In this Tuesday, April 14, 2009 file photo, an Assyrian Orthodox Christian clergyman baptizes a baby in the Jordan River during a ceremony at Qasr-el Yahud near Jericho, in the West Bank, during ...

The Lower Jordan River's decline, ... River as part of the Orthodox feast of the Epiphany at the Qasr al-Yahud baptismal site, near the West Bank town of Jericho on Jan. 19, 2018.

Thirty Palestinian families left their home in a remote area of the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Friday, saying they were ...

Located in the Jordan Valley, Jericho is situated between the Jordan River to the east and Jerusalem to the west. In 2010, Jericho celebrated being the oldest walled city in the world, dating back ...

If water were to return to the Jordan River and feed the Dead Sea it is likely that the costly and controversial Red-Dead canal, which has massive environmental implications, will never have to be ...

This story appears in the April 2010 issue of National Geographic magazine. For a biblical stream whose name evokes divine tranquillity, the Jordan River is nobody's idea of peace on Earth. From ...

Over 20,000 Christians flocked to the banks of the Jordan River over the weekend to be baptized in the same location believed to be where Jesus Christ was baptized by John the Baptist.

JERICHO, West Bank — There are two dramas playing out today along the banks of the River Jordan, representing the two most powerful forces shaping politics in and around Israel.