Abdullah II

Russian President Vladimir Putin has described Turkey's downing of a Russian fighter jet as a "stab in the back," adding that the SU-24 shot down on the morning of Nov. 24 did not pose a threat to Turkish national security.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's spokesperson Dmitry Peskov has said it is too early to speculate about what caused the crash of a Russian Su-24 at the Syrian-Turkish border, local media report.

US Secretary of State John Kerry said Oct. 24 that Israel had agreed on steps to calm tensions over Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque, at the centre of Palestinian unrest, including 24-hour security cameras.

US Secretary of State John Kerry and King Salman of Saudi Arabia on Oct. 24 called for greater international efforts to restore stability to Syria without President Bashar al-Assad at its helm.

A delegation of Arab-Israeli lawmakers arrived in Istanbul Sept. 21 to brief President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an on tensions around the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, a presidential source said.

Ahmad Tibi, leader of the Arab Movement for Change, and four other members of the Israeli Knesset met Erdo?an at the presidential complex in Tarabya.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is to host the Jordanian King and the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi in Moscow on Aug. 25 to discuss the Syrian crisis and take part in a showcase of Russia's military industry.

US Secretary of State John Kerry held talks Friday with Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas and the leaders of Egypt and Jordan on the stalled Middle East peace process, officials said.
      
Kerry was attending an investment conference in Egypt's Red Sea resort town of Sharm El-Sheikh along with hundreds of prominent figures to jumpstart its economy.
      

US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived March 13 in the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh where he is to meet President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to discuss the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
      

The disclosure of leaked HSBC confidential documents that reveal how the Swiss bank was helping its wealthy clients, including several Greeks, to conceal millions of their assets, has caused global uproar during the last 24 hours.

Jordan weighed its next move Feb. 5 against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) after vowing a harsh response to the burning alive of a fighter pilot, whose family called for the jihadists to be "destroyed".