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Jordanian security vehicles seen near the General Intelligence directorate offices near al Baqaa Refugee Camp, north of Amman, Jordan, June 6, 2016. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed

Horrid Events Hit Jordan in 2016

by Mohamed Al-Daameh | Jan 2, 2017 | Features

Amman- Jordan witnessed in 2016 unprecedented political and security events along with many terrorist acts. As per the important political incidents, during 2016, His Majesty King Abdullah II of Jordan accepted the resignation of the government led by Abdullah Ensour...

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“Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi” – Fethi Belaid (AFP)

Tristate Summit to Resolve Libyan Crisis

by Khalid Mahmoud | Jan 2, 2017 | Middle East

Cairo – Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi revealed preparing for a tristate summit that includes Algeria, Egypt and Tunisia to resolve the Libyan crisis – meanwhile al-Wefaq government appointed a member of the parliament as the head of intelligence...

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Syrians walk over rubble of damaged buildings, while carrying their belongings, as they flee clashes between government forces and rebels in Tariq al-Bab and al-Sakhour neighborhoods of eastern Aleppo, November 28, 2016. (Reuters file Photo)

Israeli Right-wing Bargains Assad to Joulan

by Nazir Majli | Jan 2, 2017 | Middle East

Tal Aviv- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke on the phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss the conflict in Syria and “continued security cooperation”, his office said. “The two leaders discussed developments in the...

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Danielle Steel, Stephen King, top right, and Paolo Coelho rank among some of the best-selling authors of all time. (LEFT: Richard Drew/AP; TOP RIGHT: Elise Amendola/AP Photo; BOTTOM RIGHT: Matej Divizna/Getty Images/COMPO IMAGE)

Meet the Writers who Still sell Millions of Books. Actually, Hundreds of Millions.

by Karen Heller | Jan 2, 2017 | Lifestyle & Culture

Reading, contrary to previous reports, is not dead. In fact, it’s very far from it. Brazilian author Paulo Coelho has legions of readers. His best-known book, “The Alchemist,” the story of a young Andalusian shepherd on a personal quest, spent almost eight years — two...

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A girl stands near the rubble of damaged buildings in al-Rai town in the northern Aleppo countryside. (Khalil Ashawi/Reuters)

Thanks to no-drama Obama, American Leadership is Gone

by Richard Cohen | Jan 2, 2017 | Opinion

If Dec. 7, 1941, is the day that Franklin D. Roosevelt said “will live in infamy,” then Dec. 20, 2016, has got to be a close second. No Americans died that day as they did at Pearl Harbor, but the American Century, as Time magazine founder Henry Luce called it, came...