List of Jordan articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Fight for Fallujah’s Highway 11
The crucial highway linking Jordan to Baghdad runs right at the heart of Fallujah — and retaking it could keep Jordan from economic collapse.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Syrians Stuck in No Man’s Land
Twelve thousand refugees are battling disease and exhaustion in a barren stretch of desert along the Jordanian-Syrian border.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Trouble on Holy Ground
Has Israel upset the centuries-old status quo at one of the holiest sites in Islam and Judaism?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Turkey and Jordan to EU: Our Refugee Problem Is Bigger Than Yours
At the United Nations Monday, Turkish and Jordanian leaders called on the international community to bear more of the refugee burden.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Top Pentagon Intel Officer: Iraq ‘May Not Come Back as an Intact State’
The DIA director also warned that Washington may have to choose between the Kurds and Turkey.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Meet the Shadow Warrior Leading the Fight Against the Islamic State
Major General Mike Nagata predicted the rise of the militants. Can he train enough rebels to defeat them?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Where Have All the Arab States Gone?
The Arab world’s a mess and its leaders don’t appear ready to assume much responsibility for fixing it. Maybe it’s time for the rest of us to start demanding they step up.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Pentagon Ups the Ante in Syria Fight
Hundreds of U.S. Special Forces troops are heading overseas to train Syrian rebels to battle the Islamic State, but White House dithering and bureaucratic confusion could make it hard for them to pull it off.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Iran Comes to the Israeli Border
As the Islamic Republic and Hezbollah try to drive back rebel fighters in southern Syria, they threaten to spur a larger conflict in one of the Middle East's most volatile regions.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 U.S. Firm Denied Request to Market Drones to Jordan
Republican congressman Duncan Hunter from Californian wants the decision reversed.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Just Because You Quote Clint Eastwood Doesn’t Make You a Cowboy
Jordan’s King Abdullah may be talking tough about revenge against the Islamic State, but don't expect the cavalry to follow.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Islamic World Versus the Islamic State
The new U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights has been calling for an intellectual war against the Islamic State. After the group's latest gruesome execution, it looks like he's finally going to get it.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Men Who Love the Islamic State
It may not be the vicious killers hundreds of miles away who pose the greatest threat to Jordan, but the angry young men cheering on the jihadis in the country’s own towns and cities.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Can the Islamic State’s Last Hostages Be Saved?
The brutal killing of a missing Jordanian pilot means that military force may be the only way of freeing captives in Syria -- including a 26-year-old American aid worker.
