Jordan proposes Syria peace plan during Arab FM Saudi meeting - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Beatrice Farhat

Beatrice Farhat

Apr 14, 2023

This picture shows a view of the Zaatari camp for Syrian refugees, near the Jordanian city of Mafraq. — This picture shows a view of the Zaatari camp for Syrian refugees, near the Jordanian city of Mafraq, about 80km north of the capital, Amman, on Oct. 17, 2022. The Zaatari camp is home to some 80,000 Syrian refugees, about half of whom are children, according to the United Nations. The UN has 675,000 Syrian refugees registered in Jordan, but Amman estimates the real figure to be about twice that and says the cost of hosting them has exceeded $12 billion. — KHALIL MAZRAAWI/afp/AFP via Getty Images

Officers of the Directorate of Narcotics Control of Saudi Arabia's Interior Ministry sort through tablets of captagon (Fenethylline) seized during a special operation and presented before AFP afterward in the Red Sea coastal city of Jeddah on March 1, 2022.

Jordanian military kills drug smugglers on Syrian border

Adam Lucente

In New York City, reporting on regional news, militancy, climate change

Saudi Arabia announced a major Captagon bust this week, with nearly 8 million pills seized.

Saudi Arabia seizes 8 million Captagon pills as it courts Syria's Assad to clamp down

Adam Lucente

In New York City, reporting on regional news, militancy, climate change

Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan (L), Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul-Gheit, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad (R) arrive for a regional meeting on Syria, in Amman on May 1, 2023. - Arab foreign ministers will gather in Jordan on May 1, to discuss Syria's long-running conflict and ending Damascus's diplomatic isolation in the region, the foreign ministry in Amman said. (Photo by Khalil MAZRAAWI / AFP) (Photo by KHALIL MAZRAAWI/afp/AFP v

Jordan hosts meeting to facilitate Syria’s return to Arab League

Adam Lucente

In New York City, reporting on regional news, militancy, climate change

People walk past election campaign billboards depicting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, a candidate for the upcoming presidential vote, in the capital Damascus, on May 25, 2021.

After Arab League vote, US 'skeptical' Syria’s Assad will make concessions

Elizabeth Hagedorn

Elizabeth Hagedorn

In Washington, DC, reporting on diplomacy, regional politics, human rights