Jordan's king swears in new Cabinet
conservative technocrats and professionals, including judges and lawyers. Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh and Planning Minister Jaafar Hassan -- both familiar faces in Washington -- retained their posts. The Interior portfolio went to Ghaleb Zoubi, a former
UN observers evacuated from Syria town amid tensions
kidnapping Syrian opposition supporters to exchange them with relatives abducted in Syria recently. Members of Lebanon's Jaafar tribe kidnapped seven anti-government Syrian citizens recently and exchanged them Wednesday for two men kidnapped in the Syrian
Iraq opens new oil export terminal in Persian Gulf
day — by 200,000 to 300,000 barrels per day, said Dhia Jaafar , the director-general of the state-run South Oil Co ..... floating terminal will be ready in the coming two to three months, Jaafar added. The project is part of a $1.3 billion plan to expand
Philippines, Muslim Rebels to Continue Peace Talks
these lawless elements." Moro front vice chairman Ghazali Jaafar welcomed the international investigation into the Oct. 18 clash ..... and meet again very soon," he said, without elaborating. Jaafar said the rebels were aiming to establish an autonomous government