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Khaled Yacoub Oweis

Khaled Yacoub Oweis

Jordan Correspondent
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Khaled has been a journalist for 25 years, mostly with Reuters in Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and London. He covered the outbreak of Arab uprisings in Yemen and Syria, Hafez Al Assad's rule, Iraq under Saddam Hussein and was war correspondent in Baghdad during the 2003 US invasion. He joined The National as Chief Foreign Writer in 2019 before moving to Amman. He was a Visiting Fellow for more than three years at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs in Berlin.
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Imad Adwan was arrested in April on charges of smuggling guns into the occupied West Bank
Jordanian MP charged with smuggling guns into West Bank goes on trial

Imad Adwan was arrested by Israeli authorities and deported to Jordan for trial

JordanSeptember 20, 2023
Household water tanks in Amman, Jordan. The kingdom's Water Ministry says the less consumers use, the more their subsidy will be protected. Reuters
Jordan announces cuts in water subsidies

Move is politically sensitive in supply scarce kingdom and will affect households and businesses, not farmers

MENASeptember 18, 2023
A demonstrator holds up sign in Suweida's main square during protests against Syrian President Bashar Al Assad's government. Photo: Suhail Thubian
Syria's Druze protest movement poses quandary for Al Assad

The transnational, close-knit nature of the minority sect makes it a tough political nut to crack

MENASeptember 15, 2023
Jordanian soldiers patrol along the border with Syria to prevent drug trafficking. AFP
Major challenges face Jordan's anti-narcotics border security plans

Jordan is the main conduit for drugs from Syria to inner Arabia

MENASeptember 13, 2023
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, right, and Hussein Al Sheikh in Ramallah this year. EPA
Abbas heir apparent in Amman as US seeks more Arab normalisation

Hussein Al Sheikh was in Riyadh, where he met American officials pursuing Saudi-Israeli deal

MENASeptember 11, 2023
An anti-Russian mural in the town of Binnish in the rebel-held north-western province of Idlib, on August 25, 2023. AFP
Violence in Syria's Idlib undermines Russian-Turkish deal

President Bashar Al Assad's loyalists have been trying to recapture a strategic hill from militants

MENASeptember 10, 2023
Arab tribal fighters in the countryside of Aleppo, near the front with areas held by a Kurdish dominated militia. Rami Al Sayed for The National
US-backed militia takes back east Syria after quelling insurgency

Washington must stop 'suppression' of Arabs in Kurdish dominated area, says Turkish Foreign Minister

MENASeptember 07, 2023
Turkey-backed fighters on the Mahsali and Arab Hasan frontline in north-east Syria fighting Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces this week. AFP
Deal to end Arab tribal insurgency against US allies in Syria

Kurdish-led militia enters stronghold of tribal leader who challenged Kurdish control

MENASeptember 06, 2023
A Turkey-backed Arab tribal fighter on the outskirts of Manbij in north-eastern Syria, which is held by a Kurdish-led militia. AFP
Arab tribal leader under Kurdish-led siege in eastern Syria

Ethnic fighting over past two weeks undermines US-led order in the resource-rich area

MENASeptember 05, 2023
The flags of the Syrian Democratic Forces and Kurdish groups in Al Tamr, in north-east Syria. Reuters
Clashes in north-east Syria kill 23, as fighting spreads

Battles reignite in oil-rich region, where up to 200 people were killed in the past week

SyriaSeptember 04, 2023
Arab tribal fighters near Jarablus in an area of Syria where more than 120 people have reportedly been killed in fighting in the past two weeks. Rami Al Sayed / The National
Kurdish militias gaining against Arab tribes in Syria

Ethnic fighting is undermining a US-supervised order in the east

MENASeptember 03, 2023
Roula Al Ajeh, left, founder of the Bareeq learning centre in Amman, with Leen, its director. Khaled Yacoub Oweis / The National
Postcard from Amman: One Syrian's mission to help her war-hit compatriots

Roula Al Ajeh's learning centre has been such a success that Jordanians are also clamouring to attend

WeekendSeptember 01, 2023
Damage from a reported air strike on August 31, 2023 on a Syrian farm, which is situated in a drug trafficking zone near the border with Jordan. Photo: Suwayda24
Syrian farm on border drug corridor with Jordan hit from the air

There were no reported casualties from raid on the drug corridor in the south of Suwaida

MENAAugust 31, 2023
Female members of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) outside Ghwayran prison in Syria's north-eastern city of Hasakeh. AFP
Old ethnic rivalries resurface as US allies in Syria fight each other

Violence spreads after Arab militia leader challenges Kurdish control in America's sphere of influence

MENAAugust 31, 2023
Suhail Thubian, front right wearing a scarf, at a demonstration at the grave of nationalist leader Sultan Basha Al Atrash in Suweida governorate. Photo: Suhail Thubian / Facebook
Anti-Assad protesters won't give up, Druze dissident vows

Suhail Thubian says state-sponsored drugs trade has contributed to protests in Suweida against regime

SyriaAugust 29, 2023
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