Jordan

A demonstrator holds a sign that says "From Amman, greetings to the American students" during a protest in support of Palestinians in Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Amman, Jordan May 3, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Jehad Shelbak/File Photo
Middle East

Jordan foils arms plot as kingdom caught in Iran-Israel shadow war

The alleged plot and arrests, reported here for the first time, come at a time of sky-high tensions in the Middle East, with an American-backed Israel at war in Gaza with Hamas, part of Iran's...

Iran launched drones and missiles toward Israel late on Saturday as it retaliated following a suspected Israeli strike on the consulate annex building adjacent to the Iranian Embassy in Damascus, Syria, earlier this month. Photo: X/File
Offbeat

Used missiles for sale: Iranian weapons used against Israel are up for grabs on Jordan-based website

Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi speaks during a press conference with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Stephane Sejourne, following a meeting discussing the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, at Tahrir Palace, in Cairo, Egypt March 30, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany/File Photo
Middle East

Jordan says Israeli retaliation for Iran strikes risks wider regional war

Debris from a missile intercepted by Jordanian forces over Amman on April 14. Photo: Ahmad Shoura/AFP/Getty Images
Middle East

Iran's conflict with Israel puts US ally Jordan on edge

People protest in support of Palestinians in Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, near the Israeli embassy in Amman, Jordan, March 28, 2024. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Sukhni
Middle East

Jordanians protest against peace treaty with Israel in fresh rallies

A Palestinian man looks at the site of an Israeli strike on a mosque, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, 12 February 2024. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa
World+Biz

US, Jordan throw their weight behind Gaza ceasefire effort ahead of new talks

Jordan's King Abdullah II delivers a national statement at the World Climate Action Summit during the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, December 1, 2023. REUTERS/Thaier Al Sudani/File Photo
Middle East

Jordan's King Abdullah participates in Gaza aid airdrop

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin, Gen. Charles "CQ" Brown and Sergeant Major Troy E. Black attend the dignified transfer of the remains of Army Reserve Sergeants William Rivers, Kennedy Sanders and Breonna Moffett, three U.S. service members who were killed in Jordan during a drone attack carried out by Iran-backed militants, at Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Delaware, U.S., February 2, 2024. REUTERS/Michael A. McCoy/File Photo
USA

US confronts dangers from 'not very good' Iran-backed militants

US President Joe Biden is briefed on the deadly drone attack at a US outpost in Jordan, by Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and other members of the national security team in the Situation Room at the White House in Washington, US on 29 January 2024. The White House/Handout via REUTERS
USA

Biden says he's decided Jordan strike response, doesn't want wider war

Satellite view of the US military outpost known as Tower 22, in Rukban, Rwaished District, Jordan 12 October, 2023 in this handout image. REUTERS
Panorama

How should Biden respond? By finally putting pressure on Israel

Satellite view of the US military outpost known as Tower 22, in Rukban, Rwaished District, Jordan 12 October, 2023 in this handout image. REUTERS
Middle East

Islamic Resistance in Iraq claims responsibility for drone attack in Jordan-Syria border

Tower 22 holds a strategically important location, opens new tab in Jordan, at the most northeastern point where the country's borders meet Syria and Iraq. Graphic: Reuters
Middle East

What is Tower 22, site of the attack on US troops in Jordan?

US President Joe Biden delivers a prime-time address to the nation on 19 October 2023. File Photo: Reuters
Middle East

Reaction to drone strike on US troops in Jordan