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Jordan has submitted to Israel for approval its preferred candidate to serve as the next ambassador to the Jewish state, but has yet to receive a response from Jerusalem, a source in the Jordanian capital said on Wednesday.

A judge sentenced a Jordanian national to death for carrying out two “honor killings” in 2012 as part of a plot to allegedly kill his daughter and four others.

AMMAN, Jordan — Jordan said Monday that a terror cell targeted in a deadly weekend raid by security forces was composed of supporters of the Islamic State terror group and shared its extremist views.

Gunmen killed three members of Jordan’s security forces in a shootout Saturday during a raid on a “terrorist” cell a day after an officer died in a rare bomb blast, the government spokeswoman said.

The Russian Defense Ministry has proposed a plan for working with the United States to return Syrian refugees living in Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, and other regions back to their homes.

TEL AVIV – The visit of more than 1,400 Jews to the Temple Mount on Sunday to mark the Tisha B’Av fast mourning the destruction of the two Temples prompted outrage from Jordan and the Palestinians, who described the event as “settlers storming” the holy site. 

AMMAN (AFP) – Israel has evacuated 800 White Helmets rescuers and their family members threatened by advancing Syrian regime forces to Jordan for resettlement in Britain, Canada and Germany, the kingdom said Sunday.

Contents: Syria and Russia resume full-scale assault on Daraa; Jordan fears repercussions from Syria’s military offensive in Daraa; Israel concerned about infiltration from Iran and Hezbollah

Sweden, which holds the United Nations Security Council’s rotating presidency, and Kuwait requested an emergency, closed-door meeting at the UN Security Council on Tuesday to complain that Israel and Jordan will not accept hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees displaced by Russian-backed bombings in southern Daraa, Syria.

Jordan will hold talks with Russia this week over a ceasefire in southwestern Syria and alleviating the humanitarian situation there, the Jordanian foreign minister said on Monday.

At least eight battered rebel-held towns in southern Syria returned to regime control under Russian-brokered deals on Saturday as air strikes killed at least 15 civilians, a monitor said.

Contents: Tens of thousands fleeing Syrian bombs trapped at closed Jordan border; Israeli missiles strike Iranian cargo plane near Damascus

The Palestinians are not facing any pressure from the Arab countries to accept US President Donald Trump’s plan for peace in the Middle East, Palestinian officials said on Monday.

First Lady Melania Trump and Queen Rania of Jordan coordinated their ensembles on Monday, both opting for pretty in pink looks that matched beautifully with the White House’s decor of pale pink roses.

“If the rest of the world just took a little bit of your humility and your grace, we’d be in a lot better position,” Abdullah said.

Prince William is set to kick off an historic regional tour of the Middle East in Jordan on Sunday before travelling to Israel and the Palestinian territories for the first-ever official visit by a member of the British royal family.

Contents: Thousands of Syrians flee into Jordan to escape bombing in Daraa; Fears grow of Syrian army advance into Quneitra province

AMMAN, Jordan — Jordan’s King Abdullah II set off for the United States on Thursday for talks with US President Donald Trump on Middle East issues including the stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace process, the palace said.

US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner and his special envoy Jason Greenblatt were due in Israel on Friday, the final leg of a Middle East tour aimed at promoting the US administration’s as-yet unveiled Israeli-Palestinian peace plan and securing humanitarian relief for Gaza.

The IDF began dropping leaflets across the Gaza Strip on Thursday, urging residents “not to allow Hamas to turn you into tools for serving its narrow interests” as they prepare to stage mass border protest on Friday.

AMMAN, Jordan — Doctors, lawyers and teachers staged a strike across Jordan on Wednesday in protest over IMF-backed austerity measures including a proposed income tax law that have sparked a week of angry demonstrations.

Contents: Jordan’s government in chaos as PM resigns in face of anti-government protests; Fears grow that Jordan will be the next victim of the ‘Arab Spring’

Jordan’s King Abdullah II on Monday replaced the kingdom’s embattled prime minister to appease the biggest anti-government demonstrations in the country since 2011.

Amman – Jordan’s senate met Sunday for a special session after another night protests across the country against IMF-backed austerity measures including a draft income tax law and price hikes.

Congress’s watchdog arm this week raised questions on how effectively the Pentagon and U.S. State Department are overseeing projects linked to multi-billion dollar Global Train and Equip program primarily intended to improve counterterrorism capabilities for U.S. partner nations like Jordan, Niger, and Afghanistan.

Israel has built a unique ‘missile net’ to defend a new airport, as part of a newly-completed segment of its eastern border barrier, a military official said Friday.

The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Commander Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari on Wednesday decried several “treacherous” regional countries for their silence and inaction against Israel in the aftermath of the deaths of nearly 60 Palestinians on the Gaza border on Monday.

JERUSALEM — Iran’s increasing international isolation combined with recent airstrikes targeting Iranian bases in Syria, the growing frustration of the Iranian people over economic woes, and the Mossad’s “astonishing” seizure of Tehran’s secret nuclear archive have worked to demonstrate that the Iranian regime “is not that all powerful after all,” contended Breitbart Jerusalem bureau chief Aaron Klein.

TEL AVIV – A surfeit of Arabic-language newspapers have recently published articles discussing Israel’s superiority over Arab states, saying Israel’s strong democratic ethos and its willingness to prosecute its leaders is partly why it the only stable country in the region, a Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) report released this week said.

During his visit to Jordan on Tuesday, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe declared that Jordan’s stability is “indispensable for regional stability” and pledged to “dramatically develop our bilateral ties” on security and trade issues.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) announced on Saturday that she will lead a delegation of Democrats to the Middle East, with stops in Israel and Jordan.

The 2018 omnibus provides just enough funds to build 33 miles of fencing on the Texas border — but it also provides $500 million to help Jordan build a wall and defense line against jihad terrorists trying to cross its 287-mile

L-SWAQA, Jordan — A U.S.-funded counterterrorism center has opened in Jordan where law enforcement officers from partner countries in the Middle East and beyond can practice shooting, storming hideouts and responding to bomb threats.

Two Jordanians were sentenced Wednesday to 10 years in jail with hard labor for planning attacks on the Amman embassies of Russia, Iran and Israel.

TEL AVIV — Recent reports of a deterioration in the health of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas set off fears of a political war of succession that could work to the advantage of Hamas, an Arab intelligence source told Breitbart Jerusalem.

The United Nations received pledges Thursday of nearly $100 million in new funding for the UN relief agency for Palestinians after the US slashed its aid, but it is still facing a nearly $350 million shortfall this year.