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Khaled Yacoub Oweis

Khaled Yacoub Oweis

Jordan Correspondent
Jordan
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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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
Mostly Druze demonstrators in the southern city of Suweida, Syria. AP
Challenge to Assad grows more direct in southern Syria

In Damascus, an Alawite critic of the president has been arrested, opposition sources say

MENAAugust 27, 2023
A demonstration against President Bashar Al Assad in the central square of the mostly Druze city of Suweida in south-west Syria. Credit: Suwayda24.
Signs of revival of non-violent revolution in Syria's Suweida

Members of Sunni tribes purportedly join demonstration against the president in central Suweida

MENAAugust 24, 2023
A demonstration on Wednesday against President Assad in the mostly Druze city of Suweida in south-west Syria. Suwayda24.
Druze protests in Syria grow as pro-Assad alliance looks weaker

The minority's religious leaders break their silence in support of the protest movement

MENAAugust 23, 2023
A Russian warplane burns on the Soltsy air base. AP
West faces struggle in Middle East to counter Russian narratives on Ukraine war

Moscow's 'propaganda' is allowed in the region with little counter arguments, says Polish diplomat

MENAAugust 22, 2023
Anti-government protesters gather in Sweida, south-west Syria, after a sharp rise in fuel costs. Reuters
Fuel price rise hits Assad's support among Syria's minorities

Unrest breaks out in Druze heartland while authorities crack down on dissent among Alawites

MENAAugust 21, 2023
Drugs seized on Jordan's border with Syria on Saturday after Amman's troops engaged in a firefight with smugglers.
Drug smugglers wounded by Jordanian military on Syria border

Spokesman says several traffickers were shot in the latest confrontation in Amman's war against narcotics

MENAAugust 20, 2023
The Jordanian Mafraq governate on the border crossing Jaber in July 2018. AFP
Interception of explosives marks escalation in Jordan-Syria drug war

Kingdom's military says little about what the TNT, which was being carried by a drone, was intended for

MENAAugust 17, 2023
Syrian President Bashar Al Assad's forces keep away from the north-east of the country that is controlled by US-supported Kurdish forces. AFP
Arab League's bid to end Syrian crisis faces challenges

Meeting of the League's five-nation committee signals resumption of long-dormant meetings on a new constitution

MENAAugust 16, 2023
Left to right, Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Faisal bin Farhan, Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein, Secretary General of the Arab League Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi, and Lebanese Foreign minister Abdullah Bou Habib at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Cairo. EPA
Syrian foreign minister meets Arab League committee in Cairo

Part of the mandate of the Arab League's liaison committee is to ensure the preservation of Syria’s 'unity and territorial integrity'

MENAAugust 15, 2023
King Abdullah II, left, is welcomed by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi before a trilateral Jordanian-Egyptian-Palestinian summit in El Alamein on Monday. Jordanian Royal Palace / AFP
Leaders of Egypt, Jordan and Palestinians meet

Summit in Egypt's New Al Alamein city takes place amid continuing Israeli pressure against occupied West Bank residents

MENAAugust 14, 2023
Some of the Captagon pills seized in Jeddah port. Photo: Saudi Customs Authority
Saudi authorities intercept Captagon hidden in baklava shipment

Authorities did not reveal source of the drug, which has proliferated in government-held parts of Syria

MENAAugust 14, 2023
Men playing cyber games at an internet cafe in Amman. Salah Malkawi/ The National.
Jordan approves new internet law

The legislation sets out tough penalties for those who spread 'false news' and also bans the use of VPNs

MENAAugust 13, 2023
Geir Pedersen, UN envoy to Syria, is pressing on with efforts to find a peaceful solution in the country. AP
The quest in Geneva for solution to Syria's civil war

Geir Pedersen, the government and the opposition he is trying to bring together are caught in the web of the civil war

SyriaAugust 12, 2023
(L-R, center) Iraq's Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al Sudani, Egypt's President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi and Jordan's King Abdullah II walk to attend the Baghdad Conference for Cooperation and Partnership at the Dead Sea, Jordan, 20 December 2022. EPA
Leaders of Iraq, Egypt and Jordan to meet amid economic strain

Baghdad began efforts to rebuild ties with Arab states under former prime minister Mustafa Al Kadhimi

MENAAugust 07, 2023
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