Tag: Jordan
Bahrain deploys warplanes to Jordan for war against IS
Bahrain has deployed fighter jets to Jordan to support the US-led air campaign against the Islamic State (IS) group, Jordan’s…
Jordan destroys 56 IS targets in three days of strikes
Jordan said Sunday it destroyed 56 targets in three days of strikes on the Islamic State group after it murdered…
Jordan ‘reaping results of backing terror’: Syria media
The Islamic State group’s gruesome murder of a captured Jordanian pilot is the consequence of Amman’s support for Syrian rebels,…
UAE pulls out of IS fight after pilot capture
The United Arab Emirates pulled out of the air campaign fighting Islamic State militants after the capture of a Jordanian…
Retaliation: Jordan executes 2 jihadists after IS murder pilot
Jordan executed two death-row jihadists including an Iraqi woman militant on Wednesday after vowing to avenge the burning alive of…
Jordan vows to do ‘everything’ to save life of IS-held pilot
Jordan vowed Sunday to do all it could to save an airman held by the Islamic State group after the…
Asian Cup: Ray Wilkins’s Jordan thrash Palestine 5-1
Hamza Aldaradreh scored the first hat-trick of the Asian Cup on Friday as Jordan hammered Palestine 5-1 to keep themselves…
Prince Ali to challenge Blatter for FIFA presidency
FIFA Vice-President Prince Ali bin Al Hussein said Tuesday he would stand against Sepp Blatter for presidency of football’s world…
Top Jordan jihadist denounces IS caliphate
A leading Jordanian jihadist ideologist on Wednesday denounced the declaration of a “caliphate” by Sunni militants in Iraq and Syria,…
Jordan expels Syrian ambassador
The Jordanian government said on Monday it has declared Syria’s ambassador to Amman, Bahjat Suleiman, a persona non grata and…
Jordan ambassador kidnapped in Libya freed
The Jordanian ambassador to Libya, Fawaz Aitan, who was kidnapped in Tripoli last month, has been freed, state television in…
Nigeria’s Home Eagles Lose 0-1 To Jordan
A disappointing Nigeria’s Super Eagles ‘B’ team fell 1-0 to Jordan in a friendly played in Amman on Monday. A…
Int’l Friendly: Eagles Face Jordan Test
Coach Stephen Keshi will lead the home-based players of the Super Eagles against Jordan in a friendly holding in Amman,…
Assad’s regime collapsing, says former PM
Former Syrian Prime Minister Riyad Hijab said on Tuesday President Bashar al-Assad’s government is falling apart and only controls 30…