A government increase in sales tax has affected poor and middle-class families, activists say. Protests are erupting across Jordan in response to austerity measures, including price hikes and raising taxes on food items and services, [ More … ]
Jordanian campaigners expressed disappointment after the US-led consortium leading the development of Israel’s offshore gas reserves on Monday announced a first deal to sell natural gas from its off-shore Leviathan field to Jordan. According to [ More … ]
Hundreds of Jordanians demonstrated in Amman on Monday to demand the government’s dismissal one day after the murder of a controversial writer accused of showing contempt for religion, according to Anadolu Agency. Leftist writer Nahed [ More … ]
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