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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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Jordan's Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi. The kingdom wants Syria to curb drug smuggling and Iranian milia activity before benefitting from any rapprochement. Reuters
Jordan’s Syria policy caught in the middle amid rapprochement

Interests of bigger players threaten kingdom’s push for engagement

JordanApril 14, 2023
Flooding in the Iraqi city of Najaf. Extreme weather is common across the country in March and April. AFP
Extreme weather hampers daily life in the Middle East

Iraq has announced a public holiday over weather concerns, while schools have closed in Jordan and Kuwait

IraqApril 13, 2023
Israeli security forces escort Jewish visitors at the Al Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem. AFP
Jordan blames Israel for escalation in Palestine

Foreign Ministry says the situation will become worse unless actions are halted

MENAApril 09, 2023
Jordan's King Abdullah 1, centre, walks to Al Aqsa Mosque to pray in 1948, shortly after a truce took effect in Jerusalem. Behind him is the Dome of the Rock. Getty Images
Inside the Jordanian monarchy's relationship with Al Aqsa

Amid Zionist expansion a century ago, Palestinians entrusted the Hashemite royal family with the site

MENAApril 05, 2023
Verodiana Rodrigues, a financial planner and former Dubai schoolteacher, says she saves more than 50 per cent by shopping prudently. Chris Whiteoak / The National
Shoppers hunt for bargains to keep food costs low in UAE, Jordan and Saudi Arabia

Consumers say shopping smart helps take the sting out of the rising cost of living even though prices of food staples are regulated by the government

MoneyApril 03, 2023
The scene of an Israeli air strike in March 12 in the north-western Syrian city of Maysaf, in which two pro-Iran fighters were killed. AFP
Israeli air strike kills two Iran-linked fighters in Syria

Third attack in four days comes as Iranian media report death of second IRGC officer in earlier strike

SyriaApril 02, 2023
A number of Middle East nations have begun to resurrect ties with the Syrian regime. Reuters
Arab countries should 'get something' from Syria for normalisation, US official says

Washington and its Arab allies at odds on how to deal with Assad regime

MENAMarch 30, 2023
Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Al Safadi has met Abdallah Bou Habib, his counterpart in Lebanon's caretaker government. Reuters
Jordan says dormant electricity deal 'starts with Lebanon'

Kingdom views deal involving Syria as helping efforts to bring President Bashar Al Assad in from the cold

MENAMarch 28, 2023
An Iraqi Shiite fighter of the Hashed Al Shaabi paramilitary force stands guard at a border position in Al Qaim, in Iraq's Anbar province, opposite Syria's Deir Ezzor region. AFP
US-Iran conflict in Syria intensifies after exchange of drone and air attacks

Escalation in eastern Syria occurs as Arab countries and Turkey seek better relations with Damascus

SyriaMarch 27, 2023
Aya Abu Zaid with with Nattouf, a cat belonging to a friend, at the Jordan University of Science and Technology in Irbid. Photo: Aya Abu Zaid
Postcard from Amman: Good works pay off for student who dreams of studying robotics

Thanks to an Indian-American businessman and an inspiring Jordanian octogenarian, Aya Abu Zaid has an education way beyond her means

WeekendMarch 24, 2023
Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Al Safadi. EPA
Jordan says Israeli minister’s comments undermine peace efforts

Bezalel Smotrich stirred controversy on Sunday when he said there was 'no such thing' as the Palestinian people

JordanMarch 21, 2023
Jordanian soldiers at the border with Syria, where Jordan says Iranian militias smuggle narcotics into the kingdom. AFP
Iran and Jordan hint at possibility of better relations

Kingdom has been advocating rapprochement with Syria's Bashar Al Assad, Tehran's main Arab ally

MENAMarch 20, 2023
Bassem Awadallah is seen being led to court in Amman, Jordan, in 2021. EPA
Jordanian prisoner Bassem Awadallah treated in hospital

Former Royal Court chief pleaded not guilty in 2021 to charges of sedition

WorldMarch 13, 2023
A handout picture released by Jordan's Royal Palace shows the groom, Jameel Alexander Thermiotis, putting the ring on the finger of his bride, Princess Iman -- the eldest daughter of the Jordanian monarch -- during their wedding ceremony in Amman on March 12, 2023. - The daughter of King Abdullah II married Thermiotis, who was born in 1994 in Venezuela to a family of Greek origin, and currently works in the field of finance in New York. (Photo by Jordanian Royal Palace / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / JORDANIAN ROYAL PALACE" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS
Jordan wedding: Princess Iman marries Jameel Thermiotis

King Abdullah II signed a document declaring the couple husband and wife

JordanMarch 12, 2023
Anti-aircraft missiles are launched from the Gaza Strip after an Israeli airstrike. AP
Gaza militants fire rocket after Israeli raid in Jenin

Netanyahu calls operation at refugee camp an 'exceptional' achievement

MENAMarch 08, 2023
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