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On Risky Israel Trip, Biden Now Faces Aftermath Of Gaza Hospital Strikes

Aboard Air Force One: US President Joe Biden’s wartime trip to Israel and Jordan faltered before it got off the ground Tuesday, after the Amman…

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Arab Leaders’ Meeting With Biden Cancelled Over Gaza Hospital Attack

Biden is scheduled to arrive in Israel today on a solidarity visit to express support for Israel. Jerusalem:  A huge explosion at a Gaza hospital…

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Jordan’s King Abdullah meets UK’s foreign secretary

AMMAN: Jordan’s King Abdullah II on Thursday received the UK’s Foreign Secretary James Cleverly, the Jordan News Agency reported. Crown Prince Hussein bin Abdullah, Jordanian…

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New forum aims to tackle Syria-Jordan drug smuggling

AMMAN: A new forum to combat drug smuggling from war-ravaged Syria through Jordan to the wealthy Gulf states held its first meeting in Amman on…

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Killing of Syrian Captagon kingpin turns up the heat on drug smugglers of the Middle East

DUBAI/AMMAN: Just days after Ayman Safadi, Jordan’s foreign minister, warned in an interview with CNN that his country is “not taking the threat of drug…

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Houthi attacks on oil infrastructure ‘driving Yemen’s government into bankruptcy’

AMMAN: The UN relief agency has warned of a major disruption to services for Palestinian refugees unless it receives an immediate cash injection. Philippe Lazzarini,…

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Lebanese PM expects progress in talks with IMF over meltdown

BEIRUT: “Lebanon always needs Arab sponsorship, and (I hope) all the Gulf countries, in particular, will restore ties with Lebanon, which needs its Arab environment…

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