List of Jordan articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Fate of Missing Pilot Unknown as Deadline for Hostage Swap Passes
The negotiations over a pair of Islamic State hostages have played out in public to an unprecedented degree.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Is the Jordanian Pilot Still Alive?
Amman says it’s willing to trade a jihadi bomber for the life of a pilot held by the Islamic State. It may already be too late.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 ‘Whatever the Islamic State Wants, We Should Give Them’
As the crisis heats up over a captured Jordanian pilot, a father begs for his release, Islamist politicians want to pull back from the Syrian conflict, and a country questions its role in the war.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Islamic State Captures Jordanian Pilot After F-16 Crash
The extremists have a Jordanian pilot in their clutches after his plane crashed, although the group claims it shot down the jet. The pilot's fate now rests in the hands of the group.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Private Lives of Syria’s War Widows
In a dusty Jordanian border town, the "wives of martyrs" struggle to care for their families and rebuild their lives.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Mouse That Roars
Tiny Jordan's spies have helped the United States hunt down some of its most dangerous enemies. Now Obama is hoping those spooks can beat the Islamic State.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Israel’s Leviathan Captures Another Gas Deal
With the latest accord to sell natural gas to Jordan, Israel is slowly but surely becoming a linchpin of the region's energy supplies.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Real Red Line in the Middle East
If ISIS attacks Jordan, neither the United States nor Israel will be able to stay out of the fray.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Scandal of Ambassador Zeid
Why the new United Nations human rights advocate is the wrong man for the job.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Three-State Solution
The peace process has failed again, and it's time for Israel's neighbors to shoulder the burden of dealing with the Palestinians.