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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 571

US-Jordan relations

This handout picture released on March 4, 2025, by the Jordanian army shows a child who has been evacuated from the Gaza Strip arriving in a Jordanian army helicopter at a hospital compound in Amman. (Jordanian Royal Palace/AFP)
March 5, 2025, 4:44 am
After pledge to Trump, Jordan evacuates first group of Gazan kids for medical care
Amman says over 30 Palestinian children have arrived in kingdom to be treated as part of initiative king spoke about in DC; Abdullah promised to take in 2,000 in total
By AFP and ToI Staff
A Palestinian family cooks on fire next to their tent, in an area largely destroyed during the war against Hamas in Jabaliya, Gaza Strip, February 11, 2025. (Jehad Alshrafi/AP)
February 12, 2025, 8:31 am
Egypt to present ‘comprehensive’ plan for Gaza reconstruction without displacement
Cairo says it wants to cooperate with US, but stresses its solution will enable Palestinians to stay in enclave ‘with the legitimate and legal rights of this people’
By AFP and ToI Staff
US President Donald Trump (right) speaks with Jordan's King Abdullah II in the Oval Office at the White House, in Washington, February 11, 2025. (Photo/Alex Brandon)
February 12, 2025, 5:20 am
Abdullah says Jordan will take in 2,000 sick Gazan kids as Trump pushes relocation plan
US president calls king’s pledge ‘music to his ears’; wants ‘parcel of land’ in Jordan and Egypt for Gazans; doesn’t believe Hamas will release all hostages by his Saturday deadline
By Jacob Magid
Ahlam al-Tamimi, during an interview in her home in Amman, Jordan, on March 21, 2017. (AP Photo/ Omar Akour)
February 3, 2025, 2:05 am
Jordan reportedly warns it could extradite Sbarro bombing mastermind to US for trial
In reversal, Amman said to give Hamas one day to find Ahlam Tamimi another home or it will send her stateside, where she is wanted over 2001 Jerusalem attack that killed 16, including 2 Americans
By ToI Staff
US President Donald Trump stands with King Abdullah II of Jordan during Trump's first administration, at the White House, June 25, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)
February 2, 2025, 10:35 pm
Trump invites Jordan’s Abdullah to White House while pushing him to take in Gazans
As US president repeatedly touts plan to ‘clean out’ Gaza, urges Jordan and Egypt to take in displaced Palestinians, kingdom has joined other Arab states in flatly rejecting idea
By Agencies
A man rides his moped past a billboard bearing portraits of slain terror leaders, Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas (left), Iranian Quds Force chief Qasem Soleimani (C), and Hezbollah senior commander Fuad Shukr on the main road near the Beirut International Airport on August 3, 2024. (Ibrahim Amro/AFP)
August 5, 2024, 10:11 am
US said to believe Iran attack on Israel imminent, Biden to hold situation room meeting
G7 urges Mideast de-escalation: Recent events ‘threaten to ignite a broader conflict’; Gallant, Austin discuss ‘series of scenarios and corresponding defensive, offensive capabilities’
By ToI Staff
US President Joe Biden arrives with Jordan's King Abdullah II to speak in the Cross Hall of the White House, February 12, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
May 6, 2024, 12:53 pm
Biden to host Jordan’s Abdullah in Washington as Gaza truce-hostage deal hopes dim
Jordanian diplomat says two leaders will sit down in White House for ‘informal private meeting’
By Reuters and ToI Staff
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken walks out of his plane upon his arrival at the airport in the Jordanian capital Amman on April 30, 2024. (Evelyn Hockstein / POOL / AFP)
April 30, 2024, 5:01 pm
Blinken visits Jordan to push Gaza aid in second leg of regional diplomacy trip
US top diplomat to meet king, foreign minister on humanitarian relief for the Strip, Amman’s role in downing drones fired by Iran at Israel
By Agencies and ToI Staff
US President Joe Biden arrives with Jordan's King Abdullah II to speak in the Cross Hall of the White House, February 12, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
February 12, 2024, 11:40 pm
Jordan in ‘balancing act’ between Palestinian majority and key allies US, Israel
Caught between Hamas-supporting population and strategic partnerships with US and Israel, Jordanian King Abdullah to try to bring weight to bear this week in DC, says expert
By Gianluca Pacchiani
US President Joe Biden hosts Jordan's King Abdullah II at the White House on May 13, 2022. (Royal Hashemite Court)
February 8, 2024, 8:04 pm
Jordanian king to meet Biden on efforts to end Israel-Hamas war
Two will also discuss increasing ‘humanitarian assistance’ to Palestinians in war-torn Gaza, finding a viable path to a two-state solution, White House says
By AFP and ToI Staff
Illustrative: Jordanian soldiers patrol near the eastern Jordan-Syria border, in al-Washash, Mafraq governorate, Jordan, on February 17, 2022, during a media tour organized by the Jordanian army. (AP Photo/ Raad Adayleh/ File)
January 28, 2024, 8:35 pm
US says 3 troops killed, 25 hurt in drone attack in Jordan; Biden: ‘We shall respond’
President blames Iran-backed militias for strike on American soldiers near Syria border; Amman claims attack took place on Syrian side of frontier
By Agencies and ToI Staff
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken gestures as he arrives in Abu Dhabi on January 7, 2024. (EVELYN HOCKSTEIN / POOL / AFP)
January 7, 2024, 11:59 pm
Blinken warns against Gazans’ displacement; says war may ‘metastasize’ to wider region
US secretary of state meets with Arab leaders in bid to advance talks on Strip’s post-war future; German FM in Israel visit calls for ‘less intensive’ Gaza fighting
By Agencies
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks at the State Department, in Washington, October 30, 2023. (Alex Brandon/AP)
November 2, 2023, 8:37 am
Blinken to enter Gaza diplomatic fray as Biden calls for ‘pause’ to get hostages out
Secretary of state will reiterate US support for Israel in its campaign against Hamas, but message expected to be complicated by regional and international anger over conflict
By Agencies, ToI Staff and Jacob Magid
Bassem Awadallah, one of two former officials accused of helping Jordanian Prince Hamzah try to overthrow his half-brother King Abdullah II, appears on a mobile phone screen as he attends a verdict hearing at a state security court, in Amman, Jordan, on July 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh, File)
September 15, 2023, 10:15 pm
Jordan rejects US request to release ex-official accused of plot against king
Bassem Awadallah, a dual Jordanian-American citizen, has spent over 2 years in jail after conviction in what he says was a sham trial in which he was robbed of due process
By Julia Frankel
President of the Iraqi Kurdistan autonomous region Nechirvan Barzani (R) meets with US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin in Arbil on March 7, 2023. (SAFIN HAMED / AFP)
March 7, 2023, 12:25 pm
Ahead of Israel visit, US defense secretary makes unannounced trip to Iraq
Lloyd Austin touches down in Baghdad after meeting with King Abdullah in Amman, where pair discussed mutual concerns over ‘escalation in tensions in the West Bank and Jerusalem’
By AFP and ToI Staff
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