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Saud al-Sharafat

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Dr. Saud Al-Sharafat is a former brigadier general in the Jordanian General Intelligence Directorate as well as founder and chairman of the Shorufat Center for Globalization and Terrorism Studies in Amman. His writings mainly focus on issues pertinent to globalization and global terrorism.

Jordan | May 26, 2021

Jordan tacitly approves anti-Israel protests

Jordanian authorities have appeared more lenient toward the recent protests that erupted across the kingdom in support of Palestinians.

Supporters of Jordan's Muslim Brotherhood take part in a protest in the village of Sweimeh, near the Jordanian border with the occupied West Bank, on May 21, 2021, to express their solidarity with Palestinians and to celebrate the ceasefire.
Jordan | Apr 1, 2021

Critics react to US-Jordan defense agreement

The Jordanian government bypassed parliament and approved a controversial agreement signed between Jordan and the United States that regulates the status of US forces present in the kingdom, which raised much controversy.

US troops in Jordan
Jordan | Jan 12, 2021

Jordan revisits relationship with Muslim Brotherhood

Despite the good relations the Muslim Brotherhood enjoyed when it first emerged in Jordan, the group has lost sway in the kingdom as authorities escalate their crackdown.

Flags of Jordan and the Muslim Brotherhood are waved with other protest signs denouncing the US-led Middle East economic conference in Bahrain, during a post-Friday prayers demonstration against US President Donald Trump's "Deal of the Century" in the Jordanian capital Amman on June 21, 2019. (Photo by Khalil MAZRAAWI / AFP)        (Photo credit should read KHALIL MAZRAAWI/AFP via Getty Images)

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Hezbollah grip on Lebanon must end, says Christian leader

Samir Geagea, leader of the Christian Lebanese Forces party, speaks to AFP during an interview at his residence in Maarab, north of the capital Beirut
by Layal Abou Rahal | AFP | May 21, 2022

Palestinian militant teen killed by Israelis in West Bank clash

The sisters of 17-year-old Palestinian Amjad al-Fayed killed in clashes during an Israeli army raid in Jenin on the occupied West Bank mourn his death
by Jaafar ASHTIYEH | AFP | May 21, 2022

US lawmakers seek FBI probe into Palestinian journalist's death

A van driver holds a portrait of Palestinian-American Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh as he passes the spot where she was killed while covering clashes in Jenin in the occupied West Bank
Agence France-Presse | AFP | May 20, 2022
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