by Cecil Maranville, Jim Tuck, John Foster, Ken Martin
The royal family has at least momentarily laid aside internal conflict in the face of trouble on various fronts with growing Islamic extremism and Saudi-U.S. relations strained. Still, Abdullah's strategy may alienate one of his key bases...
by Janet Treadway
A while back, after ISIS executed a Jordanian pilot, I read that Jordan's King Abdullah II immediately dropped what he was doing to head back to his home in Jordan.
by Robin Webber
Nearly 100 years ago, the famous British author Rudyard Kipling wrote of "The Great Game." Kipling, known for many a verse addressed to young people, was alluding to something far more complex than any child's pastime. He was speaking of...
by Darris McNeely, David Palmer, John Ross Schroeder
A report in the International Herald Tribune had this to say: "But even as Jordanians worried about their long-serving monarch, they also began turning their attention to Prince Abdullah who, after a bitter split in the royal family, was...
by Melvin Rhodes
Saudi Arabia may be dangerously close to collapse, fueling concerns of an extremist takeover of one of the West's key allies in the war on terror. Antigovernment demonstrations have swept the desert kingdom in the past months in protest of...
by Robin Webber
It's been said that the average person has five senses— touch, taste, sight, smell and hearing—but the successful individual has two additional senses: horse and common.
by Mike Bennett
Arab region is besieged by a number of dangers, as if it was a powder keg waiting for a spark to explode
by Darris McNeely, David Palmer, John Ross Schroeder
King Hussein was the only leader most Jordanians have ever known. He came to the throne in 1952 after the assassination in Jerusalem of his grandfather, King Abdullah. Harry Truman was the American president, the Soviet Union still existed...
by Aaron Dean
The Arab world is one which connotes danger, turmoil and death. One man, however, had the courage to spread to this region a visionary antidote to such evils.
by Darris McNeely
It is one thing to read about a terrorist bombing thousands of miles away from our comfortable homes. It is altogether different to be in the same city when a bomb blast goes off, killing dozens. It changes your perspective.
by Melvin Rhodes
Power passes to the next generation in a key Middle Eastern kingdom.
by Darris McNeely, David Palmer, John Ross Schroeder
"Uneasy lies the head" is a phrase often used to describe the reign of the late king of Jordan.
by Cecil Maranville, Darris McNeely, John Ross Schroeder, Peter Eddington
Jordan backing Palestine in Jerusalem debate.
by Cecil Maranville, Darris McNeely
For decades, Saudi school children have been taught anti-Semitic and anti-American propaganda.
by Randy Stiver
Will religious diversity and tolerance save our world?