Jordan
Jordan's King Abdullah II begins state visit to Malaysia
King Abdullah II of Jordan began a state visit to Malaysia on Monday with talks with King Sultan Ibrahim bin Sultan Iskandar in Kuala Lumpur.
The police in Jordan arrested dozens of protesters who tried to storm the Israeli Embassy compound in the capital Amman.
The Israeli embassy in Amman © JNA
The police in Jordan arrested dozens of protesters who tried to storm the Israeli Embassy compound in the capital Amman, eyewitnesses told the Reuters news agency, who added that police repelled the angry crowd with batons.
This incident comes after more than 2,000 protesters gathered Tuesday evening outside the embassy, on the third day of protests against Israel in the Jordanian capital.
King Abdullah II of Jordan began a state visit to Malaysia on Monday with talks with King Sultan Ibrahim bin Sultan Iskandar in Kuala Lumpur.
Turkey, Pakistan, Egypt and Saudi Arabia condemned attacks by Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi militants on Riyadh's international airport, saying they were a "dangerous escalation that cannot be justified or accepted under any pretext".
The United States' response to Iran's seven conditions in a proposal to reopen the strategic Strait of Hormuz was "insufficient", Iran's security chief, Mohsen Rezaei, was quoted by state media on Sunday as saying.
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