Syrian hostage crisis: All 21 UN peacekeepers freed, arrive safe in Amman

Last Updated: Sunday, March 10, 2013, 00:42

Syrian rebels on the Golan Heights on Saturday released the 21 Filipino peacekeepers they had held hostage for past three days.

Jordan`s King inaugurates new Parliament

Last Updated: Sunday, February 10, 2013, 19:36

Jordan`s King has inaugurated the kingdom`s newly elected Parliament with a pledge to press ahead with democratisation.

UK, Jordan discuss radical cleric`s deportation

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 12, 2012, 09:30

Britain has attempted since 2001 to remove Abu Qatada, allegedly a key al Qaeda operative in Europe, to stand trial in Jordan.

Nine Syrian judges defect: Activists

Last Updated: Sunday, December 9, 2012, 23:18

Syrian activists say nine state judges and prosecutors have defected to the opposition.

Jordan home to over 180,000 Syrian refugees

Last Updated: Monday, September 3, 2012, 09:54

Jordan will continue to provide services to the Syrians who fled their country into the Kingdom in the fields of health and education.

French military medics head to Syrian border

Last Updated: Thursday, August 9, 2012, 14:48

France, Syria`s onetime colonial ruler, has been in the forefront of diplomatic efforts to end fighting in Syria.

Jordan grants asylum to defecting Syrian pilot

Last Updated: Friday, June 22, 2012, 13:56

The Syrian Defence Ministry termed the airman a ``traitor`` and was in contact with Amman to retrieve the plane.

Israel to blame for failure of latest talks: Abbas

Last Updated: Sunday, January 29, 2012, 14:25

Israel says it wants to keep talking, and that it is serious about reaching a peace deal by the year`s end.

Rajiv trial: Names of Prabhakaran, Amman dropped

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 26, 2010, 16:06

The names of LTTE chief V Prabhakaran and his deputy Pottu Amman have been removed from the list of accused in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case by a designated court.

I have not been sidelined after KP`s advent: Karuna

Last Updated: Sunday, September 12, 2010, 17:31

A former top commander of the vanquished group and cabinet minister Karuna Amman has denied of being sidelined following the development.

Karuna Amman warns arms groups in the East

Last Updated: Sunday, June 6, 2010, 16:10

Amman has cleared that Lankan govt wont tolerate arms groups in the east.

Sri Lanka asks Interpol to treat Pottu Amman as dead

Last Updated: Thursday, March 18, 2010, 17:39

Sri Lanka has asked Interpol to remove the name of feared Tamil Tiger intelligence chief Pottu Amman from its most wanted list, though his body has never been found even ten months after the military campaign against LTTE ended.