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Khaled Yacoub Oweis

Khaled Yacoub Oweis

Jordan Correspondent
Location
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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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Nine people were killed in a gun attack on a church in Hmoud, Jordan, last month. Getty Images
Jordanian former officer urges rethink after church attack

Saud Al Sharafat says counter-extremism plan was all but ignored

MENANovember 03, 2026
Debris from a Jordanian strike is scattered across the village of Al Taf, in Deraa. Ahmad Fallaha / The National
Play00:42
Jordan says 20 ISIS militants killed in air strikes on Syria

Damascus denies co-ordination with Amman and says a woman and children were among those killed

MENAOctober 27, 2026
Hundreds of Jordanians attend a funeral service for the victims of the church attack in Hamoud. Getty Images
Play00:36
Jordan arrests three over Karak church attack

The three gunmen are from Karak governorate and belong to the same family, police head says

MENAOctober 26, 2026
Hundreds of people attended the funeral in Hamoud two days after the shooting. Getty Images
Play00:27
Hundreds gather in show of unity at funeral of Jordan church attack victims

Ceremony was held at site the gunmen struck

MENAOctober 25, 2026
A shattered window at St George’s Orthodox Church in Hamoud, Jordan, where gunmen carried out a deadly attack at a funeral. Reuters
Jordan's Christians reel after church attack

Authorities increase death toll from 'terrorist' offensive to nine

MENAOctober 24, 2026
Police gather outside the Hamoud church after the deadly shooting. Getty Images
Play01:33
King Abdullah condemns 'terrorist attack' at Jordan church that killed eight

Thirty-four people also wounded after gunmen opened fire during funeral in Christian village in Karak governorate

MENAOctober 23, 2026
A Syrian security officer at a government checkpoint in the northern countryside of Sweida. Reuters
ExclusiveSyria sends troops to Sweida as Israel moves in equipment

Tensions rising over southern province that is home to Druze minority

MENAOctober 22, 2026
Apple and cherry orchards on the Israeli side of the frontier in the Golan Heights, just a few kilometres away from the Syrian village of Jabata Al Khashab. AFP
Play02:02
Syrian farmers suffer in Israeli expansion across Golan Heights

Many have lost their livelihood after their land was destroyed or cut off by a new military line known as Sufa 53

MENAOctober 16, 2026
Israeli forces patrol a village as they conduct raids in residential areas and fire harassment shots at open areas in the countryside of Quneitra, southern Syria. Getty Images
Play01:13
Golan Heights dilemma: Israel's new military line blurs engagement and confrontation

The Sufa 53 line expands occupation, but unlike Gaza or Lebanon, Damascus is more accommodating in pursuit of peace

MENAOctober 09, 2026
Israeli forces continue excavation with heavy machinery west of the village of Ashshe as part of the 'Sufa 53' project, in Quneitra, Syria, on October 4, 2026. AFP
Israel building military line in occupied Syrian territory, Damascus says

Jordan and Qatar also voice alarm at creation of Sufa 53 Line

MENAOctober 05, 2026
Syrian forensic investigators inspect the minibus targeted on the Masyaf Bridge in Homs province. AFP
Gunmen kill seven civilians and wound at least four in Syria minibus attack

Attack follows gas pipeline explosion near Damascus

MENAOctober 01, 2026
Syria says it thwarted a 'sabotage plot' by Hezbollah in the Yarmouk basin and arrested a cell belonging to the militant group. Photo: Alikhbaria
Syria arrests members of Hezbollah-linked cell and seizes rocket launchers

Authorities say operation thwarted 'sabotage plot' by the Iran-backed militia

MENASeptember 30, 2026
A gas pipeline on fire between the town of Al Shoula, in the south of Syria's Deir Ezzor province, and the provincial capital. Sana
Sabotage blamed after explosion sparks fire on Syria gas pipeline

Blaze in Deir Ezzor province occurred after crude oil theft was discovered at the coast

MENASeptember 29, 2026
Syrian President Ahmad Al Shara, left, and Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Al Zaidi meeting in New York. Iraqi Prime Minister's Office
Syria's Al Shara and Iraq's Al Zaidi hold first meeting

US has pushed Baghdad and Damascus towards closer co-operation amid regional turmoil

MENASeptember 23, 2026
Tourists ride camels in Palmyra, a Unesco World Heritage Site in Syria. AFP
Syria wants its tourists to return – but what will bring them back?

At his family's Royal Semiramis Hotel in Damascus, Mourhaf Nazha is busily checking in deal-making business executives and homecoming Syrians. For now, though, holidaymakers are staying away

MENASeptember 04, 2026
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