Palestine score twice in the final minutes of their Group B qualifier for a historic 2-1 win against Iraq in Jordan.
![Palestine celebrate victory against Iraq in their World Cup qualifier in Jordan [Asian Football Confederation]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/5fqwz0oi-1742939415.png?resize=570%2C380&quality=80)
Jordan beat Palestine, while Iran defeat Kuwait as pair keep pressure on group leaders South Korea in Group B.
Qatar will provide 400 megawatts of electricity daily to Syria, where authorities have struggled with power generation.
US president says ‘nobody is expelling Palestinians from Gaza’ during White House meeting.
The summit has been called by Egypt, which has prepared a reconstruction plan that avoids ethnic cleansing of Gaza.
Egypt, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Kuwait and Bahrain seek to hash out plan to avoid Palestinian displacement.
Egypt’s foreign minister, Badr Abdelatty, has confirmed Cairo is ‘actively developing’ a reconstruction plan for Gaza.
Forced to choose between aid cuts and taking displaced Palestinians, Egypt and Jordan may look for aid elsewhere.
![President Donald Trump greets Jordan's King Abdullah II at the White House, Tuesday, February 11, 2025, in Washington, DC [Evan Vucci/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/AP25042614998194-1739294028.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi tells Al Jazeera that Jordan remains opposed to Trump’s Gaza takeover plan.
Arab League chief rejects US President Trump’s plan to ethnically cleanse Gaza of Palestinians.
Can the king of Jordan stand up to the US and stand for millions of Palestinians in Gaza?
![U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Jordan's King Abdullah in the Oval Office [File: Nathan Howard/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2025-02-11T173106Z_22934722_RC2HSCATLYON_RTRMADP_3_USA-JORDAN-1739319494.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
The focus of the meeting was Trump’s plan that the US take over Gaza and Palestinians be displaced to Jordan and Egypt.
President Donald Trump met Jordan’s King Abdullah II at the White House, pressing him to take in Palestinians from Gaza.
![U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Jordan's King Abdullah in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., February 11, 2025. [Nathan Howard/Reuters] (Reuters)](/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2025-02-11T174702Z_1151672779_RC2HSCAWQJTI_RTRMADP_3_USA-JORDAN_cropped-1739299504.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Trump’s comments on displacing Palestinians from Gaza faces strong opposition from Jordan and Arab countries.
![Jordan's King Abdullah has insisted that his country will resist any plans to displace Palestinians from Gaza [Alex Brandon/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/AP25042639396939-1739296371.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)