AMMAN: Hamas politburo chief Khaled Meshaal took part in his father's funeral in Amman on Saturday.

Meshaal joined hundreds of citizens and key figures of Islamic Hamas movement at the University of Jordan's Mosque in performing prayer for his father, who died Friday at the age of 91.

The Hamas leader arrived in Jordan earlier Saturday from Syria along with several Hamas members after King Abdullah II of Jordan instructed the government Friday to allow his entry.

Official sources in Jordan said allowing Hamas leader to enter the kingdom was purely for humanitarian reasons and there are no political reasons behind.

This is the first time for Meshaal to be allowed back into Jordan since Jordan expelled the Hamas leader and later shut down offices of the Islamic movement in Jordan in 1999.

Relations between Hamas and Jordan soured further in 2006 after Amman alleged that members of the group smuggled missiles and other weapons into the kingdom.LINK