[2] Ammon News was launched in 2006 by Sameer Al Hayari and Bassel Elkour, being the first online newspaper of Jordan.
According to Forbes, Ammon News is the first and most visited website in the Arab world and one of the top 5 media in the Middle East.
[10] In a market study carried out by Ipsos in March 2012 it was established that Ammon News was among the top 3 most visited websites in the Country In February 2011, the website of Ammon News was disabled following the publication of a statement by 36 leading Jordanian tribesmen who called for democratic and economic reforms in Jordan.
[12] Randa Habib, a veteran journalist, published articles in a column in English and Arabic portals of the Ammon News until June 2011 when the Jordanian government implemented pressure related to the statement mentioned above.
[9] The website was blocked, temporarily, by the Jordanian government in June 2013 when it refused to comply the new press law in order to protest it.