King Abdullah II of Jordan addressed terrorism in his remarks to the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday, portraying the “network of extremist terrorists” as a force seeking “global dominance” so they can “erase human civilization, and drag us back to the dark ages.”
TEL AVIV – Jews are plotting to convert the entire world – including, if it exists, life on extraterrestrial planets – and are behind all the terror attacks in Europe, a Jordanian journalist claimed in series of anti-Semitic articles published in the country’s Muslim Brotherhood publication, Al-Sabil.
A burst pipe at Jordan’s port of Aqaba has spilled at least 200 tons of crude oil into the Red Sea, Israel’s foreign and environmental protection ministries said Tuesday.
TEL AVIV – The chairman of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Monday lashed back at Jordan’s allegations of Israeli misconduct at the Temple Mount, saying the holy site will not be governed by the rules of Mecca and Medina, the Saudi Arabian cities where entrance is prohibited to non-Muslims.
Fighters of the Islamic State group attacked an Iraqi border guard base near Jordan on Tuesday, killing at least nine people before being beaten back, officers said.
JAFFA, Israel – The Jordanian authorities have reportedly recently barred a middle aged man from marrying a 14-year-old Syrian refugee.
A court in Jordan sentenced a 22-year-old man to death on Thursday for an attack on a security complex that killed five people in June, state news agency Petra said.
TEL AVIV – In a radical turn of events, Muslim writers from all over the Arab world are admitting that Islam itself is the problem, and that the only way to curb the terror carried out in the name of the religion is to conduct a fundamental overhaul of Islamic texts and their interpretations.
With attacks or thwarted plots in Kuwait, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia in the past two weeks, the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/IS) appears to be expanding its reach in the Arab world outside of Syria and Iraq, where it established its “Caliphate.”
Appearing on Sean Hannity’s Fox News program Wednesday night, Breitbart News National Security Senior Editor Dr. Sebastian Gorka chided Hannity for applying “common sense” to Obama Administration spin in the war against ISIS – specifically, Secretary of State John Kerry’s claim that the escalating pace of jihad attacks around the world is a sign of the Islamic State’s “desperation.”
Two dozen men charged with supporting ISIS are squeezed into a cage in Jordan’s state security court. After brief questioning from a judge, they file back out, and guards usher in the next group of accused militants.
The closure of Jordan’s northeastern border with Syria, prompted by an Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL)-linked suicide attack, has left thousands of Syrian refugees on the Jordanian side stranded and hungry in the midst of a spiraling humanitarian crisis, according to international
Millions of dollars worth of CIA- and Saudi Arabian-supplied weapons destined for Syrian rebels, including “Kalashnikov assault rifles, mortars and rocket-propelled grenades,” have been stolen by Jordanian intelligence officials and sold on the black market, found a joint investigation by the New York Times (NYT) and Al Jazeera, citing unnamed U.S. and Jordanian officials.
Dozens of unemployed Jordanians protesting the lack of job opportunities in the town of Dhiban south of the Jordanian capital Amman were met with violence at the hands of Jordanian security forces on Thursday and Friday nights.
Jordanian school textbooks make no reference to the benefits of opposing terror, according to an Egyptian media report in the wake of a bombing that killed six soldiers near the Syrian border on Tuesday.
Jordanian police clashed with young job-seeking demonstrators south of the capital on Thursday, resulting in injuries on both sides, officials and witnesses said.
TEL AVIV – The killing of six Jordanian Border Policemen near the Jordanian-Syrian-Iraqi border on Tuesday was “in all likelihood just the beginning” and a possible Islamic State surge against Jordan, warned an Arab intelligence source speaking to Breitbart Jerusalem.
A new airport planned by Israel near its border with Jordan is clouding the usually businesslike relationship the two neighbors have built since making peace in 1994.
Former FBI Counterterrorism Center instructor Kim Jenson told Breitbart News Sunday that the proper context for understanding the heinous atrocity in Orlando is that “the War on Terrorism is not against Islam,” but rather against “a very specific ideology within the community of Islam.”
The Obama administration has created a “resettlement surge center” which has produced a pouring of 100 Syrian refugees in the U.S. per day. The very real risk to Americans – the lack of proper vetting of these individuals by the quick processing that is being done, almost all of them reported to be Muslims.
A gag order has been imposed on the investigation into Monday’s shooting at Jordan’s Baqa’a refugee camp, in which five people, including three intelligence officers, were killed.
A driver for the Norwegian Embassy in Israel was arrested last week at the Allenby Crossing to Jordan on suspicion of attempting to smuggle out 10 kilograms (22 pounds) of ancient coins and statuettes, the Tax Authority said in a statement on Monday.
JAFFA, Israel – Child marriage in Jordan has hit a record high, with 10,866 minor brides registered in 2015 alone. According to data released by the kingdom’s religious courts system, more than 30,000 people under 18 years old have been wed
Dr. Sebastian Gorka – Major General Matthew C. Horner Distinguished Chair of Military Theory at the Marine Corps University, Breitbart News contributor, and National Security vice-editor – made an appearance at the Heritage Foundation on Monday to talk about his new book, Defeating Jihad: The Winnable War.
Time reports: (AMMAN, Jordan) — Jordan’s prime minister on Monday said his government has decided to call off a plan to install surveillance cameras at Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site, derailing a U.S.-brokered pact to ease tensions at the volatile
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The Jordanian headquarters of the Islamist movement known as the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) has been shut down by law enforcement, various news outlets report.
The Muslim Brotherhood offices in Jordan were shut down on Wednesday by the state authorities. No reason was given for the sudden crackdown on the Islamic movement, which recently cut ties with sister chapters in the Arab world.
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s defense minister says Saudi Arabia has given Israel written assurances the kingdom will guarantee Israel freedom of passage in the Tiran Straits. Tuesday’s announcement comes as Egypt readies to hand over control of two islands in
Amman (AFP) – Jordanian security services on Wednesday closed the Amman headquarters of the Muslim Brotherhood, the country’s main opposition force, a security source and lawyer for the movement said. “Jordanian security searched the headquarters of the Muslim Brotherhood and
Breitbart News National Security Editor Dr. Sebastian Gorka, author of Defeating Jihad: The Winnable War, appeared on Breitbart News Sunday to answer host Stephen K. Bannon’s challenge that, contrary to the title, his book doesn’t make the war against jihad sound very “winnable” at all.
Middle East Eye reports some startling criticism of Turkey from King Abdullah of Jordan, who is a nominal ally of the Turks, during a visit to Washington in January. The details of the King’s remarks are said to have been kept secret until now.
JERUSALEM – Two Arab residents of eastern Jerusalem were charged on Monday with planning an attack on security forces in the city under the banner of the Islamic State. The Jerusalem State Attorney’s Office filed the indictment against Mu’asab Alian, 23, and Samir Abd Rabo, 38, who face charges including, conspiracy to aid an enemy in time of war, membership in a terrorist organization and contact with a foreign agent.
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Jordan will get a cheap $100 million loan to help create 100,000 jobs for Syrian refugees and its own citizens, the World Bank president said Sunday. The long-term loan, almost interest free, is part of an
TEL AVIV – Israeli and Jordanian F-16s confronted Russian warplanes in January, warning them to stay away from the two countries’ shared border, King Abdullah of Jordan told U.S. lawmakers. According to a report by the Middle East Eye on Abdullah’s briefing to members of Congress on January 11, Russian warplanes were observing Israeli defense measures in the Golan Heights, which borders Syria.
TEL AVIV – Following the carnage in Brussels, Palestinian Authority Security Forces Spokesman said that the U.S. and Europe had created international terror and were therefore responsible for attacks on Western nations, Palestinian Media Watch (PMW) reported.
The Jerusalem Post reports: Surveillance cameras will be installed at the Temple Mount in the coming days, Jordanian Minister of State for Information Mohamed al-Mumani announced over the weekend. He said that the cameras were not intended to help Israel
JAFFA, Israel – Jordan’s parliament has banned selling or renting property in the Petra area to Israelis following a heated plenary debate. Lawmakers defied calls to strike down the bill as unlawful because Israel doesn’t have a similar law and
TEL AVIV – A new BDS campaign with the slogan “Shame on you” has been gaining momentum in Jordan, the Jerusalem Post reported. On Tuesday, campaign organizers held a press conference in Amman in which they called for a blanket boycott of Israeli goods and stated their opposition to Jordan’s policy on Israel, saying that “economic war is no less important than military war.”
The Times of Israel reports: A Jordanian army helicopter on Saturday morning rescued an injured Israeli tour guide who was trapped in a narrow wadi, or valley, after a receiving a head injury the day before. The guide was injured