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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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Jordan's government went public on Tuesday with footage and revelations of an alleged terrorist plot against the kingdom. Photo: Ministry of Government Communication - Jordan
Terrorism charges for Jordan's Muslim Brotherhood 'plotters'

Alleged weapons manufacturing and smuggling by 16 members of group upends Jordan's core political balance

MENAApril 16, 2025
Khaled Yacoub Oweis
Syria's new leadership is seeking foreign funding to pay for mass reconstruction after years of civil war. AFP
Syrian leadership to rub shoulders with global finance heads in Washington

Country in dire need of reconstruction cash will have high-level delegation at World Bank and International Monetary Fund meetings

MENAApril 15, 2025
Khaled Yacoub Oweis
Jordan's government released footage of Abdullah Hisham, Moath Al Ghanem and Musin Al Ghanem confessing to involvement in the plot. Photo: Ministry of Government Communication - Jordan
Jordan arrests 16 over drone and missile plot against kingdom

Authorities say the 16 belong to the Muslim Brotherhood and were arrested on suspicion of making missiles and possessing explosives

MENAApril 15, 2025
Khaled Yacoub Oweis
Ahmad Al Odeh, centre, had refused to merge his Eighth Brigade militia with the new Syrian government's army. AFP
Syria's leader Al Shara outmanoeuvres southern warlord

Ahmad Al Odeh had resisted efforts of Damascus authorities to merge his Eighth Brigade with new national army

MENAApril 14, 2025
Khaled Yacoub Oweis
Fighters from the Syrian Democratic Forces are still hoping for some autonomy for Kurdish areas of the country. EPA
Kurdish strongholds weaken as SDF cedes control to Syrian government

Ideologically opposed sides signed deal last month to bring Kurdish-run zones into post-Al Assad order

MENAApril 13, 2025
Khaled Yacoub Oweis
Kurdish forces leave the city of Aleppo on Wednesday as part of an agreement with the Syrian government. EPA
Kurdish militia withdraws slowly from Aleppo amid fear of more sectarian killings in Syria

A vague April 1 deal stipulated a Kurdish pull-out from the country's second city

MENAApril 10, 2025
Khaled Yacoub Oweis
Armed members of Syrian government security forces and civilians gather to commemorate the seventh anniversary of the chemical attack for the first time after the fall of the Assad government in the town of Douma. AP
Syrian security forces accused of killing brothers in latest coastal violence

Authorities and residents give different accounts of the deaths of Mahran and Mohammad Adira

MENAApril 09, 2025
Khaled Yacoub Oweis
Maher Al Shara, an obstetrician and elder brother of Syria’s new president, was appointed Secretary General of the Presidency. Getty images
Syrian President Ahmad Al Shara appoints brother as chief of staff

Maher Al Shara, a doctor, previously served as health minister in hastily established first post-Assad government

MENAApril 07, 2025
Khaled Yacoub Oweis
Syrian police destroy seized Captagon pills at the headquarters of the fourth division in Damascus in February. EPA
Syria cracks down on smuggling with massive haul of seized Captagon pills

Country was a centre for producing and shipping Captagon, accounting for 80 per cent of global production

MENAMarch 23, 2025
Sinan Mahmoud
Syrian Democratic Forces troops in Hasakah, north-eastern Syria, after the ousting of president Bashar Al Assad, in December. Reuters
Turkish air strike kills nine members of family in north-east Syria

Attack undermines recent deal to integrate region into country's new HTS-led authorities

MENAMarch 18, 2025
Khaled Yacoub Oweis
Syrian troops ride on a military vehicle as they head towards the Syria-Lebanon border on Monday. Reuters
At least nine killed in Syria- Lebanon border clashes

At least nine have been killed in hostilities on the Bekaa Valley-Homs frontier since Sunday, including eight Syrian soldiers

MENAMarch 17, 2025
Khaled Yacoub Oweis
An Alawite family rides in the back of a pick-up truck to return home to Latakia, Syria. Reuters
Syrian Alawites trickle back to coast as fear still grips area

Violence that killed more than 1,300 civilians has faded but fears of renewed attacks persist

MENAMarch 16, 2025
Khaled Yacoub Oweis
Sheikh Hikmat Salman Al Hijri, the spiritual leader of the Druze minority has criticised Syria's new government. Getty
Syrian Druze leader criticises 'extremist' government despite integration deal

Ongoing mass killings of coastal Alawites have alarmed other minorities

MENAMarch 13, 2025
Khaled Yacoub Oweis
Syrian government security forces in Hmeimim, in coastal Latakia, an area among those in which recent violence killed an estimated 1,383 civilians, mostly Alawites. AFP
Death toll mounts in Syria's Alawite heartland despite end of government offensive

Residents say 17 men taken from their homes by pro-government militiamen and executed in the street

MENAMarch 12, 2025
Khaled Yacoub Oweis
Residents celebrate the signing of a breakthrough deal between Syria's interim government and the SDF in Qamishli, north-eastern Syria. AP
AnalysisWhat's next for fractured Syria after deal between Al Shara and SDF?

Agreement to end hostilities and for Kurdish fighters to join Syria security forces could remove main obstacle for new leadership

MENAMarch 11, 2025
Khaled Yacoub Oweis
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