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Jordan
Arms smuggling attempt foiled on Jordanian-Syrian border
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Egypt
Region Boiling, Israel Takes Up Castle Strategy
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Jordan
During his retrial on terror charges, extremist cleric Abu Qatada said al Qaeda’s two branches in Syria, the Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham, should stop infighting and offer “unequivocal submissiveness” to al Qaeda’s emir. “Our brave Jihadists in Syria should unite their ranks and be obedient to Dr. Ayman to prevail in the war,” he stated. Qatada also pled not guilty and castigated the judge. Shadi Al Bazayaah, a longtime Salafi jihadist, has reportedly been killed while fighting for Al Nusrah in Syria. Amman resident Mustafa Khater was sentenced to five years in…
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Syria
A look at 2 suicide bombers who sought death in Syria, driven by jihadist ideology
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Jordan rearrests millennium bombings plotter
Jordanian authorities reportedly arrested Raed Hijazi in November. According to the 9/11 Commission report, Hijazi was a key member of a terrorist cell that was broken up in late 1999. The cell was planning multiple attacks in Jordan at the time.
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Jordan
Extremist cleric Abu Qatada pled not guilty to terrorism charges, and challenged the authority of the court. He was previously tried and sentenced in absentia by Jordan in 1999 and 2000, but has a right to retrial while present. After a brief hearing, the judge adjourned the trial until Dec. 24. Yesterday a court sentenced a Jordanian man to five years’ hard labor for illegally entering Syria and fighting there.
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Jordan
The trial of radical cleric Abu Qatada has been set for Dec. 10. Qatada was extradited from Britain in July to face terrorism charges stemming from plots against Westerners in Jordan over a decade ago. The army said over 1,000 Syrian refugees have arrived in the past 72 hours. The Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood plans to try three founders of the reformist Zamzam splinter group in an internal shura council court.
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Iran
Iran Nuclear Deal Raises Fears of Proliferation Among Arab States
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Jordan
Syria Seen as Most Dire Refugee Crisis in a Generation
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Jordan
Syria rebels recruit at refugee camp
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Britain
Abu Qatada continues work from Jordanian prison
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Jordan
Hundreds of Syrian refugees ‘denied entry into Jordan’
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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
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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 to fight with rebel forces. So far 30 other members of the Salafi jihadist movement have been arrested; 20 for planning to join fighters in Syria and 10 for attempting to illegally cross the border into Syria. Officials say the Al Nusrah Front and the…
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Syria
Number of Syrian refugees rises above 2 million, UN agency says
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Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
CIA ramping up covert training program for moderate Syrian rebels
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Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
Islamist Syrian rebels claim to capture crossing on Jordanian border
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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.
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Egypt
Jordan Islamists denounce Egypt’s brotherhood ban
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Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
Private donations give edge to Islamists in Syria, officials say
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Al Nusrah Front
US weapons reaching Syrian rebels
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Israel
As Syria deteriorates, neighbors fear bioweapons threat
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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 cleric Abu Qatada begins next week.
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Palestinian Territories
Middle East – Christian figures to hold coordination talks over growing threat
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Jordan
Tens of thousands of Syrian refugees stranded on Jordanian border
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Jordan
Abu Qatada’s Jordan trial to start within ten days
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China
Syria crisis: Where key countries stand
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Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
Proliferation of armed groups in Syria points to long war
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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 in Syria. The head of Jordan’s Salafi jihadists also criticized the plans, and vowed resistance from Islamist groups to any attempt at interference in Syria. More than 1,000 Jordanians are believed to be fighting with Islamist groups in Syria, with about 80 percent of them…
