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King Abdullah meets with US Undersecretary of Defence for Policy John C. Rood and Gen. Joseph Votel, commander of the US Central Command, in Amman on June 20, 2018. (JT)

June 21st, 2018 - 08:18 GMT

Jordan King, US Delegation Discuss Defense Relations, Regional Issues

King Abdullah on Wednesday met with US Undersecretary of Defence for Policy John C. Rood and Gen. Joseph Votel, commander of the US Central Command, and reviewed strategic partnership ties between the Kingdom and the US, along with the latest regional developments.

Explosions light the sky over the rebel enclave of Eastern Ghouta. (AFP, Photo/Mohammed Eyad)

June 19th, 2018 - 07:05 GMT

52 Pro-Regime Militias Killed in Syria's Abu Kamal Cross-Fights Overnight

Mishaal Ashemimry is the first Saudi woman to join US space agency NASA. (Photo: The Saudi Gazette)

September 17th, 2017 - 01:59 GMT

Meet Mishaal Ashemimry, First Saudi Woman to Join NASA

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi (C) arrives in the al-Tayaran neighborhood of Mosul on July 9, 2017 to meet with military commanders after the government's announcement of the "liberation" of the embattled city. (Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP)

July 11th, 2017 - 07:45 GMT

Iraqi PM Officially Announces Victory Over Daesh in Mosul

This file photo taken on June 25, 2014 shows people walking past a banner bearing portraits of former emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani (R) and his son current leader Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani displayed at Souq Waqif in the Qatari capital Doha. (Karim Jaafar/AFP)

June 7th, 2017 - 12:00 GMT

Jordan Reduces Diplomatic Relations with Qatar

A Yemeni child, with his face painted in the colours of his national flag, looks on during an anti-US protest staged by supporters of the Huthi rebels in Sanaa on May 20, 2017. (Mohammed Huwais/AFP)

May 25th, 2017 - 01:00 GMT

US Forces Killed Five Civilians in Yemen Raid, According to Rights Group

Members of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces stand on the Tabqa dam recaptured during their drive on the Islamic State group's stronghold in nearby Raqa. (AFP)

May 12th, 2017 - 08:00 GMT

US-Backed Forces Take Tabqa, Dam from Daesh

Armed men in uniform identified by Syrian Democratic Forces as US special operations personnel ride in a pickup truck in the village of Fatisah in the northern Syrian province of Raqa on May 25, 2016 (AFP/Delil Souleiman)

April 28th, 2017 - 08:00 GMT

US commander enjoys 'flexible powers' in Syria

Iraqi forces stand next to a barricade at the frontline of the Old City of Mosul on March 25, 2017, during the government forces' ongoing offensive to retake the city from Daesh fighters. (AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)

March 26th, 2017 - 08:00 GMT

US launches investigation into Mosul strike that killed 200 civilians

Syrian civil defence volunteers, known as the White Helmets, dig through the rubble of a mosque following a reported airstrike in the village of Al-Jineh in Aleppo province on March 16, 2017. (AFP/Omar Haj Kadour)

March 17th, 2017 - 02:00 GMT

US denies carrying out bombing on mosque near Aleppo that killed 58

The Evangelical Church in the Suez Canal city of Ismailiya began receiving displaced citizens. (AFP/File)

February 28th, 2017 - 06:00 GMT

Egyptian officials deny allegations that they asked Christians to leave North Sinai

Nawar al-Awlaki was killed along with at least 29 others in the US operation in Yemen. (Twitter)

February 2nd, 2017 - 02:00 GMT

US military still doesn’t know how many civilians were killed in recent Yemen raid

Talib al-Sheghati, who heads the US-trained elite Counter-Terrorism Service, was banned from entering the United States under Donald Trump's 'Muslim-ban.' (AFP/File)

February 2nd, 2017 - 12:31 GMT

Iraqi general, leading fight against Daesh, caught up in Trump’s ‘Muslim-ban’