Day: 23 April 2024

The Jordanian economy has always succeeded in absorbing geopolitical shocks, especially the influx of refugees “and the aggression against our brothers in Palestine,” said MP Khair Abu Saileik, Chairman of the Jordan Economic Forum, stressing that economic growth rates are still positive although they are not up to ambition.

Speaking to students at the University of Jordan’s Aqaba branch as part of the Aqaba Political Development Conference on Tuesday, Abu Saileik stressed that the economic modernization vision is flexible and takes into account the changes resulting from the turmoil in the region.

According to a statement on Tuesday, Abu Saileik highlighted the strategic objectives of the economic modernization vision and the key drivers, initiatives, and sectors on which the vision is based.

He lauded the robustness and prudence of the country’s monetary policy, stressing that it is a factor in economic stability.

He said that modernization tracks cannot be suspended due to geopolitical challenges in th
e region, adding that turning challenges into opportunities is a national necessity.

At the end of the meeting, a dialogue was held with the students about the three modernization tracks, where Abu Saileik added that His Majesty King Abdullah II is the holder of the political will to modernize and the guarantor of the implementation of these visions, in addition to the legislation and laws that stimulate the progress of modernization.

Source: Jordan News Agency

Baghdad, The Head of the Iraqi Journalists Syndicate, Head of the Arab Journalists Union, Moayad Al-Lami, thanked the fellow journalists who supported him and the Syndicate, stressing that his goal is to raise the status of Iraqi journalists in local and foreign forums.

Al-Lami said in a tweet on the X website: Some dear colleagues from the journalistic family wrote many articles of support and praise for us, and praised our efforts and work for journalists, and the achievements and accomplishments the Union has achieved for them and for Iraq, and what the Union has achieved at the local and foreign levels, and raising the status of the Iraqi journalist in all forums locally and abroad. I say I thank them from my heart and I invite them to leave that, because we are working silently for them, and there is a lot coming to them, with God’s help, because what we have given we see as little.

He added: As for those who target me, including the losers, the colorful people, the forgers, the thieves, and those who
made a living by financing those who killed Iraqis, I say to my beloved journalists, who are in the thousands, leave them, for the judiciary is responsible for them and their forged documents. Be patient. The coming days will reveal them. The journalistic family is innocent of those who count on the fingers of one hand. Thank you to those who stood with his Syndicate. We will not forget your positions.

Source: National Iraqi News Agency

The emergence of the phenomenon of mass graves in the Gaza Strip for the first time in the history of the conflict in this scale and form confirms the catastrophic consequences of the crime of genocide, the Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor said.

It added that Israel continues its offensive with the same pace and horrific practices, ignoring the escalating demands for a ceasefire, armed with US and European protection and international positions that, at best, do not go beyond statements of condemnation.

In a statement on Tuesday, Euro-Med Monitor explained that it has documented more than 140 mass, random or temporary graves, and, in many cases, documented burials carried out by the occupation forces of people they had executed in the field.

The mass graves discovered in hospitals, especially in Al-Shifa Medical Complex in Gaza and Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis, raise suspicions that the Israeli army carried out extrajudicial executions of arrested and detained persons and then buried them, as people
were found tied up and others who appeared to have been receiving treatment.

Source: Jordan News Agency

Baghdad, The activities of the Iraqi Security, Defense and Military Industries Exhibition, ‘the twelfth session’, which was officially launched last Saturday under the auspices of the Prime Minister and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, were concluded this, Tuesday evening, under the slogan ‘With our unity, we have triumphed… To build is our direction,’ in coordination with the Ministries of Defense and Interior, with the participation of 18 Arab and foreign countries and more than 112 local and international companies on the grounds of the Baghdad International Fair.

Source: National Iraqi News Agency

A delegation from the Ministry of Higher Education, Scientific Research and Innovation in the Sultanate of Oman visited the Applied Sciences Private University (ASU) on Tuesday.

The ASU President, Samiha Jarrah, briefed the delegation on the university, its programs and achievements.

University President Assistant for International Relationships?, Feras El Hajji, highlighted the ASU key international partnerships and joint programs, noting that the university is the first among Jordanian private universities in scientific research and publication in terms of the number of papers published in Scopus and 77 percent of them belong to the highest categories Q1 and Q2 according to the latest statistics of the global classification QS.

In turn, the Omani delegation commended the ASU’s keenness on academic sobriety and the sophistication of learning outcomes, the diversity of students’ nationalities and the university’s ability to facilitate their integration and engagement in a single university environment, the
remarkable increase in the volume of student exchange with various countries, and the leading projects at the university, such as the microscopic anatomy laboratory, which is considered the first of its kind and the most advanced in the Middle East.

Source: Jordan News Agency

Baghdad, Six Civil Defense teams are trying to extinguish the ongoing fire at a gas station in Dohuk, which injured 4 people.

Source: National Iraqi News Agency

The Israeli occupation warplanes launched violent airstrikes on Beit Lahia city in the northern Gaza Strip, with explosions sounding in several areas.

A number of citizens were injured when the occupation warplanes targeted dozens of citizens waiting for aid in Beit Lahia.

The Israeli occupation army said on Tuesday that it had ordered new evacuations in the Beit Lahia area, north of the Gaza Strip.

The occupation army added in a warning to citizens in Beit Lahia that the evacuated places are dangerous combat zones.

“An urgent warning to those in the Beit Lahia area in blocks 1778, 1774, 1761 and 1765, you are in a dangerous combat zone,” the army continued.

The army emphasized that it “will act with great force against terrorist infrastructure and sabotage elements in the area.”

Source: Jordan News Agency

Hilla, The River Police affiliated with the Babylon Police Command rescued a woman who attempted to commit suicide by throwing herself into the Euphrates River passing through the city of Hilla on Tuesday.

Babylon Police Information Director, Brigadier General Adel Al-Husseini, said, ‘The River Police stationed near Bab Al-Hussein Bridge in central Hilla were able to rescue a forty-year-old woman who threw herself into the Euphrates River passing through the city of Hilla.’

He added that the woman was transferred to Al-Hilla Surgical Hospital for treatment, and that the police opened an investigation to find out the causes of the accident.’

Source: National Iraqi News Agency

Jordanian expatriate remittances to the Kingdom during January and February recorded a 4.6 per cent increase compared to the same period of 2023.

According to preliminary data issued by the Central Bank of Jordan (CBJ), expatriate remittances increased during the first two months of 2024 to JOD593.8 million compared to JOD567.8 million during the same period in 2023.

Tourism income during the first quarter of this year amounted to $1.6 billion, compared to $1.7 billion for the same period in 2023, a 5.6 decrease per cent mainly due to regional instability and Ramadan.

Source: Jordan News Agency

Baghdad, The Energy Police began field surveys to detect explosives in the Al-Khasham Al-Ahmar gas field.

A statement by the Ministry of Interior stated: A joint force from the Fourth Brigade, Energy Police, the Diyala Explosives Control Directorate, and the Diyala Operations Command began field surveys to detect explosives in the Khashm al-Ahmar fields and secure them completely from war remnants and unexploded bombs, in preparation for the work of oil investment companies and their control by the Energy Police Directorate, as Al-Khashm Al-Ahmar fields are among the most important projects that will contribute to gas production and support the national economy.

Source: National Iraqi News Agency

His Majesty King Abdullah II and His Royal Highness Crown Prince Al Hussein bin Abdullah II on Tuesday received Kuwait Emir Sheikh Meshal Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah at Marka Airport at the start of a two-day state visit to Jordan.

According to a royal court statement, an official welcoming ceremony was held for the Kuwaiti emir.

Royal Jordanian Air Force F16 fighter jets accompanied Sheikh Meshal’s aircraft upon entering Jordan’s airspace.

His Highness Prince Mired bin Ra’ad, chief royal councillor at the Royal Hashemite Court, the escort of honour to Sheikh Meshal, the heads of authorities, senior officials and officers, Jordan’s ambassador to Kuwait, and the Kuwaiti ambassador in Jordan, as well as embassy staff were present to receive the Kuwaiti emir.

Finance Minister and Minister of State for Economic and Investment Affairs Anwar Al Mudhaf, Foreign Minister Abdullah Al Yahya, and a number of officials are accompanying Sheikh Meshal on his visit to Jordan.

Source: Jordan News Agency

Baghdad, Spokesman for Al-Qassam Brigades, Abu Ubaida, said that the Israeli forces are trying to fool the world that they have eliminated all resistance factions, and this is a big lie.

Abu Ubaida added in a televised speech that the Israeli army, 200 days after the start of the war on Gaza, is still drowned in its sand, stressing that Tel Aviv has achieved nothing but massacres, destruction and killing.

He explained that the Israeli army is still trying to restore its image and is only getting more disgrace.

He continued: “We say to Netanyahu: Your death, the end of your occupation, and your downfall is your date, and your crying before the world will not help in changing your image.”

He said that after 200 days, the resistance in Gaza is as tall and solid as the mountains of Palestine.

Source: National Iraqi News Agency