Jordan

AMMAN, Apr 28 (NNN-PETRA) – King Abdullah II of Jordan, yesterday met with visiting Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, and stressed the need to work with the international community, to restore calm in Jerusalem.

During the meeting in Amman, King Abdullah underscored the importance of stepping up efforts, to prevent further violations against Islamic and Christian holy sites, and the people of Jerusalem, according to a statement by the Royal Hashemite Court.

AMMAN, April 27 (Xinhua) -- King Abdullah II of Jordan on Wednesday met with visiting Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and stressed the need to work with the international community to restore calm in Jerusalem.

During a meeting in Amman with visiting Palestinian President, King Abdullah underscored the importance of stepping up efforts to prevent further violations against Islamic and Christian holy sites and the people of Jerusalem, according to a statement by the Royal Hashemite Court.

SABHA, Jordan (AP) — Efforts to restore damaged but once fertile land in Jordan’s desert is sprouting hope for one of the world’s most water-scarce nations, as a land assessment report Wednesday warned of the growing scale of global degradation.

Local organizations believe projects that reintroduce native plants and implement smart water harvesting systems will cushion the impacts of climate change and desertification, which are only set to worsen, according to the United Nations report.

AMMAN, Apr 26 (NNN-PETRA) – King Abdullah II of Jordan and U.S. President Joe Biden, yesterday reiterated the importance of maintaining coordination, to prevent the recurrence of violations in Jerusalem that may threaten regional peace, the Royal Hashemite Court said.

During a phone call, they reaffirmed the commitment of the two countries, to continuously work towards global and regional peace, according to a statement by the royal court.

25 April 2022; MEMO: Jordan's King Abdullah agreed with US President Joe Biden on the need to prevent a repeat of recent confrontations in Jerusalem's Muslim holy sites that sparked concerns of wider conflict, state media said, and Reuters reports.

In a phone call on Monday, Abdullah was quoted as saying the cornerstone of peace was a comprehensive Arab Israeli settlement based on a two-state solution whereby a Palestinian State would emerge alongside Israel.

AMMAN, April 21 (Reuters) - The Arab League called on Israel on Thursday to end Jewish prayers inside the compound of Islam's third holiest shrine in East Jerusalem, warning it was a flagrant affront to Muslim feelings that could trigger wider conflict.

They said while Israel was restricting the right of worship of Muslims in Jerusalem's Old City, ultra-nationalist Jews under police protection were being allowed at the height of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan to enter the Al-Aqsa mosque compound.

21 April 2022; MEMO: A State Department delegation has arrived in Jordan to discuss ways to stop the tensions escalating in occupied East Jerusalem, Anadolu reported.

The delegation is visiting Amman as part of a tour that also includes Israel, the occupied West Bank and Egypt, the State Department said in a statement.

AMMAN, Apr 19 (NNN-PETRA) – Jordan yesterday summoned the Israeli charge d’affaires of the Israeli embassy in Amman, to protest against Israel’s operations in the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, the Jordanian Foreign Ministry said.

Jordan’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman, Haitham Abu Al-Foul, stressed the need to respect the right of worshippers to perform their prayers, without any restrictions, calling for ending all attempts to impose temporal and spatial division at the holy sites.

AMMAN, Apr 13 (NNN-PETRA) – King Abdullah II of Jordan, yesterday had a successful surgery on a thoracic herniated disc, in Germany, the Royal Hashemite Court said, in a statement.

The surgery took place at a specialist hospital in Frankfurt, and the king would follow a period of rest before his return to Jordan, the statement said.

AMMAN, April 9 (Reuters) - Jordan's King Abdullah will go to Germany on Sunday to undergo urgent surgery for a slipped disc in the back, the royal palace said.

A palace statement said the operation in a specialist hospital in Frankfurt will require a week of rest before the monarch can return to Jordan.