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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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People cross the Hafez Al Assad bridge over the Barada river, named after the father of Syrian President Bashar Al Assad, in central Damascus on April 14, 2024. AFP
Assad sets mid-July as date for legislative poll with 'new flavour'

President allows new faces to emerge in party leadership as his government struggles to revive war-hit economy

MENAMay 12, 2024
An Israeli air strike hits Khiam in southern Lebanon, as fighting continues in tandem with the war in the Gaza Strip. AFP
Fighting at Lebanon-Israel front intensifies ahead of Rafah offensive

'Everything in due time,' says Hezbollah representative on escalating the conflict with Israel

MENAMay 09, 2024
Hezbollah supporters at a Shiite shrine in the Sayda Zeinab district of Damascus, in June 2021.
Pro-Iranian militia targeted by Israeli air strike on Damascus

Targets with links to Tehran have come under attack since the Iran-Israel escalation in April

MENAMay 09, 2024
Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian speaks to members of Security Council during a meeting to address the situation in the Middle East, at U. N. headquarters in New York City, New York, U. S. , April 18, 2024. REUTERS / Eduardo Munoz
EXCLUSIVEIran seeks to preserve regional status quo despite Rafah assault

Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian says Tehran reached 'unwritten agreement' with western powers

MENAMay 08, 2024
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas faced anger from some quarters for not mounting the PA's own armed resistance against Israel. Reuters
Hamas throws Abbas political lifeline by accepting Gaza ceasefire, analysts say

War has undermined President's Palestinian Authority and his Fatah faction

MENAMay 07, 2024
Jordanian calligrapher Ryad Tabbal now works from his home in Amman, after closing his shop due to lack of business. Khaled Yacoub Oweis / The National
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Postcard from Amman: The Jordanian master calligrapher who fears the writing's on the wall

Ryad Tabbal now struggles for commissions after decades spent creating work widely seen across the kingdom and beyond

MENAMay 03, 2024
A demonstrator carrying a placard with a map of Syria and the word 'peaceful', at a pro-democracy demonstration in Suweida. Photo: Suwyada 24
Syrian and Iran-linked forces enter rebellious Suweida province

A sustained civil disobedience movement started in August last year

MENAApril 30, 2024
Deike Potzel, Germany’s Special Envoy for Middle East Humanitarian Issues, on board a German military plane that parachuted aid into northern Gaza on April 21, 2024. Photo: German Embassy, Amman
New Gaza aid crossing could open soon, says German envoy

Deike Potzel says 'as many crossings as possible' are needed to bring in supplies to the enclave

MENAApril 23, 2024
Jordan's King Abdullah is facing criticism of his country's ties with Israel. Getty Images
Jordan's King Abdullah faces political challenges caused by Gaza war

Kingdom's foreign policy in spotlight as demonstrators call for end to peace treaty with Israel

MENAApril 03, 2024
Protests in support of Palestinians in Gaza, near the Israeli embassy in Amman. Reuters
Detentions linked to Gaza war unrest mount in Jordan

'Rioters' arrested at the Baqaa camp as security forces disperse protest in Amman

MENAMarch 31, 2024
An Israeli F-35 fighter jet. Israeli and US strikes on Syrian territory have intensified since Israel's war in Gaza broke out in October. AFP
Israeli air strikes killed IRGC members in Syria, sources say

Damascus sought to blame Washington, but sources say Deir Ezzor province attack was carried out by Israel

MENAMarch 27, 2024
The foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Jordan and Egypt, along with UAE Minister of State for International Co-operation Reem Al Hashimy, with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Cairo on March 21. Reuters
How Arab states helped bring about Gaza ceasefire resolution

Security Council vote came days after Blinken visited Cairo for talks with regional officials

MENAMarch 26, 2024
Lorries wait to carry aid across the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and Gaza. AFP
Guterres calls for UNRWA to be saved to 'keep hope flowing'

Palestinian refugee agency hit hard by cuts from major donors as famine looms in Gaza Strip

Palestine-IsraelMarch 25, 2024
Israeli armoured vehicles leave after a raid on the Nur Shams refugee camp near Tulkarm on Thursday, amid a surge of violence in the occupied West Bank AFP
Gaza war is threatening Jordan's stability

Conflict could alter Palestinian internal politics with repercussions for kingdom's stability

MENAMarch 23, 2024
Jordanian engineer Hasan Wahbeh poses with artworks depicting the war in Gaza, during an Arab symposium. Khaled Yacoub Oweis / The National
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Amman exhibition frames Jordan's rise in the Arab art scene

Works from artists across the region feature in display taken from Hassan and Ica Wahbeh's collection

JordanMarch 22, 2024
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