Uncertainty grips Middle Eastern markets
Jewish Journal
November 17, 2015
The impact of the Middle East’s ongoing woes on the region’s tourism businesses has been well documented.
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syria
Israeli minister urges West to give more arms to Kurds, Jordan
Jewish Journal
February 6, 2015
Western states should provide more weapons to Jordan, Egypt, Kurdish forces and certain opposition forces in Syria, Israel\’s Strategic Affairs Minister Yuval Steinitz said on the sidelines of the Munich Security conference on Friday.
Jordan military jets pound Islamic State as king comforts pilot’s family
Jewish Journal
February 5, 2015
Jordanian fighter jets pounded Islamic State targets in Syria on Thursday, before roaring over the hometown of the pilot killed by the militants while King Abdullah consoled the victim\’s family.
Palestinian activist calls to reform UNRWA
Jewish Journal
December 15, 2014
Bassem Eid, a Palestinian human rights activist, has launched a crusade against the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), tasked with providing “assistance and protection” for five million Palestinian refugees around the world.
Obama promises more aid, loan guarantees to Jordan
Jewish Journal
December 5, 2014
President Barack Obama said on Friday that the United States and its allies are making slow but steady progress in the fight against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria, and he pledged new aid to Jordan to grapple with Syrian refugees.
Islamic State’s appeal presents Jordan with new test
Jewish Journal
August 29, 2014
He had a good job and a loving family, but it wasn\’t enough for a 25-year old Jordanian who abandoned his life of privilege in Amman to join the Islamic State group that has seized swathes of neighboring Iraq and Syria.
Securing Syrian refugees’ future tied to Israel’s security
Jewish Journal
June 25, 2014
I have visited Israel many times in my life, but my most recent trip will remain seared into my memory forever.
The forgotten refugees of Ghouta, Syria
Simone Wilson
December 12, 2013
The most infamous attack over two-and-a-half years of civil war in Syria — a silent sarin gassing in the city of Ghouta that killed more than 1,500 and sent allied countries to the brink of world war — came in the night.
Israelis helping Syrian refugees in Jordan: Balancing aid and diplomacy
Simone Wilson
December 11, 2013
Mafraq is a single-story city in the desert flats of northern Jordan, built in beige and white, spiked with mosques and dotted with chalky vacant lots that suffice as soccer courts.
Jewish groups sending aid to Syrian refugees in Jordan
Jewish Journal
July 25, 2013
A coalition of Jewish groups is providing more than $100,000 in aid to Syrian refugees in Jordan.
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