U.S. Trainers and Salafist Jihadis In Jordan
Larouchepac The story that the U.S. military is training Syrian opposition fighters in Jordan got another boost in a story posted by the BBC, yesterday. An unnamed BBC reporter interviewed an unnamed senior commander from the Free Syrian Army, who described the training—mostly dealing with small arms, not the heavier stuff that the rebels desire—and [...]
Read More →Jordan opens skies for Israel drone attacks on Syria
A new report says Jordan has given the go-ahead to Tel Aviv to use its airspace for spying on Syria and attacking its industrial facilities.
Read More →US to send 200 forces to Jordan’s border with Syria: Hagel
US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel says the United Stated is dispatching 200 troops to Jordan for military operations along the Syrian border.
Read More →UK, US, French instructors training Syrian rebels in Jordan
VOR Several Western media have suggested the United States, Britain and France were training Syrian rebels in two camps in the east and the south of Jordan. According to Germany’s Der Spiegel, some 20 Syrians have received anti-tank weaponry training over the past three months. The paper has unveiled US plans to provide training for [...]
Read More →Report: Netanyahu secretly visited Jordan to discuss peace with Palestinians
By Barak Ravid | Haaretz Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu secretly visited Jordan last week and met with King Abdullah II to discuss ways to advance Middle East peace, AFP reported on Saturday. An unnamed diplomatic source told the French news agency that the two heads of state discussed ways to renew peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians. The Prime Minister’s [...]
Read More →Jordan Rings In New Year On Tough Note: We Can Handle Our Syrian ‘Chemical’ Neighbor
By Al Bawaba News | Eurasia review Jordan has said it is prepared to deal with any potential chemical weapon threat posed by the violence in neighbouring Syria. The country, however, added that it will not enter “any alliance” to protect itself. Jordan, the US and others have expressed concern that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad could [...]
Read More →IDF and Syrian rebel officers meet clandestinely in Jordan
DEBKAfile Israeli officials have been holding talks in Jordan with Syrian opposition officials “in advance of a possible Israeli-U.S. operation in Syria to protect the Golan Heights,” Western intelligence sources reported Tuesday, Jan. 1. There was no further information about this operation or how rebel commanders were involved in military plans “to protect the Golan [...]
Read More →Netanyahu Holds Secret Meeting with Jordan’s King on Syria
Al Manar Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a secret meeting in Jordan with King Abdullah II, the London-based Al-Quds Al-Arabi daily reported on Wednesday. The paper, without specifying when the meeting took place, only said it was “kept a secret.” According to the report, which has yet to be confirmed by Zionist officials, the [...]
Read More →Pentagon deploys military forces to Jordan-Syria border
VOR US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta has confirmed that US troops have been dispatched to the Jordan-Syrian border to help bolster the former’s military capabilities in case violence escalates in the volatile region. “We have a group of our forces there working to help build a headquarters there and to insure that we make [...]
Read More →Thousands in Jordan call for end of peace treaty with Israel
Haaretz Thousands of Jordanians took to the streets on Friday demanding an end to the country’s 18-year-old Wadi Araba peace treaty with Israel. In a series of nationwide protests, leftist and Islamist activists urged Amman to cut ties with Israel, burning Israeli flags and chanting “death, death to Israel” and “the people want an end [...]
Read More →US tries to make Jordan alternative state for Palestinians
PressTV An analyst says the United States is planning to make Jordan an alternative country for Palestinians by sending them to the country, Press TV reports. “The West has some plans for Jordan to become the alternative country for the Palestinians, especially, of the West Bank,” Jamal Wakim, professor at the Lebanese International University in [...]
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