Jordan

Role of Gulf states in Iran conflict said to change over one week - analysis

Iran’s narrative was that some of the Gulf states hosted US forces, or in the case of the UAE and Bahrain, had signed the Abraham Accords with Israel.

Iran and Iraq map. Ilustration.
People stand before the Roman-era South Gate, was built in honour of the Roman Emperor Hadrian on the occasion of his visit circa 130 CE, is pictured at the Roman ruins of Jerash in northern Jordan on April 29, 2026.

World's oldest plague mass grave found beneath Roman racetrack in Jordan - study

A view of a Royal Jordanian Air Force aircraft before the airdrop operation of aid over Gaza on August 14, 2025.

Jordan is enforcing a red line in Syria via airstrikes - analysis

Soldier from the Jordanian Armed Forces standing next to a helicopter, May 3, 2026.

Jordan strikes Sweida, claims it carried out ‘deterrent operation’ against drugs, arms trafficking


Hamas, Muslim Brotherhood networks ties fractured as millions of dollars earmarked for Gaza missing

Reham Owda, an Istanbul-based Palestinian political analyst, says the scandals “erode public trust in genuine charitable work and in the civil society groups that actually deliver relief.”

An illustration of armed terrorists above a backdrop of Hamas's flag.

Deadly raid in Ramtha: Jordanian forces kill extremist suspects after firefight

Ramtha is located in northern Jordan near the border with Syria. Over the last decade, it has been a transit area for many Syrian refugees and displaced people.

: Anti-terrorism police secure an area as a raid takes place on November 25, 2025 in Ar-Ramtha, Jordan. The country's Public Security Directorate (PSD) said that security forces raided a site in Ramtha earlier this evening in a search for two brothers wanted by police.

Trump signs order to advance labeling Muslim Brotherhood as terrorists

"President Trump is confronting the Muslim Brotherhood’s transnational network, which fuels terrorism and destabilization campaigns against US interests and allies in the Middle East,"

US President Donald Trump gestures as he boards Air Force One en route to Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, to attend a world leaders’ summit on ending the Israel-Hamas War, amid a US-brokered prisoner-hostage swap and ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, at Ben-Gurion Airport, October 13.

Hundreds of Gazans evacuated from Strip for medical treatment - COGAT

Nearly 300 Gazans needing medical care left Gaza via Israel and Jordan for treatment abroad after vetting and coordination with global partners.

 Palestinians carry their belongings as they flee their homes after the IDF issued evacuation orders, in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza Strip, June 3, 2025

Israeli strikes across Gaza undermine fragile ceasefire, Qatar and Saudi Arabia warn

This comes after the IDF targeted a senior Hamas terrorist in a strike on a building in the Zeitoun neighborhood in Gaza City.

Palestinians walk past the rubble of destroyed buildings, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in Gaza City, November 19, 2025.

Israel’s top civil service chiefs tour Jordan border to shape five-year eastern front plan

Defense Ministry Director General Amir Baram led an inter-ministerial team to review security, settlement, and infrastructure needs along Jordan's border.

An inter-ministerial directors-general team, led by Defense Ministry Director-General Maj. Gen. (res.) Amir Baram with the acting director-general of the Prime Minister’s Office Drorit Steinmetz and Settlement Affairs Ministry Director-General Avi Meir, toured the Jordan border, November 18, 2025.

Benjamin Netanyahu rejects request by Norway's Jonas Støre to visit Israel

Støre claimed that the visit was denied due to Norway's support of the International Criminal Court's decisions against Israel, as well Norway's recognition of a Palestinian state. 

Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store speaks during a joint press conference with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, August 25, 2025.

Jordan's King Abdullah arrives in Pakistan for high-level talks to expand bilateral ties

Pakistani officials said the visit represents the first trip by a Jordanian monarch in more than two decades.

 Jordan's King Abdullah II ibn Al Hussein addresses the 79th United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York, US, September 24, 2024.

Jerusalem Sheikh Abdel Azim Salhab, chairman of the Wakf Council, dies age 79

Israel Police arrested Sheikh Abdel Azim Salhab in 2019 after riots at the Al-Aqsa Mosque.

 The last Friday prayers of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, at al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City, March 28, 2025

Egypt and Jordan: The overlooked partners in postwar Gaza - opinion

Despite economic and political pressures, both countries remain natural partners against Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood, and should be factored into any realistic plan.

The sun sets behind the rubble of destroyed buildings, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in Jabalia, northern Gaza Strip, November 6, 2025.