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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 338

Jordan-Syria relations

This satellite photo from Planet Labs PBC shows a military base known as Tower 22 in northeastern Jordan, on Oct. 12, 2023. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)
January 29, 2024, 11:50 pm
Drone that killed American troops in Jordan may have been mistaken for US craft
Explanation for how enemy drone evaded US air defenses comes as White House says it’s not looking for war with Iran, even as Biden vows retaliatory action
By AP
The al-Tanf military outpost in southern Syria is seen on October 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Lolita Baldor, File)
January 28, 2024, 11:46 pm
What is Tower 22, the site of a deadly drone attack on US troops in Jordan?
Little is publicly known about the base near the country’s borders with both Syria and Iraq
By Reuters
Jordanian Foreign minister Ayman Safadi (R) meets his Syrian counterpart Faisal Mekdad in Amman on May 1, 2023, ahead of a regional meeting on Syria (Khalil MAZRAAWI / AFP)
May 2, 2023, 11:47 am
Jordan says regional talks with Syria step toward ending Damascus isolation
FM Safadi says Arab envoys discussed Syria’s humanitarian needs, especially post-earthquake, plus drug smuggling and refugee crisis; won’t comment on possible return to Arab League
By OMAR AKOUR
Foreign ministers of Syria, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Egypt meet in Amman on May 1, 2023, to discuss Syria's long-running conflict. (Khalil MAZRAAWI / AFP)
May 1, 2023, 1:52 pm
Arab diplomats meet in Amman to discuss rapprochement with Syria
Foreign ministers of Jordan, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Egypt also weigh a Jordanian initiative on reaching a ‘political solution to the Syrian crisis’
By OMAR AKOUR
In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad, right, welcomes Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Faisal bin Farhan, left, before their meeting in Damascus, Syria, April 18, 2023. (SANA via AP)
April 30, 2023, 5:31 pm
Jordan to host Arab regional discussion on way forward with Syria
Monday talks part of ongoing diplomatic activity seeking solution to Syrian Civil War, ending Damascus’s pariah status in Arab world
By AFP and Lazar Berman
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken accompanied by Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, left, and United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyanin, right, speaks at a joint news conference at the State Department in Washington, October 13, 2021. (Andrew Harnik/AP))
October 14, 2021, 8:56 am
US rules out normalization with Syria while Assad in power
Blinken, meeting with Israeli, UAE counterparts, says Washington won’t lift sanctions without ‘vital’ political progress, despite warming ties between Arab states and Damascus
By Agencies
A national flag and portraits of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad are pictured in the village of Maalula, north of the Syrian capital Damascus, on June 29, 2021. (LOUAI BESHARA / AFP)
October 3, 2021, 9:21 pm
Jordan’s king speaks to Syria’s Assad for first time in more than a decade
Abdullah affirmed that his country supports ‘efforts to preserve Syria’s sovereignty, stability, territorial integrity and people’
By AP
A Syrian-Jordanian border crossing that was closed for more than three years after a takeover of the Syrian side by rebels, on September 29, 2018. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh)
September 20, 2021, 9:35 am
Top Syrian, Jordanian defense officials discuss border security
High-level meeting comes after Syrian troops capture several rebel-held areas near Hashemite kingdom
By AP
A convoy of Syrian military vehicles at Naseeb border crossing with Jordan, in the southern province of Daraa, Syria, July 7, 2018. (Syrian Central Military Media, via AP/ File)
October 14, 2018, 8:48 pm
Syria and Jordan agree to reopen vital crossing after 3-year closure
Naseeb crossing set to bring major relief to Assad regime by restoring gateway for Syrian exports to Arab countries
By Albert Aji and OMAR AKOUR
This picture shows an explosion in rebel-held areas of the city of Daraa during reported airstrikes by Syrian regime forces on July 5, 2018. (AFP/Mohamad Abazeed)
July 6, 2018, 5:14 pm
Syrian regime troops reach key border crossing with Jordan
Advance comes amid progress on deal between rebels and Russian mediators to end the violence in southern Syria
By Agencies
This June 22, 2018 photo provided by Nabaa Media, a Syrian opposition media outlet, shows people who fled from Daraa setting up a tent in the village of Bregia, near the Syria-Israel border, southern Syria. (Nabaa Media, via AP)
June 26, 2018, 9:39 pm
Syrians fleeing to Israel border as Jordan shuts gates amid Daraa offensive
Residents say Golan frontier is safest since ‘regime and Russian airplanes cannot strike’ there; UN counts 50,000 displaced, with nowhere to go
By AP and ToI Staff
A Syrian refugee woman pushes a stroller at the Zaatari refugee camp, near the Jordanian border with Syria, on March 8, 2014. (AFP/Khalil Mazraawi)
October 2, 2017, 1:09 pm
Jordan accused of ‘summarily deporting’ Syrian refugees
Authorities return about 400 people back to war-ravaged country each month despite risk of harm, HRW charges
By AFP
Syrians walk carrying their belongings on August 22, 2017 after crossing the Syria-Jordan border near the town of Nasib as they return to their homes following a US-Russia ceasefire brokered in three southern provinces, Daraa, Quneitra and Sweida earlier in the year. (AFP/Mohamad Abazeed)
August 26, 2017, 1:33 pm
Jordan: Ties with Syria regime headed in ‘right direction’
Citing ‘stability’ in southern Syria, Amman looking to open border crossings with its war-torn neighbor
By AFP
Rukban refugee camp on the Jordan-Syria border. (Screen capture: YouTube/BBC)
August 14, 2017, 7:55 pm
UN fears for thousands trapped on Syria-Jordan border
Airstrikes causing fear and panic are also a danger to almost 50,000 in the Hadalat and Rukban refugee camps
By AFP
File: Jordan's King Abdullah II speaks during a press conference with US President Donald Trump in the Rose Garden at the White House on April 5, 2017. (AFP Photo/Brendan Smialowski)
April 22, 2017, 1:47 am
Jordan rejects Assad claim it plans to send troops to Syria
Amman says Syrian president’s assertion that it is ‘part of the American plan’ against his country is baseless
By AP
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