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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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Riot police watch a city bus burn on a street in Malmo, Sweden, after a rally by an anti-Islam far-right group. AP
Finland says it may have to join Nato without Sweden

Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto makes comment after Turkey says it will block Sweden's bid over burning of the Quran

UKJanuary 24, 2023
From left, Jordan's King Abdullah II, Egypt's President Abdel Fattah El Sisi and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. AFP
Leaders of Egypt, Jordan and the Palestinians in warning to Israel

Nation must stop its 'illegal and unilateral' measures and maintain status quo in Jerusalem, they say

EgyptJanuary 17, 2023
Tourists in Jordan's ancient city of Petra, about 230km south of Amman. AFP
Jordan basking in a budget airline-fuelled tourist boom

European visitors bring in much-needed foreign currency, with their arrival helping the kingdom's relatively closed society to open up

WeekendJanuary 06, 2023
A Picture shows the only refinery in Jordan, operated by the Jordan Petroleum Refinery Company (JPRC), east-north of Amman, Jordan. (Salah Malkawi for The National)
Jordan's King Abdullah orders temporary kerosene tax halt

Move designed to 'lessen the burden' for poorer people during winter

MENAJanuary 02, 2023
A plane at Syria's Aleppo airport, after flights were diverted from Damascus International Airport following an air strike last June. AFP
Israeli missiles kill two at Damascus airport, says Syria

Salvo from direction of Sea of Galilee under Israeli control hit airport in early hours of Monday, said Syrian military

MENAJanuary 02, 2023
An old house in Fuheis now used as an arts workshop and a yoga studio. Khaled Yacoub Oweis / The National
Postcard from Amman: A suburb paying the price for new-found affluence

Real estate wealth helps attract cultural activities to Fuheis but undermines its character

WeekendDecember 30, 2022
Jordanian soldiers patrol near the Jordan-Syria border, across which vast amounts of Captagon are being smuggled. AP
Jordan’s struggle to curb flow of Captagon from Syria

Internal social factors and geopolitics blunt the kingdom's response to the threat

JordanDecember 22, 2022
The State Security Court in Amman. Jordan has changed legal rules to automatically try drug-linked money laundering cases in the state security court, instead of a civilian court. AP
Jordanian security court tells drug dealers to hand themselves in

The kingdom has toughened up its anti-narcotics approach in the past few months

JordanDecember 01, 2022
Jordanian and US armour in military drills in Jordan in September 2022. AFP
US transfers $845m in cash to Jordan as part of aid package

The kingdom is a leading ally and one of the largest recipients of US assistance

JordanNovember 27, 2022
Electricity cables in the city of Tripoli in north Lebanon September 23, 2022. Reuters
Why the regional deal to provide Lebanon power faltered

Gas and electricity via Syrian regime areas was supposed to flow to Lebanon months ago, with US blessing

MENANovember 25, 2022
King Abdullah of Jordan receives Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al Sudani at Marka Military Airport on November 21, 2022. Photo: Royal Hashemite Court
Iraq to play important role in Arab world, says Jordan's King Abdullah

Mohammed Shia Al Sudani makes first foreign trip since taking office last month

IraqNovember 21, 2022
Bus passengers wounded in a 2019 roadside bomb blast on the motorway between the Afghan cities of Kandahar and Herat receive treatment in hospital. EPA
Victims see little hope for landmine-free future 25 years after ban

Explosives in Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq continue to take a toll

MENANovember 17, 2022
Hosheng Ossi. The National
Why Istanbul bombing exposes perils of dealing with PKK

Kurdish militia revels in destruction even if it did not carry out the attack, writer Hosheng Ossi explains

MENANovember 16, 2022
Streets of Jerash camp, home to 30,000 Palestinian refugees from Gaza. Amy McConaghy / The National
Financial effects of Ukraine war hitting Palestinian refugees hard, UN agency says

United Nations Relief and Works Agency also struggling to operate, its head says

MENANovember 14, 2022
Jordan's King Abdullah II speaks at the opening session of Parliament in Amman. Photo: Royal Hashemite Court
King Abdullah says prospects of political solution 'absent' in Palestine

As Benjamin Netanyahu prepares for power in Israel, monarch says Jordan will continue to support Palestinians

MENANovember 13, 2022
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