Abdullah II of Jordan

Jordan's king: Tough talk as war rages nearby

2013-06-17 10:13:00

AMMAN, Jordan — Amid escalating concern about spillover effects of the war in neighboring Syria, Jordan’s King Abdullah II has warned that his kingdom is able "at any moment" to protect its national interests. Addressing a group of cadets in...

Syria conflict: Hopes for peace conference may be dashed

2013-05-28 20:23:00

BEIRUT— With violence increasingly spilling over Syria's borders, refugees swamping its neighbors and new arms transfers to both sides on the horizon, a solution to the Syrian conflict has rarely seemed so urgent — and so far beyond reach....

Syria refugees resume flow into Jordan after lull

2013-05-25 16:29:00

AMMAN, Jordan — Refugees from war-ravaged Syria began trickling back into Jordan on Saturday, a week after a more than two-year exodus had all but ceased, raising fear of thousands of Syrians stranded in the battle zone. Jordanian officials denied...

CIA buys trouble in Afghanistan

2013-05-02 00:00:00

In a time when the whetted and arbitrary deficit-reduction knife is cutting bone out of critical U.S. government programs, the image of shopping bags stuffed with CIA cash handed off on a monthly basis to Afghan President Hamid Karzai — who reigns...

The Week Ahead: Baiting Iran, briefing Brussels, a call to Brunei

2013-04-22 01:00:00

Azerbaijan taunting Iran with Azerbaijani confab, Israel visit Through Tuesday, April 23 — Azerbaijan has sent its foreign minister to Israel this week for the first time since the former Soviet republic re-embraced its Islamic heritage 22 years...

Kerry arrives for Afghanistan visit, will skip Pakistan for now

2013-03-25 05:20:00

KABUL, Afghanistan -- In his debut diplomatic swing, Secretary of State John F. Kerry is sidestepping Pakistan for fear that Pakistanis could misinterpret a visit as American meddling in the country’s historic effort to choose a new civilian...

U.S. hands over control of Bagram prison to Afghan government

2013-03-25 10:20:00

BAGRAM, Afghanistan—The U.S. handed over control of the prison at Bagram air base to the Afghan government Monday, resolving a major sticking point that had been complicating relations between Washington and Kabul as both countries brace for the...

Jordanian council calls King Abdullah a Zionist agent

2013-03-24 17:33:00

AMMAN, Jordan -- A tribal council long allied with the Jordanian monarchy has labeled King Abdullah II a Zionist agent because of comments he made in an interview with the Atlantic magazine. “You practiced the role of agent for the forces of...

Obama defends U.S. approach to Syrian conflict

2013-03-22 13:04:00

AMMAN, Jordan — Standing less than 100 miles from the Syrian border, President Obama on Friday defended his administration’s reluctance to use U.S. military force to quell the civil war in that country, saying experience has shown that slow...

Why is Obama going to Israel?

2013-03-19 00:00:00

President Obama is visiting Israel this week, the first foreign trip of his second term. Some commentators have criticized the tour as a diversion from the president's intention to pivot toward the Asia-Pacific region. Why go to Israel now, they ask,...

Caltech President Jean-Lou Chameau leaving for Saudi Arabia post

2013-02-19 12:04:11

Donors pledge about $1.5 billion in Syrian aid

2013-01-30 18:30:00

BEIRUT -- Amid dire warnings that funds are running low to care for victims of the Syrian conflict, the United Nations said Wednesday that donors had pledged about $1.5 billion to help war-battered Syrians, exceeding the U.N.’s target appeal....

Jordanian King Abdullah II, right, and his son Crown Prince Hussein, second from right, attend a military graduation ceremony Sunday in Karak, Jordan.

2013-06-16 00:00:00

Ironically, Jordan's King Abdullah II's rollout of a "democratic empowerment" project coincided with his government's action to block local access to about 300 domestic websites. Above: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with King Abdullah near the Dead Sea in Jordan.

2013-05-26 00:00:00

President Obama talks with King Abdullah II as he concludes a visit to Jordan. Abdullah faces criticism at home for comments he made in an interview with the Atlantic magazine.

2013-03-23 00:00:00