AMMAN popularity and AMMAN trends

AMMAN (Reuters) - The main Syrian National Council opposition group said it had accepted the resignation of its president, setting the stage for a showdown between the powerful Muslim Brotherhood and its political rivals over who will be the new leader.

The stunning archaeological site of Petra, Jordan is preparing for the 200th anniversary of its rediscovery, coming up this August.The Jordanian tourism industry is hanging its hopes on increased visits because of the anniversary, which marks the 1812 "discovery" of the city by Swiss explorer Johann Ludwig Burckhardt, who alerted Europeans to the milleniums-old settlement that's carved out of a...

AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian police killed two people on Tuesday when they opened fire on a crowd who came out to welcome United Nations observers in the eastern province of Deir al-Zor, a rebel official said.

Amman has pointedly refused to back either President Bashar al-Assad’s regime or the rebels seeking its overthrow

Earlier this month, Jordan's new Prime Minister, Fayez Tarawneh, unveiled his new cabinet and reaffirmed the Kingdom's self-described commitment to combating corruption. But for the new government -- Jordan's fourth since the Arab Spring began -- the drive against kickbacks and wasta may be losing steam as doubts arise about the progress of the anti-corruption campaign. The crackdown o...

AMMAN  - The United States and its allies have started in Jordan what was described as the largest military exercises in the Middle East in 10 years, focusing on “irregular warfare,” top officers said on Tuesday.“Yesterday we began to apply the skills that we have developed over the last weeks in an irregular warfare scenario ... They will last for approximately the ...

AMMAN – Syrian troops backed by armoured vehicles yesterday shot dead seven civilians when they overran a rebellious Sunni Muslim village west of the city of Hama, burning houses and arresting dozens of people, an activists’ organisation said.

Protests have remained small and peaceful in Amman but critics say government's lack of real reform will lead to discontentIt was only his second day in office, but Fayez al-Tarawneh, Jordan's brand new prime minister, was already getting a hard time from the demonstrators streaming out of the mosque, shouting slogans against him, against corruption, price rises and the peace treaty with Israel...

Syrian rebels killed at least seven pro-government militiamen in a Damascus suburb on Wednesday, activists said, and an explosion wounded eight soldiers escorting UN ceasefire observers in the southern province of Deraa.

REUTERS/Patrick T. Fallon The full "super Moon", scientifically known as a "perigee moon", rises over Los Angeles, California May 5, 2012. A "super Moon" lit up Saturday's night sky in a once-a-year cosmic show, overshadowing a meteor shower from remnants of Halley's Comet, the U.S. space agency NASA said. The Moon looked especially big and [...]

Demonstrators in Amman burn Israeli and US flags, call for comprehensive reforms; protest comes after newly sworn in PM Fayez al-Tarawneh says he would support signing agreement with Israel if faced with choice again.

Un millier de personnes ont manifesté vendredi à Amman contre Fayez Tarawneh, le Premier ministre désigné jeudi en remplacement d’Aoun Khassawneh, accusant le roi Abdallah II...lire la suitehistoires liées19:19 BNP Paribas Fortis va « reconstruire » son siège à Bruxelles19:31 Joly accuse Sarkozy de tenir « des propos pétainistes »19:26 Elio Di Rupo en visite Charleroi19:25 RER : refus du permis...

El clérigo radical Abu Qatada, considerado en su momento líder espiritual de Al-Qaida en Europa y mano derecha de Osama bin Laden, fue arrestado ayer en Londres. El Gobierno británico tiene la intención de deportarle a Jordania y por eso, según afirmó su titular de Interior, Theresa May, se reiniciarán los trámites tras recibir garantías del Gobierno de Amman de que tendrá un juicio civil, esta...

HATE preacher’s filthy home in Amman is far cry from £400k five-bedroom semi in London

AMMAN  - A 20-year-old Pakistani farmer was charged on Wednesday with killing his wife and her teenage “lover” when he found them together at his house in Jordan, a judicial official said. “He shot dead his 18-year-old wife and her lover, who was 17, on Tuesday, in the Jordan Valley,” where the unnamed suspect worked on a farm, the official told AFP. “He has ...

AMMAN  - A 20-year-old Pakistani farmer was charged on Wednesday with killing his wife and her teenage “lover” when he found them together at his house in Jordan, a judicial official said. “He shot dead his 18-year-old wife and her lover, who was 17, on Tuesday, in the Jordan Valley,” where the unnamed suspect worked on a farm, the official told AFP. “He has ...

A regional conference on health care in prisons, organized by the ICRC, started today in Amman.

Dank eines Satzes auf die Schanzenrekord-Weite von 141 Metern hat Daiki Ito am Donnerstagabend das Skispringen im norwegischen Trondheim für sich entschieden. Der Japaner verwies den Halbzeit-Führenden, den Deutschen Richard Freitag, und den wiedererstarkten Schweizer Simon Amman auf die Plätze zwei und drei. Bester Österreicher wurde Thomas Morgenstern, der den siebenten Platz holte.

The Home Secretary (pictured), who is understood to have flown to Amman, wants to strike a deal aimed at sending the terror suspect back to face justice in his native land.

Erekat says Israel, PA agreed that "exploratory" talks in Jordanian capital would be confidential, Jerusalem leaked information to media to destroy chances for resuming peace process.

L'Irak va rapidement donner le feu vert à une demande saoudienne de nomination d'un ambassadeur non résident en Irak, qui serait le premier à occuper ces fonctions depuis 1990, a indiqué hier le ministre irakien des Affaires étrangères. L'ambassadeur saoudien à Amman a présenté ses lettres de...

Simon Amman a décidé de poursuivre sa carrière jusqu'au Jeux...

Amman (dpa) - Außenminister Guido Westerwelle ist heute in Ägypten zu Gast. In Kairo trifft er sich mit Vertretern der christlichen Minderheit und der islamisch-konservativen Partei für Freiheit und...

Amman (dpa) - Zum Auftakt seiner Nahost-Reise hat Außenminister Guido Westerwelle den UN-Sicherheitsrat zur Einigkeit in der Syrien-Frage aufgerufen. Es sei ein starkes Signal für ein Ende der Gewalt...

Bereitschaft zum Dialog zwischen Israeli und Palästinenser in der Schwebe

Release Time:  For Immediate Release Today, as a part of their regular communication and cooperation on bilateral and regional issues, President  Obama spoke with Prime Minister Netanyahu of Israel.  They reviewed the recent meetings between Israeli and Palestinian negotiators in Amman and the President reaffirmed his commitment t...

Israel und die Palästinenser treffen sich wieder zu Verhandlungen in Amman. Die Palästinenser forderten aber weiterhin einen israelischen Siedlungsstopp als Bedingung für neue Verhandlungen.

AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian actress Fadwa Suleiman says she was drawn to a life in drama because of its promise of freedom.

The special envoy for Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, attorney Yitzhak Molcho, and chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erakat will meet in Amman.

[[342974]] AMMAN (AFP) : Israéliens et Palestiniens se retrouvent mardi en Jordanie pour la première fois depuis septembre 2010 mais prennent soin de souligner que cette réunion ne doit pas être considérée comme une relance du processus de paix. La Jordanie, signataire d'un traité de paix avec...

Israeli and Palestinian representatives will meet in Amman, Jordan, on Tuesday in an effort to relaunch negotiations between the two sides after more than a year of deadlock, Jordanian state media reported Sunday.

"Nous n'avons pas peur" crient ces manifestants jordaniens. Réunie à Amman devant le bureau du premier ministre, l'opposition islamiste dénonce…

Syrians living in Jordan, shown protesting in front of the Syrian Embassy in Amman, have attacked their embassy, wounding at least two diplomats in the first time a violent protest against leader Bashar Assad has spilled over the border.Full Coverage: Syria

AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian authorities arrested a blogger on Sunday who was traveling to Jordan to attend a conference on freedom of the press in the region, her friends said.

Being from Jordan and having visited Silicon Valley on a number of occasions, this visit (along with others) continue to show how the realities of the Valley stand in stark contrast with what an emerging world founder, particularly in the Middle East and North Africa, face to start and scale a Web business. I believe the lack of a well-developed ecosystem (funding, mentoring, risk culture, law...

AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian forces killed four villagers in the central province of Homs on Tuesday in a crackdown on the most defiant centre of opposition to President Bashar al-Assad in an eight-month-old uprising, activists said. Two children, aged around ten, were among those killed when tanks fired machineguns at… Visit: http://www.nation.com.pk for full story