Arabic News Weekly Edition for Jordan, 8/25/1997
Weekly Edition, Jordan - Week of August 25, 1997
- Jordanian-Israeli peace airport
The Jordanian Minister of Transportation and his Israeli counterpart are scheduled to sign an agreement to jointly operate the Jordanian Aqba airport on Sunday. Jordan, Business, 8/29/1997 - Jordan arrests 6 people for gun smuggling
Jordanian forces arrested 6 people, including one Israeli citizen and a woman (32 years old) who obtained automatic weapons and guns and tried to smuggle them. Jordan, Judicial, 8/28/1997 - Conflict between government and Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan
The Moslem Brotherhood group, "Al-Ekhwan," in Jordan has declared explicitly that they decided to boycott parliamentary elections to be held early next November. Jordan, Analysis, 8/28/1997 - Jordan denies dam agreement with Israel
Jordan said yesterday it had no intentions whatsoever to build a dam with Israel on Al-Yarmouk River. Jordan, Politics, 8/26/1997