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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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A Royal Jordanian Air Force plane takes off from an air base to strike ISIS in the Syrian city of Raqqa. Reuters
Jordanian air raids to disrupt drug flows spark feud with Syria

Drug war at border escalated last month despite Arab rapprochement with Assad

JordanJanuary 24, 2024
A man who was injured after shells fell on a neighbourhood near Aleppo on January 1. EPA
Iran proxies and Assad strikes: Israel-Gaza war's effect on Syria

A stalemate in the Syrian war has turned it into a chessboard for more activated regional players, analysts say

MENAJanuary 22, 2024
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan attends a press conference with Jordan's Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi. Reuters
Israel's security needs don't justify Gaza invasion, Turkey says

Hakan Fidan is in Jordan, which has also taken a tough line against Israel

Palestine-IsraelJanuary 18, 2024
Members of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps take part in a rally in Tehran. Reuters
Iraqi Kurdistan repeats request for defence system after Erbil attack

Bill to equip Peshmerga was approved by US Congress in December but is waiting for Biden's signature

IranJanuary 16, 2024
Smoke billows over Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip during Israeli bombardment, on January 15. AFP
World powers must stand up to 'extremist' Israel, Jordan says

Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi says Gaza war threatens security of entire Middle East

JordanJanuary 16, 2024
Destruction from an Israeli air strike near Al Zawiya market in Gaza city. AFP
Israel-Gaza conflict becomes war of attrition

Regional violence on the rise despite Washington's diplomatic attempts to contain it

Palestine-IsraelJanuary 14, 2024
Mr Khalaf at his shop on Omar Khayyam street in downtown Amman. Photo: Khaled Yacoub Oweis / The National
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Threads and customers change for Amman fabric mender

Kamal Khalaf learnt the delicate craft of darning in pre-civil war Beirut

WeekendJanuary 12, 2024
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, left, with Egypt's President Abdel Fattah El Sisi in Cairo. AFP
Jordan's king discusses Gaza future with Egypt and Palestine leaders

The three leaders, who met in Aqaba, want an immediate ceasefire between Israel and Hamas

Palestine-IsraelJanuary 10, 2024
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is on a week-long trip to countries across the region. Reuters
US seeks conflict de-escalation as Blinken lands in Israel

Secretary of State has already visited several regional capitals, as Middle East stands on the precipice of wider war

MENAJanuary 08, 2024
Riad Al Turk, in Damascus, 2009.
Riad Al Turk, Syrian dissident who 'did not keep silent', dies in exile

Opponent of President Bashar Al Assad was held underground for years in Damascus as a political prisoner

MENAJanuary 02, 2024
Pupils at a school in Irbid, Jordan. Some teachers in the country have taken jobs abroad, contributing to a widespread brain drain. Reuters
Teachers in Middle East seek ways to tackle rising cost of living

Educators in some parts of the region have been forced to take up second or third jobs as inflation devalues salaries

MENADecember 29, 2023
Suspected Syrian smugglers who the Jordanian military says it arrested after a border shoot-out on Monday. Petra News Agency
Escalation of drug war on Jordan-Syria border linked to Hezbollah

Smugglers who tried to storm the Jordanian border were joined by armed militants with ties to Iran-backed group, security sources say

JordanDecember 20, 2023
Captagon pills are the mainstay of narcotics smuggling from southern Syria to Jordan. AFP
Jordanian jets target drug smugglers in Syria raids

Three civilians were killed in the attacks, according to the Suwayda 24 network in Syria

JordanDecember 19, 2023
An Israeli soldier in southern Israel looks through binoculars as smoke rises from Gaza Strip. EPA
Is the Israel-Gaza war killing the two-state solution?

The conflict has brought renewed calls for a lasting solution but pushed Israelis and Palestinians farther apart

Palestine-IsraelDecember 18, 2023
A checkpoint in the Saida Zeinab suburb of Damascus. Israel has launched a series of strikes on Syria since the outbreak of the Gaza war. Reuters
Israel attacks Hezbollah again in Syria

Attacks wound two soldiers as Israeli operations against militants in the country increase

SyriaDecember 18, 2023
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