AMMAN, Jordan -- King Abdullah II of Jordan swore in a new cabinet this week assigned to make progress on laws allowing for more government posts to be filled by elections, but political activists and analysts here said on Thursday that the quick succession of governments over the past year and a half did not bode well for the prospect of genuine...
KARAK, Jordan -- Beneath a statue of a glowering Saladin, the medieval Islamic warrior, a crowd unfurled banners and began chanting protests against the country's leadership in its palaces and government offices far below the precipices of this ancient fortress town. Jordan's Hashemite monarch, King Abdullah II, who turned 50 last month, has had to...
JERUSALEM -- Israeli and Palestinian officials met in Amman, Jordan, on Tuesday, their first encounter in more than a year, and while little emerged, the meeting said a great deal about the crossroads facing the Palestinians -- and the entire Middle East -- as political Islam emerges as a potentially transformative force in the region. While...