Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Jordan faces its most difficult challenge in decades amid internal unrest and revolt in neighboring Syria, a report said. The Institute for National Security Studies asserted that King Abdullah has faced his toughest challenge since he ascended to the throne in 1998. INSS said the Hashemite kingdom could be […]
John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — After the heady and often dizzying political changes optimistically described as the Arab Spring, many of these same Middle Eastern states may be heading for what sadly looks like an Arab Winter. The seasonal political shift was predictable, but the end results remain in flux. The three great Middle […]
Special to WorldTribune.com AMMAN — Jordan, in what was expected to hamper reconciliation, has blocked an official visit by Hamas. The Hashemite kingdom has prevented a visit by Hamas political bureau chief Khaled Masha’al. Jordanian sources said the General Intelligence agency recommended against allowing Masha’al to enter amid rising Islamic unrest. “There are official sides […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Egypt has reported another explosion at the Arab Gas Pipeline. Officials said the pipeline, which supplies Israel and Jordan with natural gas, was bombed on Nov. 25. They said the attack took place at the facility 60 kilometers west of the northern Sinai Peninsula provincial capital of El Arish. The […]
Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — Russia is said to have sent warships to deliver an advanced air defense system to Syria. Arab diplomatic sources said the Russian Navy arrived in the Syrian port of Tartous in late November and brought weapons and supplies to the regime of President Bashar Assad. “We see this as a […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Sunni fighters from Jordan have launched attacks on the regime of President Bashar Assad and the kingdom has reportedly offered safe haven to Syrians fleeing the government’s crackdown. Opposition sources said Bedouins from Iraq and Jordan were conducting strikes on the Assad regime in Syria. They said the Jordanian Sunnis […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Egypt’s natural gas pipeline to neighboring Israel and Jordan has again been attacked despite pledge to secure it. The Arab Gas Pipeline was blown up in the Sinai Peninsula on Nov. 10 in the sixth such attack in 2011. Security sources said at least two bombs were detonated by remote […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Egypt has reported a crude oil discovery in the Sinai Peninsula. The Egyptian Petroleum Ministry has reported an oil discovery estimated at 5.5 million barrels in southern Sinai. The ministry said Belayim Petroleum Co. began production that reached 2,270 barrels earlier this month. The discovery took place 40 kilometers south […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States has ignored human rights and civilian relations in military education programs in the Middle East, a report said. The Government Accountability Office, in a report titled “International Military Education and Training,” asserted that the Defense Department and State Department have ignored human rights in military education programs […]
Special to WorldTribune.com RAMALLAH — The ruling Fatah movement has been studying the feasibility of maintaining the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank. Officials said Fatah has formed a panel that would determine the fate of the PA amid efforts to establish a state over the next few months. The officials said statehood efforts have […]