A large majority of Jordanian members of parliament voted last week to pass a resolution to force the government to expel the Israeli ambassador from Amman over Israeli settler attacks and attempts to occupy the Islamic holy site of the Al-Aqsa (...)
When the US magazine The Atlantic published an article by its national correspondent Jeffrey Goldberg about his interview and impressions of King Abdullah of Jordan, the country was swept by a political storm that has yet to quiet down.
The problem (...)
The struggle for power in Jordan continues, with democracy a moot point, says Ali Younes*
When Jordan's Prime Minister Awn Khasawneh took office six months ago, he was hailed as a much needed reformer with a clean slate in Jordanian politics after (...)
Whatever the outcome to the current Syrian crisis, the US may find itself in a win-win situation, says Ali Younes*
Ever since the beginning of the crisis in Syria that started last March in the southern city of Daraa, President Bashar Al-Assad seems (...)
The US is trying to convince Iran that a nuclear weapons programme is not in its own best interests rather than planning military strikes, argues Ali Younes*
The reason why there will be no US war or military strike against Iran in the near future (...)