Saudi Arabia
Angry Over Syrian War, Saudis Fault US Policy
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Saudi Arabia
Training of Syrian insurgents steps up in Saudi Arabia
Jordan
The Islamic Action Front, as well as Civil Aviation head Mohammad Quraan, criticized Israel’s plan to build a new international airport at Eilat very near to Jordan’s international airport at Aqaba. Authorities last week arrested Salafi jihadist leader Khalil Alkam a.k.a. Abu Obidah along with three others who were also seeking to travel to Syria […]
Syria
Number of Syrian refugees rises above 2 million, UN agency says
Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
CIA ramping up covert training program for moderate Syrian rebels
Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
Islamist Syrian rebels claim to capture crossing on Jordanian border
Al Nusrah Front, Free Syrian Army seize border crossing to Jordan
Al Qaeda’s Al Nusrah Front for the People of the Levant teamed up with the Free Syrian Army’s Yarmouk Brigade to take control of the Daraa border crossing to Jordan.
Egypt
Jordan Islamists denounce Egypt’s brotherhood ban
Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
Private donations give edge to Islamists in Syria, officials say
Al Nusrah Front
US weapons reaching Syrian rebels
Israel
As Syria deteriorates, neighbors fear bioweapons threat
Jordan
Prime Minister Ensour said Jordan would take no part in a military intervention in Syria, and that Jordan supports a peaceful resolution to the Syrian conflict. He stated that Jordan’s cooperation with the US has been limited to training Jordanian troops to confront operations that may involve chemical weapons. The terrorism trial of al Qaeda-linked […]
Palestinian Territories
Middle East – Christian figures to hold coordination talks over growing threat
Jordan
Tens of thousands of Syrian refugees stranded on Jordanian border
Jordan
Abu Qatada’s Jordan trial to start within ten days
China
Syria crisis: Where key countries stand
Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
Proliferation of armed groups in Syria points to long war
Jordan
Information Minister Momani said that “Jordan will not be a launching pad for any military action against Syria,” and called for a consolidated effort by the international community to find a diplomatic solution to the Syrian crisis. The Islamic Action Front, the Muslim Brotherhood’s political arm in Jordan, denounced US plans for a military intervention […]
Syria
What are the West’s military options in Syria?
Jordan
Jordan king urges Muslim clerics to fight Syria sectarian strife
Iran
Jordan Asks for Assistance in Securing Syrian Border
Egypt
World leaders condemn Egypt violence; Islamists back showdown
Jordan
US eyeing Syrian opposition alliances, chemical weapons moves
Jordan
Border police arrested a group of Jordanians and other Arabs who were trying to smuggle a large quantity machine guns and ammunition into Jordan from Syria. A leading Muslim Brotherhood figure plans to run for mayor in Amman despite a recent MB decision to boycott municipal elections.
Jordan
Syrian refugees stranded along Jordanian border; humanitarian crisis feared
Jordan
Jordanian authorities denied bail to extremist cleric Abu Qatada, who was deported from the UK recently to face terror charges; no reason was given for the denial. He faces retrial after Jordan convicted him in absentia in 1999.
Jordan
Officials will allow al Qaeda-linked extremist cleric Abu Qatada to preach and provide “religious guidance” to fellow inmates while in Muwaqqer prison, which offers library privileges, poetry, music, and pottery activities. Most of the prison’s 1,100 inmates are serving time for Islamist terror convictions.
Jordan
Abu Qatada’s family plans to move to Jordan: friend
Jordan
Radical Islamist cleric Abu Qatada, recently deported from the UK, pled not guilty to terrorism charges and was remanded to custody for 15 days. His lawyer plans to appeal for Qatada to be released on bail. About 4,000 Syrians are said to be stranded near the Jordanian border due to heavy regime shelling in the […]
Jordan
Ahmad Atallah Shbeib al-Majali, a Jordanian air force captain from Karak, deserted the military and joined the Al Nusrah Front in Syria over the weekend. A Salafist leader alleged that eight people from the Karak area are fighting with Al Nusrah; Jordanian Salafists claim that over 500 Jordanian jihadists have gone to Syria.