Tag Archives: jordan

Syria

US Is Quietly Getting Ready for Syria Without Assad





Jordan

The state security court is trying 150 Salafists for their role in an attack on police in Zarqa that wounded 83 officers. The Salafists called for the overthrow of the government and the establishment of an Islamic state.



Jordan

JORDAN: Pro-democracy demonstrators show little sign of letup


Jordan

The State Security Court sentenced three men who were convicted of recruiting individuals to join al Qaeda to five years in prison. The sentences were cut in half. One of the men also plotted to carry out attacks in the region.




Afghanistan

‘The Triple Agent’: The final days of the suicide bomber who attacked the CIA










Jordan

Ayman al Balawi was among 103 Salafi Islamists rounded up by Jordanian security forces after attacks in Zarqa wounded 83 policemen. Balawi is the brother of the al Qaeda operative who detonated a suicide vest at a CIA outpost in Khost, Afghanistan in December 2009.