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Khaled Yacoub Oweis

Khaled Yacoub Oweis

Jordan Correspondent
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Khaled has been a journalist for 25 years, mostly with Reuters in Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and London. He covered the outbreak of Arab uprisings in Yemen and Syria, Hafez Al Assad's rule, Iraq under Saddam Hussein and was war correspondent in Baghdad during the 2003 US invasion. He joined The National as Chief Foreign Writer in 2019 before moving to Amman. He was a Visiting Fellow for more than three years at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs in Berlin.
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A harvester loads wheat into a lorry near Malopolovetske, 100km from Kyiv. AFP
Ukraine sends wheat to relieve hunger in Gaza

Kyiv joined an international effort to assist the war-hit Palestinian territory with an initial delivery of 1,000 tonnes

MENAJuly 25, 2024
US President Joe Biden is welcomed by Israeli Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu to Tel Aviv in October 2023. Reuters
Will Joe Biden be missed in the Middle East?

The US President's legacy will be tarnished by Israel's war in Gaza Strip, experts say

MENAJuly 22, 2024
The Jordanian Energy Ministry said up to 15,000 bpd of Iraqi oil will be supplied to the kingdom until June 2025. Reuters
Iraq resumes oil deliveries to Jordan at discounted price after pause

Oil official blames 'bureaucracy' for the delay, but political differences are seen as a factor.

MENAJuly 22, 2024
Fire in the aftermath of Israeli air strikes on Hodeidah, Yemen, which targeted a power station and fuel tanks. EPA
Houthi-Israel escalation tests Yemeni group's Middle East ambitions

Israel retaliates directly against Iran-backed rebels after fatal drone attack in Tel Aviv

MENAJuly 21, 2024
This photo of Mr Samir Al Sheikh and Syrian President Bashar Al Assad, taken on July 25, 2011, was included in the criminal complaint against Mr Al Sheikh. Photo was originally taken by Al Bayan news agency.
Inside the years-long fight to arrest ex-governor of Syria's Deir Ezzor

Former Assad regime official Samir Al Sheikh, director of notorious Adra prison and head of Syrian governorate after pro-democracy uprisings in 2011, detained in California

USJuly 18, 2024
A woman carries a poster of slain militia leader Morhej Al Jaramani, during his funeral in the village of Umm Al Zaytun, in Syria's Suweida province on July 18, 2024. Photo: Suhail Theiban
Killing of Druze militia leader raises tensions over anti-Assad protests in south Syria

Morhej Al Jaramani was an important figure in an ongoing protest movement in Suweida province

MENAJuly 18, 2024
Syrian tycoon Mohammed Baraa Katerji, left, who was assassinated on Monday, had close ties with Syrian President Bashar Al Assad, right.
Syrian tycoon Katerji's links with Iran may have been fatal

Mohammad Baraa Katerji, one of Syria's richest men, was killed in a suspected Israeli air strike

MENAJuly 16, 2024
Business tycoon Mohammed Baraa Katerji with Syrian president President Bashar Al Assad. @sentdefender on X
Syrian tycoon Mohammed Katerji killed by Israel, company says

Hezbollah-linked businessman was major player in Syria's lucrative war economy

MENAJuly 15, 2024
A Syrian man casts a ballot in the parliamentary election in Damascus on Monday. AFP
Southern boycott as Syria holds election for pro-Assad parliament

One man was wounded as security forces fired at a protest in Suweida

MENAJuly 15, 2024
A crater inside a residential complex following an Israeli strike in the neighbourhood of Kafr Souseh in Damascus. AFP
Israel strikes 'security square' in Damascus in latest Gaza war spillover

Syrian military says one soldier killed in attack on Kfar Souseh, where it and Iranian allies have intelligence bases

MENAJuly 14, 2024
Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan meets Syrian President Bashar Al Assad back in 2011. AFP
Erdogan's diplomatic overtures to Assad likely to yield only minor wins

Talks with Damascus could help Turkish leader ease domestic concerns

MENAJuly 12, 2024
Israeli police and soldiers block a road as smoke rises in the background after two people were critically wounded by a rocket in the Golan Heights. EPA
Israel strikes Syrian targets in Golan after assassinating Hezbollah weapons man

Sources say that Hassan Nasrallah's former bodyguard Yasser Kranbish was targeted by Israel for his role in smuggling weapons from Syria

MENAJuly 10, 2024
An UNRWA-run school after Israeli bombardment in Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip on Tuesday. AFP
Jordan to host event aimed at gathering UNRWA support

UN agency living 'hand to mouth', chief Philippe Lazzarini says after meeting in Amman

MENAJuly 09, 2024
Syrian demonstrators vandalise a Turkish army observation position in Ibbin Samaan, in Aleppo province. AFP
Turkey assures allies in Syria amid possible easing of hostilities with Assad government

Violence against Turkish interests broke out in Ankara's zone of control this week

MENAJuly 04, 2024
The coffin of a man killed in anti-Turkish riots, in the Syrian city of Afrin in the Aleppo countryside, July 2, 2024. EPA
Turkey reopens Syrian border crossing to defuse regional unrest

Anger against Ankara's policies rose as Syrian refugees came under renewed violence

MENAJuly 03, 2024
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