Jordan holds parliamentary elections with spotlight on Gaza, economic woes

Jordanians head to the polls on Tuesday to vote in the first parliamentary elections since reforms aimed at modernising the government were passed in 2022. Voters say they are concerned about unemployment amid a decline in tourism and are consumed by the war in Gaza, which the prime minister said he hoped would not depress turnout.

Jordan holds parliamentary elections with spotlight on Gaza, economic woes
Jordanians head to the polls on Tuesday to vote in the first parliamentary elections since reforms aimed at modernising the government were passed in 2022. Voters say they are concerned about unemployment amid a decline in tourism and are consumed by the war in Gaza, which the prime minister said he hoped would not depress turnout.