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Jordan

a file picture shows a Jordanian man opening his currency exchange shop at the Jaber border crossing between Jordan and Syria. (AFP)

Questions persist over Jordan’s economic recovery plan

MENA

Children sit in front of moldy bread in their shelter, in Aslam, Hajjah, Yemen. (AFP)

MENA refugees uniquely vulnerable to effects of COVID-19

Jordan

Ahlam Aref Ahmad al-Tamimi during an interview in her home in the Jordanian capital of Amman. (AP)

US reopens old extradition dispute with Jordan

culture

A guard watches over the site of Jordan’s ancient city of Petra, which remains empty of tourists amid the COVID-19 pandemic crisis. (AFP)

Ancient Petra a ghost town as Jordan’s tourism hit by pandemic

UAE Ambassador to the US

A file picture of Yousef Al Otaiba, Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to the United States, speaking during the United Against Nu)clear Iran (UANI) 2018 summit. (DPA)

In historic op-ed in Israeli press, UAE ambassador warns against annexation

Saudi Arabia

Muslims pray during the Laylat al-Qadr, or Night of Power, during the month of Ramadan, at the Grand Mosque in Mecca, last May. (SPA/ REUTERS)

Saudi authorities yet to announce hajj plans as they weigh coronavirus risks

Arab countries

People wearing protective face masks wait to complete their paper work in the Civil Status Department after Jordan’s public sector employees returned gradually to work. (Reuters)

Arab countries to gradually lift COVID-19 restrictions

Arab countries

A yemeni man carries his son who holds a balloon outside a shopping mall ahead of Eid al-Fitr holiday, in Sanaa, Yemen. (Reuters)

For Muslims, an unusual Eid al-Fitr amid pandemic to follow a subdued Ramadan

Palestine

A file picture shows Jordanian King Abdullah II deliver a speech at the European Parliament, last January, in Strasbourg, France. (AFP)

King Abdullah of Jordan warns of “massive conflict” if Israel proceeds with annexation