IS CAPTURES JORDAN WARPLANE PILOT

International business times uk isis jordanian military confirms capture of pilot muath safi al-kaseasbeh 1 hr ago... READ MORE›

ISLAMIC STATE DID NOT SHOOT DOWN JORDAN PLANE, SAYS US

Mail guardian online jordanian pilot captured by isis after aircraft brought down over syria 1 hr ago... READ MORE›

WEST TO ACCEPT MORE SYRIAN REFUGEES

Syrian war western countries to accept more refugees... READ MORE›

2 AMERICANS AND A SOUTH AFRICAN ARE KILLED IN JORDAN

The shooting in the Jordanian capital immediately raised concerns of a possible infiltration of the training program by anti-American militants... READ MORE›

GUNMAN IN JORDAN KILLS 5, INCLUDING 2 AMERICANS, AT POLICE TRAINING SITE

Military and police trainers in Jordan at around 1,000, stationed at air bases, army bases and the police training center... READ MORE›

ISIL SETS NEW DEADLINE FOR PRISONER SWAP

The threat came in a video posted on Islamic State-affiliated Twitter accounts that featured a voice identified as Japanese hostage Kenji Goto... READ MORE›

JORDANIANS 'AT BOILING POINT' OVER REFUGEES

King Abdullah of Jordan says his country is at boiling point because of an influx of hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees... READ MORE›

IN JORDAN, WE UNDERSTAND A REFUGEE CRISIS

In the shops, subsidised consumer goods do not discriminate between a Jordanian and a Syrian, despite the economic impact the refugees are having... READ MORE›

ISIS MAGAZINE CONFIRMS JIHADI JOHN WAS KILLED

As a British citizen, he personified the concerns of security forces worried about a resurgence in homegrown radicalism inspired by the hard-line ideology of the Islamic State... READ MORE›

It was not clear whether the Arab commitment to take all necessary action against Islamic State and other militant groups would include direct military involvement in Iraq or Syria... READ MORE›

SYRIA WAR REFUGEES' KEY ROLE IN TELLING THE STORY

The trouble is that in Jordan those Syrian families are joining previous generations of families who have been fleeing wars across the Middle East for the last 70 years... READ MORE›

IS SHOOTS DOWN WARPLANE, CAPTURES PILOT, REPORTS SAY

3 COMMENTEMAILMORE The Islamic State group captured the pilot of a Jordanian warplane that crashed in northern Syria, Jordan's army said Wednesday, according to media reports... READ MORE›

JAPAN OFFICIALS WORK FEVERISHLY TO SECURE ISIL HOSTAGE'S RELEASE

27, that purports to show a still photo of Japanese hostage Kenji Goto holding what appears to be a photo of Jordanian pilot 1st Lt... READ MORE›

SYRIA CRISIS: FOOTAGE APPEARS TO SHOW AFTERMATH OF RUSSIAN AIRSTRIKES

General Assembly, he said that the Russian Air Forces are cooperating with the Syrian pro-government military to target exclusively Islamic State targets... READ MORE›

TWO AMERICANS AND A SOUTH AFRICAN SHOT DEAD AT JORDAN SECURITY TRAINING FACILITY

Jordan has so far been largely unscathed by Islamic State terrorism, despite having borders with both Syria and Iraq... READ MORE›

AS SYRIANS FLEE ANEW NEIGHBORS ALTRUISM HARDENS INTO RESENTMENT

Officials in Jordan, a longtime sanctuary for refugees from the region's wars, now put the number of Syrians there around 1.4 million... READ MORE›

JERUSALEM TENSION LEAVES JORDAN MORE EXPOSED TO MIDEAST TURMOIL

Jerusalem means much more to these Palestinian Jordanians than the war against Islamic State... READ MORE›

ISLAMIC STATE VIDEO PURPORTEDLY SHOWS KILLING OF RUSSIAN SPY

Islamic State video purportedly shows killing of Russian spy monitoring group... READ MORE›

JORDAN'S KING ABDULLAH WARNS SYRIAN REFUGEE 'DAM WILL BURST' IF RICH NATIONS DON'T TAKE FAIR SHARE

The king of Jordan has warned his country could stop taking refugees from Syria if it is not offered more support by the international community... READ MORE›

SAUDI SAYS READY TO TAKE PART IN ANY U.S.-LED GROUND OPERATIONS IN SYRIA

(Reporting by Ali Abdelaty; Writing by Sami Aboudi; Additional reporting by Doina Chiacu in Washington; Editing by Dominic Evans and Alison Williams)... READ MORE›

JORDAN STRUGGLES UNDER A WAVE OF SYRIAN REFUGEES

But after the conference, Jordanian representatives made it clear that the money came with conditions, including the provision of jobs for 200,000 Syrian refugees... READ MORE›

JORDANIAN FORCES 'FOIL ISIL PLOT' IN IRBID RAIDS

Irbid is just a few kilometres from the Syrian border where Jordanian security forces regularly detain sympathisers attempting to join armed groups in Syria... READ MORE›

U.S. AIRSTRIKE TARGETS GOTO'S ISLAMIC STATE KILLER

The Pentagon has conducted an airstrike in Syria targeting Jihadi John, the Briton in the hostage videos for Japanese journalist Kenji Goto and several other captives... READ MORE›

JORDAN WILLING TO TRADE IRAQI PRISONER FOR IS HOSTAGE

The spokesman did not make any reference to Japanese hostage Kenji Goto... READ MORE›

REFUGEE CAMP IS PARTIALLY EMPTY WHILE THOUSANDS WAIT AT JORDANIAN BORDER

AZRAQ REFUGEE CAMP, JORDAN -- The sprawling Azraq refugee camp east of Amman was designed with the benefit of hindsight... READ MORE›

TEN THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE 'ISLAMIC STATE' TERROR GROUP

Here are ten things you need to know about the Islamic State terror group 1... READ MORE›

CANADIAN-SPONSORED SUDANESE REFUGEES IN JORDAN SAY IT'S 'VERY DANGEROUS TO GO OUT'

The deportation of Sudanese from Jordan began in response to a protest camp of Sudanese refugees in front of the United Nations offices in Amman... READ MORE›

AID GROUPS CALL FOR LETTING SYRIAN REFUGEES WORK, PLUS INVESTMENT IN HOST COUNTRIES TO IMPROVE LIVES OF ALL

The money would go for development in countries such as Jordan and Lebanon to improve lives for both their own populations and refugees... READ MORE›

FOURTEEN PALESTINIAN PILGRIMS DIE IN JORDAN BUS CRASH

At least 14 Palestinians have died and 36 were injured in a bus crash in southern Jordan, local media and medics reported, citing security officials... READ MORE›

HOW TO SOLVE THE SYRIAN REFUGEE CRISIS? CREATE JOBS IN MIDDLE EAST, GERMANY SAYS

Germany has a new plan to help Syrian refugees living in Middle Eastern countries gain some stability... READ MORE›