Jordan

Jordan has suspended a free trade agreement with Turkey as the deal negatively affected local industries, state-run Petra news agency reported on March 12.

Turkey and Jordan have inked a military cooperation agreement, the Jordanian army said in a statement on Feb. 20.

Turkish Chief of General Staff Hulusi Akar paid an official visit to the Jordanian capital Amman on Feb. 20, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.

Jordan and Bulgaria on Saturday signed a cooperation agreement to boost educational, science and cultural cooperation for 2018-2020.

The agreement was signed by Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Imad Fakhoury and Bulgarian Ambassador to Jordan Venelin Lazarov, according to a statement by the ministry of planning. 

A “first-of-its-kind” Hellenistic temple in the Levant region has been discovered in Umm Qais, an archaeologist said on Monday.
An archaeological excavation team from Yarmouk University has recently discovered a Hellenistic temple and network of water tunnels, Atef Sheyyab, president of the archaeology department at the university told the Jordan Times.

Greece’s Special Counter-Terrorist Unit (EKAM) stood out during the ninth edition of the Warrior Competition held in Amman, Jordan between April 30 and May 4.

U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein voiced deep concern on May 1 at mass arrests, sackings and the renewal of the state of emergency in Turkey, saying terror should not be tackled at the expense of human rights.

U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein said in a statement on March 10 that Turkey had "contested the veracity of the very serious allegations." 

The head of the United Nations tourism body praised Greece on Thursday for its reception of more than 1 million refugees at the peak of the migration crisis in 2015.

An Israeli company said on March 2 it has started exporting gas from an offshore field to Jordan, marking the country's first ever exports of natural gas.

The exports to Jordan began in January, Delek Drilling -- part of a consortium leading the development of Israel's offshore gas reserves -- told AFP.