By: Middle East Affairs On Monday, Sameer al-Mobaideen, Jordan's interior minister said: "Militants behind an assault on police supported Islamic State, and investigations had uncovered plans for more assaults on security and non military personnel targets." A week ago, Jordanian police said: "A homemade explosive device planted almost a police van murdered
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At least three militants, four security members, killed in Jordan shoot out
Security forces pulled the bodies of three suspected militants from the wreckage of a building in a central Jordanian city on Sunday following a shoot-out in which at least four security personnel were also killed, the government said. In a huge security operation, Jordanian forces laid siege to the building in
Jordan: Four people killed during a police raid on house sheltering militants
Jordan: A policeman was killed and six injured by an explosive device
By: Middle East Affairs AMMAN - On Saturday, Jordanian police said that investigations demonstrated a home made explosive device planted almost a police van was behind a blast that killed one policeman and harmed six others the day preceding. On Friday, Police said that a gas canister put away in the van
Protesters in Jordan want a “change in policy, not a change in name”
(AFP, AP) AMMAN: Jordanian unions pressed ahead with a strike on Wednesday to protest a draft tax law despite efforts by King Abdullah to defuse public anger after the country’s largest protests in years. Although some unions pulled out of the strike after the king replaced his prime minister, urging new