Hello and welcome to Episode 18 of This Week in Jordan, a weekly podcast from AmmanNet that covers some of Jordan’s latest news developments.

Happy Labor Day! This week's news includes the continued detention of Jordanian member of parliament Imad al-Adwan on charges of smuggling weapons into the Palestinian territories, major steps towards Jordanian-Syrian and Arab-Syrian normalization, and the potential return of debtors' prisons.

Radio Al-Balad 92.5 راديو البلد · This Week in Jordan (May 1)