In mid-2013, Jordan closed all its informal western border crossings, which are much closer to populated areas of Jordan and Syria than those in the east, to all but war-wounded Syrians – both ...

As evening gathers across a desert plain in eastern Jordan, 80-year-old Muteea Talaa stands with 200 other starved, cold and wet refugees on the Syrian side of a muddy ditch marking the border ...

Though visitors flock to Jordan's famous treasures, Petra and the Dead Sea, there are some amazing, off-the-grid places to ...

Jordan: Gem of the Near East. Season 2 Episode 12 ... Being just an hour from the Wadi Rum desert and not far from Petra, this is part of Jordan's Golden Triangle for tourism, ...

2005-07-24 04:00:00 PDT Wadi Rum, Jordan-- The Bedouin's face was burned a deep brown by a lifetime beneath Jordan's searing desert sun. But this was early morning, and as he carefully roasted ...

AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — A team of Jordanian and French archaeologists said Tuesday that it had found a roughly 9,000-year-old shrine at a remote Neolithic site in Jordan’s eastern desert.

A team of Jordanian and French archaeologists said Tuesday that it had found a roughly 9,000-year-old shrine at a remote Neolithic site in Jordan’s eastern desert. The ritual complex was found ...

A team of Jordanian and French archaeologists says it has found a roughly 9,000-year-old shrine at a remote Neolithic site in Jordan’s eastern desert.

This photo provided by Jordan Tourism Ministry shows two carved standing stones at a remote Neolithic site in Jordan’s eastern desert. A team of Jordanian and French archaeologists said Tuesday ...