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Despite the fact that the Palestinians had limited involvement against the Israeli forces, the events at Karameh gained wide recognition and acclaim in the Arab world. [107] As a result, there was an upsurge of support for Palestinian paramilitary elements (the fedayeen) within Jordan from other Arab countries. [107]
Jordan – country located in Southwest Asia, bordering Syria to the north, Iraq to the north-east, Israel and the Palestinian territories to the west, and Saudi Arabia to the east and south. It shares the coastlines of the Dead Sea with Israel and the Gulf of Aqaba with Israel, Saudi Arabia and Egypt .
About 31,163 Yemenis and 22,700 Libyan refugees live in Jordan as of January 2015. [4] There are thousands of Lebanese refugees who came to Jordan when civil strife and war and the 2006 war broke out in their native country. Up to 1 million Iraqis came to Jordan following the Iraq War in 2003. [13] In 2015, their number was 130,911.
A map of Jordan. Jordan is situated geographically in West Asia, south of Syria, west of Iraq, northwest of Saudi Arabia, east of Israel and the Palestinian territory of the West Bank. The area is also referred to as the Middle or Near East. Its territory covers about 91,880 square kilometres (35,480 sq mi).
A post shared on X claims former basketball player Michael Jordan has endorsed former President Donald Trump for the 2024 presidential election. Verdict: False Jordan did not endorse Trump, a ...
A post shared on social media purports that NBA star Michael Jordan rejected a $100 million movie offer from Disney due to their political agenda. Verdict: False The claim stems from a satire site.
The economy of Jordan is a lower-middle income economy according to Jordan’s Wikipedia entry but is classified by the World Food Programme as an upper-middle income economy. [1] Jordan 's GDP per capita rose by 351% in the 1970s, declined 30% in the 1980s, and rose 36% in the 1990s. [ 15 ]
Each week during the 2022-23 NBA season, we will take a deeper dive into some of the league’s biggest storylines in an attempt to determine whether the trends are based more in fact or fiction ...