates under the Interior Ministry, authorities ...
Jerusalem, Undefined – AFP Three people were killed in what police described as a “shooting attack” near the Allenby Crossing between the occupied West Bank and Jordan on Sunday morning, Israel’s emergency service said. “We found three men lying unconscious, with no pulse and not breathing, with gunshot wounds. To...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan held phone discussions with his counterparts from Türkiye, Egypt, Jordan, Bahrain and Gambia on halting the violence in Gaza and supporting Palestinian rights. Bin Farhan spoke with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan about the latest developments on the Palestinian issue, ...
WASHINGTON (AA) – US President Joe Biden spoke by phone with Jordan’s King Abdullah II on efforts to de-escalate regional tensions, including through a Gaza cease-fire and prisoner swap deal, said the White House. “The President thanked His Majesty for his friendship and affirmed unwavering US support for Jordan as a partner ...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US Department of State on Monday designated the Iraq-based Harakat Ansar Allah al-Awfiya as “specially designated global terrorists.” The State Department said in a statement that the group’s secretary-general, Haydar Muzhir Ma’lak al-Sa’idi, has also been designated as a terrorist. Har...
