Jordan

Jordan’s Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi held talks with Syria’s de facto ruler Ahmed al-Sharaa in Damascus on Monday. It comes as regional leaders move to engage with the new administration following the overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad two weeks ago.

The Islamist opposition party has topped Jordan’s parliamentary elections but fell short of securing a majority, according to official election results.

A Jordanian national shot and killed three Israelis in an attack near the Allenby Bridge border crossing between the occupied West Bank and Jordan.