AMMAN (Reuters) - Jordan has intensified efforts to push Israel to respect the historic status quo of Jerusalem's Al Aqsa mosque and avoid violent confrontations that could threaten a wider conflict, ...

Jordan’s King Abdullah II has rejected calls to restore access to a border area where tens of thousands of Syrians are stranded, local media reported on Monday. Jordan declared the area around the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Syria, Jordan and the United States have announced plans to restore security in Suwayda, where sectarian violence in July claimed ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, U.S. Ambassador to Turkey and Special Envoy to Syria Tom Barrack, ...

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