Jordan’s Prince Hamzah bin Hussein ‘under house arrest’

The former crown prince of Jordan says he has been placed under house arrest as part of a crackdown on critics.

Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021

Jordan is an Arab country in the Levant region of Western Asia, on the East Bank of the Jordan River.

Jordan is bordered by Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Syria, Israel and Palestine (West Bank).

The Dead Sea is located along its western borders and the country has a 26-kilometre coastline on the Red Sea in its extreme south-west.

Its capital city is Amman.

The sovereign state is a constitutional monarchy, but the king holds wide executive and legislative powers.

Sunni Islam, practised by around 95% of the population, is the dominant religion and coexists with an indigenous Christian minority.