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Aljazeera.com
April 25, 2018
Before Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's military intervention in Yemen, the former Saudi intelligence chief Prince Bandar bin Sultan spearheaded, between 2012 and 2014, ... The countries involved in the discussions are Egypt, Bahrain, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
Honestreporting.com
April 25, 2018
Many Senior Palestinian Authority and Fatah officials, including Abbas and his two sons, were given Jordanian citizenship over a decade ago, a Jordanian official disclosed in early 2011 . . . The report did not disclose any information as to why Jordan decided to begin the process of revoking theÃâà...
Turkey Purge
April 24, 2018
Orcun Senyucel, a former public employee who was dismissed from his job at the Competition Authority in 2016 has been abducted by an unknown group of ... Israeli intelligence agency MOSSAD had killed family members of Palestinian, Jordanian and Egyptian inmates to make them MOSSAD operatives.
Aljazeera.com
April 22, 2018
Gaza's ruling Hamas said al-Batsh was an important member of the group and accused Israel's Mossad intelligence agency of being behind .... In his book, Bergman cites Mossad sources to claim that General Samih Batikhi, Jordan's spy chief at the time, was angry with Mossad for not keeping him informedÃâà...
Middle East Monitor
April 10, 2018
He added that Jordanian intelligence officials confirmed to Iraq that it was impossible to hand over any of the late president's family members. They denied that Raghad or any member of Saddam's family have engaged in any political or security activity which is harmful to Iraq. “The fact that Al-Abadi has notÃâà...
Inkstick
April 5, 2018
And Jordan faces an immediate security threat from ISIS and Iranian-backed militias operating on its borders. ISIS maintains a strong position with an estimated 2,000 fighters only few kilometers from Jordan's northwest border. Just this January, Jordanian intelligence dismantled a terrorist infiltrationÃâà...
Lawfare (blog)
April 3, 2018
That mantra has driven Israel's national security doctrine since its 1948 founding, including its long-standing use of targeted killings by its spy services .... One wonders if sheer overconfidence led to Jordan's capture of Mossad operatives who sprayed poison into Hamas leader Khaled Mashal's ear in 1997Ãâà...
The Denver Post
March 18, 2018
Prince Feisal bin Al-Hussein said Jordan wants to expand this military partnership to help deal with water scarcity, develop solar and wind energy, and ... Jordanian intelligence agents have been battling militants after terrorist attacks they attribute to Islamic State sympathizers driven from Syria and Iraq.
Middle East Monitor
March 17, 2018
The sources added that the Egyptian efforts to influence Jordan's position are also moving towards convincing King Abdullah to announce Jordan's ... accompanied by the Secretary-General of the PLO Executive Committee, Saeb Erekat; the head of the Palestinian Authority's General Intelligence Service inÃâà...
Al-Monitor
March 11, 2018
The pending agreement will place security of the Erbil and Sulaimaniyah airports with Iraq's Ministry of Interior and National Intelligence Services. The Iraqi Civil Aviation Authority would continue its management of the airport, probably with some engagement of Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG)Ãâà...
New Statesman
March 11, 2018
Named after the department of Pakistan's intelligence agency (the ISI) that oversaw operations – rivalling those of the CIA – in Afghanistan, the book was hoped ... fortified CIA compound on Afghanistan's eastern border with Pakistan, he detonated a suicide vest, killing ten people, including five CIA officers.
Jordan Times
March 3, 2018
After a six-year hiatus in high-level reciprocal visits, I'm pleased to arrive in Jordan with the aspiration to open a new phase in our bilateral relations. ... are also being strengthened on the fields of defence, security and intelligence, particularly after the visit of the Brazilian minister of defence to Jordan inÃâà...
The Arab Weekly
March 3, 2018
In Jordan, where the jihadi scene has been shaped by the Syrian conflict, authorities will continue to struggle with the issue of low-level terrorism in the long run. Since the 1980s, Jordanians have joined jihadist organisations around the world, first in Afghanistan with Abdullah Azzam, al-Qaeda's ideologue,Ãâà...
Global Village space (blog)
February 28, 2018
He is expected to exchange notes with Indian authorities on ways to counter extremism and radicalization during his visit. Officials informed, “Security dialogue is on the cards between India and Jordan, and both countries are working to forge a defence framework agreement.” Earlier, their bilateral securityÃâà...
Al-Monitor
February 20, 2018
Since 2015, the two countries have operated a joint center in Amman to share intelligence on the situation in southern provinces and coordinate military action. The agreement between Russia and the United States on the de-escalation zone at Jordan's border became possible thanks to the king'sÃâà...
Newsweek
February 15, 2018
Jordan's military has played a key role in the U.S.-led anti-Islamic State coalition, and its intelligence services have produced some of the best intelligence on Al-Qaeda, experts say. As such, Jordan's leadership is a stabilizing force in a region where leaders are frequently wedged between an increasinglyÃâà...
The Cipher Brief
February 12, 2018
A few additional factors could make such a threat even more ominous for Jordan's King Abdullah. First is Jordan's close military, security, and intelligence association with the United States. Second is the recent announcement from Washington that American forces would remain in Syria for the indefiniteÃâà...
New York Times
December 31, 1999
The military intelligence report, put out less than three days after the attack, said the allied airstrikes likely set back Mr. Assad's production of sarin gas. ... One senior American officer involved in the strike planning said Saudi Arabia and Jordan were put in the delicate position of allowing American-ledÃâà...
Roads and Kingdoms
December 31, 1999
Amman is humble and dense, a dusty makeshift capital developed by necessity, not design, for the waves of migrants and refugees who've fled to Jordan through the centuries. Its eastern side is packed with lower-income Jordanians and refugees surviving in tiny sand-colored rooms stacked on top of eachÃâà...
Middle East Eye
December 31, 1999
In Jordan, Mahmoud Kharabshe, a self-described retired general intelligence officer and former parliamentarian, has been involved in a heated debate. ... Jordanian woman spoke about sexual harassment in Jordan and questioned the response from authorities, Kharabshe replied: "Jordanian womenÃâà...
