Jordanian Intelligence Officers Killed in Refugee Camp

Three Jordanian intelligence officers and two other employees of the service were killed on Monday in a Palestinian refugee camp near the capital, Amman, in what the government said was a terrorist attack. The government has opened an investigation into the assault, which took place around 7 a.m. at an intelligence office in the Baqaa refugee camp, […]

Barksdale B-52’s Fly 35-Hour Mission

In other words, don’t make any plans for the next two and a half days… In a mission to showcase the USAF’s long range strike capability, as well as participate in an exercise hosted by our Jordanian allies, two B-52’s departed Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana, and flew to Jordan to drop their bombs. […]

Iraq demands that Jordan extradite Saddam Hussein’s daughter

The Iraqi government has demanded that Jordan extradite a number of Iraqi opposition figures who reside in the Hashemite Kingdom for alleged support of terror and involvement in money laundering. One of these opposition figures is Raghad Hussein, the daughter of Iraq’s fifth president, Saddam Hussein, who was executed by the Iraqi government which replaced […]

U.S., Jordan Partner in Eager Lion Exercise

U.S. troops will partner with Jordanian military forces May 15-24 in Jordan during Exercise Eager Lion 16, one of U.S. Central Command’s premier exercises, Centcom officials announced today. Eager Lion 16 will consist of a week-long series of simulated scenarios to facilitate a coordinated partnered military response to conventional and unconventional threats, officials said. The exercise […]

Jordan’s special forces are some of the best in the Middle East

Jordan’s special forces team, grouped under Jordan’s Joint Special Operations Command, is 14,000 strong and is one of the most effectivefighting and intelligence forces in the region. Jordanian special forces frequently train alongsideUS forces. Meanwhile, Jordan is a global center for special forces training operations. Jordan’s King Abdullah Special Operations Training Center (KASOTC) is the centerpiece of the country’s Special Operations capabilities […]

Jordan shuts down headquarters of its Muslim Brotherhood group

Jordan raided and shut down the headquarters of the country’s original Muslim Brotherhood group on Wednesday. Jordan’s Muslim Brotherhood split in March 2015 over whether to remain a branch of the mother movement in Egypt. The group that cut ties is now licensed, while the “old” Brotherhood is outlawed, despite severing ties with the Cairo […]

Is Hezbollah really coming through the border in Arizona?

If there really is Daesh [ISIS/ISIL] training camp eight miles into Mexico, then let’s go. I’ll bring the beer and you stock up on ammo, because we aren’t leaving them there. But we all know they are not and never were there.

CIA Funded and SOF Trained: The New Syrian Army Hits the Ground

A new video has emerged showing the so-called New Syrian Army in action, kitted out with American weapons and equipment.  The train and equip program is a funded and run under the auspices of the CIA but the actual military training which the New Syrian Army receives is conducted by US Special Operations personnel.  The New […]