The young prince was going on to deliver an apology to his half-brother only previous month while being under house arrest since last year for an alleged coup attempt.
A statement from King Abdullah II says both sides talked about “the need to maintain calm in the Palestinian territories” and the measures necessary to lay the foundation for peace.
The renormalisation of ties between Amman and Damascus comes after multiple shifts in the Hashemite Kingdom’s foreign policy over the years, with economic rationality playing a crucial factor.
A new report looks at the campaign by accounts close to the army waging an information campaign defending King Abdullah and attacking his half brother Prince Hamzah.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken lands in Jordan on the last leg of his tour aimed at consolidating a ceasefire that ended the worst Israeli bombardment in years on besieged Gaza.
Royal family member Sharif Hassan Ben Zaid is still in detention, so is a confidant of the king, Bassem Awadallah.
King Abdullah breaks his silence to announce the worst political upheaval in decades sparked by an alleged plot involving his half-brother Prince Hamza has ended.
There are still more questions than answers about what happened in Jordan, but the crisis will allow the US to recalibrate its friendship with the Hashemite Kingdom.
In a video recording, Prince Hamzah says he is under house arrest and had been told to stay at home and not contact anyone and that the country's leaders are a corrupt few who put their interests above the public.
Jordanian FM Ayman Safadi tells Israeli FM Gabi Ashkenazi "there is no alternative to a two-state solution" between Israel and the Palestinians.
Jordan officially said it won’t renew the 25-year old agreement that granted Israel private land use in Jordan’s al Baqura and Ghamr amid friction between the two countries.
King Abdullah II announces his country's full sovereignty "over every inch of" Ghamr and Al Baqura, ending a 25-year arrangement and part of the countries' landmark peace deal.
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