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  Kerry leads diplomatic drive to boost Arab support in fight against Isis

  9 Sep 2014: Efforts made ahead of Barack Obama's announcement of new strategy to fight extremist group

• Isis beheadings of journalists are against Islam, says Abu Qatada

  7 Sep 2014: Islamist cleric's comments, from a cell in Jordan, highlight rift between jihadist groups Islamic State and Jabhat al-Nusra

• Jordan hire Ray Wilkins as new head coach and Frank Stapleton as assistant

  3 Sep 2014: The former England midfielder Ray Wilkins has been named as the new head coach of Jordan’s national team

• Islamic State: Arab leaders reluctant to heed US call for 'allies against Isis'

  27 Aug 2014: Saudi Arabia, UAE and Jordan know dangers of Isis but tribal ties and fears of boosting Syria's Assad are prompting caution

• Microfinance in Jordan isn’t helping to empower women

  20 Aug 2014: Estee Ward: Foreign donors need to reconsider how their money is being used, as profits are taking precedence over sustainability

• Isis: a portrait of the menace that is sweeping my homeland

  16 Aug 2014:

  The rise of Isis is rooted in a mix of politics, a Sunni sense of isolation and a shakeup in Salafist doctrine. Here, an analyst whose Syrian home has seen some of its bloodiest excesses, explains its dramatic surge

• Teenager killed on his birthday as violence ignites in West Bank

  25 Jul 2014: Ramallah doctor says 'We have seen this before but not since the intifada' as hospital treats 250 injured with gunshot wounds
  
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• World in a week: leading HIV researchers amongst MH17 dead

  Guardian Professional, 18 Jul 2014: 14-18 July: Catch up with all the development-related news you may have missed this week

• Child marriage soars among Syrian refugees in Jordan

  16 Jul 2014:

  Girls who have fled Syria's civil war are increasingly vulnerable to exploitation, domestic violence and poverty, the UN warns

• UK military's secret plan to train Syrian rebels to topple Bashar al-Assad

  4 Jul 2014: General Sir David Richards' bid for 100,000-strong force had support from US heavyweights but was shelved as too risky

• Iraq crisis: Maliki welcomes Syrian air strikes

  26 Jun 2014: Cross border air strikes by Syria against Sunni militants in Iraq prompted US alarm

• Abu Qatada cleared in Jordan of 1998 terrorist bomb plot

  26 Jun 2014: Jordanian court clears Islamist cleric who was subject of 12-year UK deportation fight of conspiracy charge relating to 1998 plot

• Iraq crisis: Maliki rejects call for 'salvation' government

  25 Jun 2014: Follow live updates as Iraq's prime minister rejects international calls for a new inclusive emergency government

• Iraq crisis: US troops arrive in Baghdad

  24 Jun 2014: More reports emerge that Isis insurgents have taken control of Iraq's main oil refinery after the visit of US secretary of state John Kerry

• Iraq crisis: Kerry vows 'sustained' US support for Iraqi forces

  23 Jun 2014: John Kerry visits Baghdad to the discuss sweeping gains by Sunni insurgents in Iraq

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