Новости за 23.12.2016

AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah on Thursday received a telephone call from Saudi King Salman Bin Abdulaziz, a Royal Court statement said.

ANKARA — The seven-year-old Syrian girl, whose Twitter account provided a tragic window for the world into the destruction of her hometown Aleppo, on Thursday described taking up blogging to give a voice to the city's children.

LEPTIS MAGNA, Libya — Ali Hribish stands by the Arch of Septimius Severus which dominates Libya's ancient city of Leptis Magna, brandishing letters of thanks for his efforts to protect the site. 

AMMAN — Jordan ranked 45th out of 128 countries and 8th regionally in the International Property Rights Index 2016, registering a slight advancement compared to last year.

AMMAN — Jordan is looking into a request by the Arab Quartet to host a meeting for the Yemeni "De-escalation and Coordination Committee", an official said Thursday.

BAGHDAD — Mortar fire and car bombs killed more than 30 people including aid workers near Mosul Thursday as Iraqi forces battled to seize the city from the Daesh terror group.

AMMAN — A new schedule for charter flights between Aqaba and Beirut was launched this week, including two trips every week, an official said Thursday.

AMMAN — Nine out of 10 Jordanians believe relations between the EU and Jordan are good, and 82 per cent of those say the EU has a positive influence on the socio-economic development of the Kingdom, according to the findings of a survey  conducted carried out within the framework of the EU-funded EU Neighbours South project. 

MOSCOW — Russia on Thursday laid to rest its envoy Andrei Karlov after a packed memorial ceremony in Moscow for the diplomat who was assassinated by an off-duty policeman in Ankara this week.

WASHINGTON — The United States on Wednesday put a division of the Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba back on a blacklist of "notorious markets" known for selling counterfeit goods and violating intellectual property rights.