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الأمم المتحدة: النقص في التمويل يوقف المساعدات للاجئين السوريين في الأردن

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قالت وكالة الأمم المتحدة للأغذية أنها اوقفت المساعدة  المقدمة إلى 229 ألف لاجئ سوري في الأردن بسبب نقص التمويل، ولكن سوف تستمر في توفيرها إلى  211ألف آخرين. وقالت المتحدثة باسم برنامج الغذاء العالمي دينا القصبي “نظرا لعدم وجود أموال كافية  كان علينا أن نعلق المساعدة من اول  سبتمبر إلى 229 ألف من السوريين الذين يعيشون في الأردن خارج مخيمات اللاجئين …

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Jordan: student spits at professor during graduation ceremony at a university

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  In  Irbid, Jordan , Social media users  called for measures against a student after he  spat at a faculty member at Jadara University  during a graduation ceremony, while he was queuing to receive his certificate Later after the incident the university said that it will file a lawsuit against the student . Saleh Aqeeli, president of Jadara University, said  “We …

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An Arab Canadian woman Wins $12.5-Million Jackpot

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Nabila Batarseh won $12.5 million in the June 5 Lotto Max draw. Nabila is an   Arab Canadian woman originally from Jordan, lives in  Calgary. Her ticket was one of four that shared a $50 million LOTTO MAX jackpot. The others were sold in Edmonton, British Columbia, and Ontario. Nabila said she was at home with her family when she decided …

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Abbas, Kerry to talk about Jerusalem in Amman

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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will meet with US Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday to discuss the increase in violence in East Jerusalem. The meeting will occur in Jordanian capital Amman at 11:00 GMT, Abbas’ spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeina said. Kerry is set to arrive in Jordan on Wednesday to speak with King Abdullah II on tensions boiling over …

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Israel reassures Jordan on tensions near al-Aqsa compound

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Israel promised Jordan that it won’t allow Jewish people to pray at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem, just as several Jewish extremists tried to advance to the compound. With clashes raging currently in many Palestinian neighborhoods in occupied east Jerusalem, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday spoke with Jordan’s King Abdullah II over the phone to personally assure …

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Germany: Syrian donor conference pledges more for host neighbors

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On Tuesday, an international conference held in Berlin about the Syrian refugee crisis promised to extend long-term financial support to countries struggling to deal with Syrian refugees, which the UN has labeled the world’s “most dramatic humanitarian crisis”. Almost 40 international bodies and countries adopted a declaration saying that they would “mobilize for years to come” increased developmental support to …

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Human Rights Watch criticizes Jordan for deporting Palestinian refugees fleeing Syria

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International rights group Human Rights Watch on Thursday accused Jordan of forcibly deporting and refusing entry to Palestinian refugees fleeing Syria, and called it a defiance of Jordan’s international obligations. The New York-based group released its report in Amman, and said that Jordan has officially banned the entry of Palestinian refugees since January 2013 and since mid-2012 has forcibly deported …

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Charity organization takes out full-paper ads listing dead Gaza children; Arab ministers to visit Gaza “soon”

Iman Khalil Abed Ammar, 9 years old, was killed on July 20, 2014, in the Shuja’iyya neighborhood.

International non-governmental charity Save the Children on Wednesday placed a full-page advert in several British newspapers, listing names of the 373 Palestinian children killed by the Israeli offensive in Gaza as a part of their campaign for a permanent truce in the region. The black-and-white advertisement carries the names given out by the Palestinian Ministry of Health and United Nations …

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UN to rebuild Gaza for “the last time”

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The United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday said that the UN is willing to help Gaza rebuild, but warned that it would be the last time they would offer their help. He opened a special meeting of the UN General Assembly by appealing for a more permanent ceasefire as the 72-hour truce deal between Hamas and Israel held …

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Jordan pushes resolution in UN regarding actions in Gaza

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Jordan presented a new resolution to the UN Security Council regarding the current crisis in Gaza and hoped that action would be taken in the coming days. The draft resolution has been backed by several Arab nations and calls for a more permanent ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, and an international effort to rebuild the Gaza Strip after the fighting …

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