King Abdullah

Zaki Bani Rsheid, deputy leader of the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood, accused the political regime in Jordan of "using events in Syria and Egypt to restrict reform and the fight...

Jordanian King Abdullah II has affirmed that he refuses to dismiss the role of the Muslim Brotherhood from the political process in his country. Speaking to Chinese news agency,...

A Qatari academic has made a personal appeal to Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah to intervene in an attempt to ease the blockade of the Gaza Strip. Dr. Mohammed Mesfer,...

Jordanian journalists are accusing their country's government of interfering in the editorial policy of their newspaper. The journalists working at Al-Rai Newspaper, the biggest daily in Jordan, announced on...

US Secretary of State John Kerry returned on Sunday to Jerusalem after visiting Amman and Riyadh, where he met with key Arab leaders and received their full support for...

Egypt has renewed its condemnation of Israeli violations in occupied Jerusalem. Foreign Minister Mohammed Kamel Amr denounced on Monday Israel's policies which set out to change the status quo...

Members of Egypt's Shura (Consultative) Council have demanded the expulsion of the Israeli ambassador in protest at the ongoing violations of the sanctity of Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem....

According to a report by the London-based Al-Hayat newspaper, Jordanian decision makers are becoming increasingly concerned about the ongoing political crisis in Egypt and the prospect that the country...

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham has expressed his concern that the Jordanian regime is threatened by the ongoing Syria conflict, pointing out that King Abdullah is moderate and America's ally...

US Secretary of State John Kerry has been preoccupied with the Middle East recently. After visiting Egypt and Saudi Arabia in order to repair damaged relations, he headed to...

When Mohammed Morsi was ousted by the Egyptian military on 3 July, Saudi Arabia was one of the first nations to express its support for the new regime. The...

Political sources in Israel, described as "high-level", have claimed that the government in Jordan is now very weak and is close to collapse. While the United States is trying...

A 200km barricade being built along the Egypt-Israel border, originally designed to deter illegal immigrants and smugglers from entering Israel, has this week taken on a new significance. In...

It should come as no surprise that King Abdullah of Jordan has cancelled a proposed visit to Britain during which he was to attend the annual fundraising dinner of...

Anyone following the Gulf media, particularly in Saudi Arabia, will notice a vicious campaign against the Muslim Brotherhood, Islamic movements in general, and Imams whose influence has grown thanks...

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas surprised us by flying to Amman and signing an agreement that stipulates that Jordan's King Abdullah is the protector of the holy sites in Jerusalem...

King Abdullah has chosen to speak about two of the most important "domestic challenges" faced by Jordan today: the future of the political reform process and democratic transformation, and...

King Abdullah fears the Muslim Brotherhood, which challenges the kingdom's claim to be the protector of Islam It took almost 60 years for the CIA to own up to...

If President Barack Obama has disappointed the Syrian opposition by seeking congressional approval for an attack on Syria, he did the same to America's allies in the Middle East....