In the last 48 hours, King Abdullah II has spoken on the phone about the situation in Syria with a range of U.S./European leaders including:

- U.S. President Joe Biden
- NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte
- European Council President Antonio Costa and Commission President Ursula von der Leyen

- there will be buses for those wanting to go back to Syria starting tomorrow
- border w/ Syria has been calm + coordination w/ opposition
- Jordan hasn't received Syrian politicians from the al-Assad regime

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Borrell's last trip to the MidEast as the EU's top diplomat also comes amid doubts that his successor, Estonia's Kaja Kallas will take such strong positions and interest in the region, focusing instead on Russia, China and migration amid a right-wing surge in Europe.

Borrell also underlined that EU countries continue to strongly support a two-state-solution with a Palestinian state thirty years after the Oslo accords.

On the new ICC arrest warrants for Israel's PM Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant:

"All states parties to the Court, which include all members of the EU, are bound to implement this court decision," said the EU's top diplomat Josep Borrell today in Amman

Still, the Spanish politician did not shy away from condemning an "apocalyptic" situation in Gaza which he described as a "war against children" in last two days in Amman.

"In the name of humanity... this massacre has to stop," he said.