Middle East Update

The United States on October 5, granted Jordan, a staunch ally in the Middle East, an extra $50 million in aid to bolster its economy, bringing total assistance this year to over $500 million, officials said. The U.S. aid program to Jordan is among the largest in the world and the kingdom has received a [...]

A Jordanian gunman on Monday Sept 4, opened fire on a group of foreign tourists visiting the Roman Amphitheater in Jordan’s capital, killing a British man and wounding six other people, including a Jordanian police officer. A Jordanian journalist in Amman told The Jerusalem Post that security forces were holding two Jordanians, possibly of Iraqi [...]

Ynet News reports that Jordanian Prince Hassan Bin Talal told a conference of religious leaders in Kyoto that “Arab leaders stole billions of dollars from the Arab people and spent it on weapons to fight Israel, which they will never defeat, instead of using the money for health and education purposes to aid their people.” [...]