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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 pro-Palestinian rally in Oslo, Norway, on Sunday. AP
Jordan expects more European states to recognise Palestinian state soon

Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi says move by Norway, Ireland and Spain prompted by Israel's 'outcast' status

MENAMay 22, 2024
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Yoav Gallant in the Kirya military base in Tel Aviv. Reuters
Netanyahu arrest warrant draws Jordanian support for ICC

The US has denounced the International Criminal Court's move as 'outrageous'

MENAMay 21, 2024
Ebrahim Raisi attends a meeting with Azerbaijan's President Aliyev by the Aras river at the Iran-Azerbaijan border. The Iranian President was to lose his life on the helicopter journey home. EPA
Iron grip of Iran's clerical rulers cushions shock of Raisi's death

Sudden exit of the president could put Iran on path to hereditary rule, political analysts say

MENAMay 20, 2024
Displaced Palestinian children at a camp in Deir Al Balah, central Gaza. Bloomberg
Jordan says 'war crimes' in Gaza must be investigated

Foreign Minister accuses Israeli government of leading region into more war

MENAMay 19, 2024
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confers with his war cabinet Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, right, during a meeting with US President Joe Biden in Tel Aviv, in October last year. AFP
Netanyahu's political durability too strong for his rivals, for now

Defence Minister Yoav Gallant this week criticised the Prime Minister's vision for post-war Gaza

MENAMay 16, 2024
Israeli soldiers stand near an Iron Dome battery near the border with the Gaza Strip. Getty Images
Belgium calls for EU-wide ban on weapons exports to Israel

The country, which holds the EU presidency, has previously called for a review of trade ties over Israel's war in Gaza

MENAMay 15, 2024
Part of the border between Jordan and Syria. Drugs and weapons are being smuggled across the frontier. AFP
Jordan and Syria discuss border security amid Gaza war tensions

Arab concerns grow over pro-Iranian groups trying to set up clandestine presence in kingdom

MENAMay 14, 2024
Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid welcomed by Jordanian King Abdullah in Amman, Jordan, April 15, 2024. Reuters
Jordan and Iraq in talks to restart oil exports to kingdom

Latest halt to the flows came after Amman helped US thwart Iranian attack on Israel

MENAMay 13, 2024
People cross the Hafez Al Assad bridge over the Barada river, named after the father of Syrian President Bashar Al Assad, in central Damascus on April 14, 2024. AFP
Assad sets mid-July as date for legislative poll with 'new flavour'

President allows new faces to emerge in party leadership as his government struggles to revive war-hit economy

MENAMay 12, 2024
An Israeli air strike hits Khiam in southern Lebanon, as fighting continues in tandem with the war in the Gaza Strip. AFP
Fighting at Lebanon-Israel front intensifies ahead of Rafah offensive

'Everything in due time,' says Hezbollah representative on escalating the conflict with Israel

MENAMay 09, 2024
Hezbollah supporters at a Shiite shrine in the Sayda Zeinab district of Damascus, in June 2021.
Pro-Iranian militia targeted by Israeli air strike on Damascus

Targets with links to Tehran have come under attack since the Iran-Israel escalation in April

MENAMay 09, 2024
Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian speaks to members of Security Council during a meeting to address the situation in the Middle East, at U. N. headquarters in New York City, New York, U. S. , April 18, 2024. REUTERS / Eduardo Munoz
EXCLUSIVEIran seeks to preserve regional status quo despite Rafah assault

Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian says Tehran reached 'unwritten agreement' with western powers

MENAMay 08, 2024
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas faced anger from some quarters for not mounting the PA's own armed resistance against Israel. Reuters
Hamas throws Abbas political lifeline by accepting Gaza ceasefire, analysts say

War has undermined President's Palestinian Authority and his Fatah faction

MENAMay 07, 2024
Jordanian calligrapher Ryad Tabbal now works from his home in Amman, after closing his shop due to lack of business. Khaled Yacoub Oweis / The National
Postcard from Amman: The Jordanian master calligrapher who fears the writing's on the wall

Ryad Tabbal now struggles for commissions after decades spent creating work widely seen across the kingdom and beyond

MENAMay 03, 2024
A demonstrator carrying a placard with a map of Syria and the word 'peaceful', at a pro-democracy demonstration in Suweida. Photo: Suwyada 24
Syrian and Iran-linked forces enter rebellious Suweida province

A sustained civil disobedience movement started in August last year

MENAApril 30, 2024
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