Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority (ASEZA) and the SIAG Arabian Auto Manufacturing Co. on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding to designate a special estate for automobile manufacturing in Aqaba, including the establishment of an automobile factory at a cost of $447 million in the first phase.

The rehabilitation of the Azraq Wetland Reserve and the pumping of water to different parts of the oasis have diversified the bird species stopping at the nature sanctuary, especially migratory birds, a recent study showed.

Deputising for His Majesty King Abdullah, Agriculture Minister Khalid Hneifat on Thursday inaugurated the 22nd National Olive Festival and the Rural Products Exhibition, which is considered key marketing platform for olive farmers and rural households.

The General Director of the Development Zones, the head of the engineering team of the cable car project, Engineer Arwa Al-Hiyari, said that the control, calibration and examination of the cable car cabins began on Thursday, as part of the activities related to the examination and operation of the system, as the project is expected to be completed in the middle of this year, summer of 2022.

Deputising for His Majesty King Abdullah, Health Minister Feras Al Hawari on Saturday inaugurated the 2022 International Healthcare Travel Forum (IHTF) under the theme "Amman: the capital of Arab medicine" in the presence of 750 participants from 51 countries.

AMMAN — The number of Jordanians travelling outside the Kingdom is expected to plummet during this year s Eid Al Fitr holiday as compared to last year, stakeholders said.

AMMAN  — The fourth edition of Amman Opera Festival (AOF), held under the patronage of HRH Princess Muna Al Hussein, is set to present the renowned opera La Traviata in Amman this November.

Maurizio Oviglia reports about an expedition of the Italian Alpine Club and the JTB (Jordan Tourism Board) which resulted in series of new climbs in the unexplored area of Wadi Sulam in Jordan. Expedition members included Maurizio Giordani, Manrico Dell Agnola, Andrea Cattarossi, Marco Scagnetto, Luca Schiera, Umberto Del Vecchio, Erik Lazarus, Gianluca Cavalli, Marcello Sanguineti, Angelo Taddei, Alberto Rampini and Lorella Franceschini.

Activities of the ancient inhabitants of the Jordan Valley near the site of Tell Himmah (around 2.5 kilometres east of Tell Dayr’Alla) have long drawn the attention of archaeologists, who began excavating the area in 1996, a Jordanian archaeologist said in a recent interview with The Jordan Times.

The General of the Department of Antiquities Fadi Balawi announced during a press conference the important archaeological discovery in Jordan of a 9,000-year-old archaeological capsule.

The 33rd Jerash Festival of Culture and Arts officially opened on Thursday with the lighting of the torch by Tourism Minister Lina Annab in the Northern Theatre of the historical Greco-Roman city. The minister deputised for His Majesty King Abdullah at the opening of the signature cultural and art event,

The Eastern Mediterranean and the Biladi Sham, also known as the Greater Syria, regions were linked to other regions through trade routes, according to an American historian who specialises in the history of mediaeval Muslim states and their fiscal policies.