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Jordan

Jordanian army soldiers deployed at entrances and exits of main cities to enforce COVID-19 confinement measures. (AFP)

Reintroduced compulsory service in Jordan sparks debate

eastern Mediterranean

A file photo shows Israeli Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz (L), Greece’s Energy Minister Kostis Hatzidakis (2nd-L), Egyptian Minister of Petroleum Tarek el-Molla (R) and Cypriot Energy Minister Yiorgos Lakkotrypis (2nd-R) at the East Med Gas Forum (EMGF), in Cairo, on January 16. AFP

East Med Gas Forum turns into regional organisation, in blow to Turkey

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Jordan

An April 2016 file picture shows men standing outside the main entrance of the Muslim Brotherhood’s office in the Jordanian capital, after it was shut by police. AFP

Fear of isolation drives Jordan’s Islamists to participate in election

UNRWA

Refugee students gesture on the first day of the new school year at one of the UNRWA schools, amid fears of rising numbers of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in Amman, Jordan. (Reuters)

UNRWA budget deficit, pandemic deepen Palestinian refugees’ anguish

UAE

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L), US President Donald Trump, and UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al-Nahyan (R) participate in the signing of the Abraham Accords at the White House in Washington, September 15. (AFP)

Why UAE peace with Israel could be warmer than with Egypt, Jordan

Jordan

Explosion at a Jordanian military munitions depot in the city of Zarqa, 25 kilometres east of the capital Amman. (AFP)

In Mideast deja vu, blast rocks military munitions depot in Jordan

Muslim Brotherhood

A Jordanian woman is assisted by a member of the electoral commission as she casts her ballot in the parliamentary elections at a polling station in the capital Amman on September 20, 2016. (AFP)

Jordan’s Brotherhood-linked party considers boycotting legislative poll

UAE

A man reads a copy of UAE-based The National newspaper near the Burj Khalifa, in the gulf emirate of Dubai on August 14. (AFP)

Number of Arab countries welcome UAE-Israel deal, others keep silent

Jordan

A file picture shows Jordanian teachers clashing with security forces during a protest in the capital Amman, last September. (AFP)

Showdown between Jordan teachers’ union and government escalates