Articles related to "Transjordan"

The emergence and survival of King Hussein in the early years of the Kingdom of Jordan is one of the most remarkable political and personal stories of a generation.

Hussein bin Talal became King of Jordan in 1952, taking full constitutional power in May 1953, and stepped into the dangerous world of Middle Eastern pan-Arab politics.

Understandably emotional arguments about Israel and Palestine ignore or obscure indisputable facts. Acceptance of the truth might promote accommodation.

An intensification of violence between Israel and the Gaza Strip has each side pursuing the need to defend against the aggression of the other? Can the cycle ever end?

Israel is often told it must yield some security to achieve peace. A wrong choice could leave it with neither.

Karak Castle lies near the southern end of the Dead Sea and stands on the site of Kir Moab which in the days of Mesha resisted the attack of Jehoshaphat, King of Judah.

Everyone knows that Osama Bin Laden, originally from Saudi Arabia, is an Islamic extremist, but what about the majority of Saudi people?