List of Jordan articles
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Webuyyourkids (The Jacky Winter Group) illustration for Foreign Policy Thus Spoke Jordan Peterson
The best-selling psychologist isn't leading young men to salvation — he's delivering them to authoritarianism.
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U.S. President Donald Trump brandishes a sword during a welcome ceremony in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on May 20, 2017. (Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images) Trump’s Middle East Strategy Is Totally Boring
There’s a very familiar method to the administration’s apparent regional madness.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference in Jerusalem on Nov. 18, 2014. (Lior Mizrahi/Getty Images) Bibi Is Burning Down the House
Faced with legal threats, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu won’t hesitate to sow doubt, chaos, and confusion in order to remain in power.
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SANLIURFA, TURKEY - OCTOBER 28: (TURKEY OUT) Kurdish refugee children from the Syrian town of Kobani look on near makeshift tents in a camp in the southeastern town of Suruc, Sanliurfa province October 28, 2014. Kurdish fighters, supported by US-led air strikes, have fended off the Islamic State militants offensive into the besieged Syrian border town of Kobani for the last 44 days but remain ill equipped and short on ammunition. (Photo by Kutluhan Cucel/Getty Images) Millions Said To Be Missing in Pledged Donations to Syrian Refugee Education
Only a fraction of promised international aid has reached Syrian refugees in Turkey, Jordan, and Lebanon, a rights group says.
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Syrian refugees at the Zaatari refugee camp on the Jordanian border on May 31. (Photo Alvaro Fuente/NurPhoto via Getty Images) A Refugee Without a River
Two years after fleeing Iraq, one woman’s plans for resettlement are still on hold. A minority among refugees in Jordan, is her plight being overlooked?
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Acting Assistant Secretary of State for south and central Asian affairs Alice Wells, and Ambassador of the United States to Sri Lanka and the Maldives Atul Keshap (L) attend a candle light vigil for minority Tamils missing since the end of the island's drawn out Tamil separatist war in May 2009, in Sri Lanka's capital Colombo on August 30, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / ISHARA S. KODIKARA (Photo credit should read ISHARA S. KODIKARA/AFP/Getty Images) Trump Dumped U.S. Ambassador to Amman at Request of King
Jordan’s monarch had clashed with the U.S. diplomat over disagreements with Obama administration policies.
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jordanalaqsa In Jordan, a Killing Threatens to Upend Peace with Israel
As tensions simmer in Jerusalem, a linchpin of Israel’s security relationship with the Arab world is put to the test.
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Maarik Al-Tawaiha (C) is led out of court following his trial, for the killing of three American military trainers outside an army base last year, on July 17, 2017, in the Jordanian capital Amman. The military court in Amman found 39-year-old Tawaiha guilty of shooting the trainers as they waited to enter the King Faisal base at Al-Jafr in southern Jordan on November 4. / AFP PHOTO / KHALIL MAZRAAWI (Photo credit should read KHALIL MAZRAAWI/AFP/Getty Images) Jordanian Soldier Who Killed Three Green Berets Gets Life Sentence
With no ties to terrorist groups, the motive for the attack remains unknown.
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zeid The Arab Prince Standing Up to Trump
Prince Zeid Raad al-Hussein has emerged as the Middle East's most prominent defender of human rights — both in the region of his birth, and the United States.
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king of jordan The King of Jordan Meets the King of Queens
Experts say a heavy burden rests on Abdullah's shoulder.
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airline crop U.S. Suddenly Bans Laptops and Tablets on Some Middle Eastern Flights to America
DHS won’t talk about the rationale for the drastic change to existing policy.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Three U.S. Military Trainers Shot Dead in Jordan
The attack comes a year after another shooting killed two American civilian contractors in the country.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 SitRep: Another Terror Attack in Jordan; U.S. Carriers Flexing Muscles
Syria on Notice; Eastern Europe Eyeing Russia Warily; and Lots More
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Watch Bill Clinton and Others Memorialize International Icon Muhammad Ali
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan will not attend after his requests to honor Ali were denied.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Guess Who’s Coming to Muhammad Ali’s Funeral? Hint: a Strongman and a King.
Turkey's president and Jordan's king will pay tribute to their boxing idol in person.