Jordan threatens Israel not to annex West Bank

Jordanian King Abdullah II is openly warning Israel against implementing its West Bank annexation plans. In an interview with the German Der Spiegel magazine, the monarch stressed that the envisioned…

Jordan easing coronavirus restrictions

Jordanian shopping mall supermarkets have reopened after receiving authorization from government leaders. Prime Minister Omar al Razzaz said that some aspects of the tight lockdown the Hashemite Kingdom imposed to…

Jordan deploys army to enforce COVID-19 lockdown

Jordanian King Abdullah II has approved a national defense law that gives the government sweeping powers to enforce a state of emergency in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The royal…

Jordanian drill simulates war with Israel

The Jordanian Armed Forces held a wide-scale military drill in which an attack was simulated against ‘territory to the west.’ Even though the “Swords of Karama” exercise did not explicitly…