Kerry to arrive in Amman Thursday

US Secretary of State John Kerry will arrive in Amman on Thursday as part of a Middle East tour that includes Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Palestine and Israel, said a well-placed source at the Jordanian Foreign Ministry. The source said that Jordanian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriate Affairs Nasser Judeh will have an official session of talks with Kerry on bilateral ties and the latest regional developments, topped by Palestinian-Israeli negotiations and reviving the Middle East peace process. The source told Al-Dostour newspaper Wednesday that the talks will take up the Syrian file and efforts exerted to find a political solution to the Syrian crisis as well as burdens incurred by Jordan for hosting Syrian refugees.