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JORDAN

01/08/2024

On a trip to the Mideast, US Secretary of State says that several Arab nations have expressed interest in helping plan for Gaza in the post war including: Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates.

12/16/2023

Jordan carries out airstrikes in southern Syria against what they say are drug gangs linked to the Syrian government.

10/18/2023

In the aftermath of the hospital bombing, PLA’s Abbas, Jordan and Lebanon cancel scheduled meeting with US President Biden, a blow to hopes for a regional approach to the Israel-Palestine conflict.

03/22/2023

Jordan parliament votes to expel Israeli ambassador over remarks by religious conservative Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who recently denied the existence of Palestinian culture.

05/19/2022

King Abdullah II restricts the movement and communications of his brother Prince Hamzah.

04/25/2022

Leaders of Egypt, Jordan, and the UAE meet to discuss tension in Jerusalem and call on Israel and the Palestinian Authority to stop measures that undermine the two-state solution and return to serious negotiations.

04/03/2022

Prince Hamzah bin Hussein renounces his title, saying he cannot be associated with the current government’s policies.

01/31/2022

Parliament has passed thirty constitutional amendments that increase the king’s power. Among them are the creation of a National Security Council that will meet on the king’s invitation, expand the king’s “exclusive powers” to appoint and dismiss the chief justice, head of the Sharia Judicial Council, and other court officials. In addition, the king has adopted recommendations from the Royal Committee to Modernise the Political System (RCMPS) – a 92-member committee King Abdullah entrusted with developing political reforms to bring the kingdom into “a new and critical phase,” that encourage and strengthen political parties. Currently, most of parliament is based on tribal or familial background.

09/04/2021

Syria announces agreement to supply Lebanon with Jordanian electricity and Egyptian natural gas through Syrian territory.

09/03/2021

Egypt's Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, King Abdullah II of Jordan and the Palestinian Authority's Mahmoud Abbas meet in Cairo to discuss the peace process and the two-state solution to the conflict with Israel.

07/12/2021

Court finds Bassem Awadallah, a former court advisor, and Sharif Hassan bin Zeid, the king’s cousin, guilty of sedition.

07/08/2021

Israel and Jordan reach an agreement in which Israel will sell water to Jordan and Jordan will increase exports to the West Bank of the Palestinian Authority.

06/23/2021

Trial of former finance minister and chief of the Royal Hashemite Court, Bassem Awadallah begins. He is charged with conspiring with Prince Hamzah to incite a rebellion against King Abdullah II.

05/06/2021

Severe drought devastating agriculture. Jordan is one of the most water-deficient countries in the world, and the Mideast is increasingly vulnerable to “water wars” as countries run short of water.

04/06/2021

Government forbids media, including social media, to discuss the rift in the ruling family.

04/05/2021

Hamza publishes a tweet in support of King Abdullah.

04/03/2021

Former crown prince Hamzah bin Hussein is arrested and held under house arrest, accused of working with "foreign entities" to destabilize the state. At least sixteen others have been arrested.

10/09/2020

Government orders a two-day shutdown after a rise of about 10,000 in COVID-19 cases in the last week.

10/03/2020

Prime minister Omar Al-Razzaz resigns, as required after parliament is dissolved. King Abdullah asks him to continue as caretaker prime minister until he appoints a successor to oversee parliamentary elections 11/10.

09/27/2020

King Abdullah dissolves parliament. He expresses dissatisfaction with how the COVID-19 pandemic has been handled. There have protests about the economic effects of the pandemic. The economy is expected to contract by 6%. Jordan has more than 15,500 cases and about 100 deaths.

05/16/2020

Local elections to be held on 5/16. Opposition parties call for a boycott of the vote due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the 5/15/20. Abdullah II says the government is considering all possibilities to respond to Israel’s plan to annex parts of the West Bank. EU to launch diplomatic mission to stop West Bank annexations.

03/24/2020

Government loosens restrictions on movement after chaotic results.

03/21/2020

Government imposes severely strict stay-at-home regime. It will subsequently announce when people will be able to leave their homes for emergency reasons and necessities.

11/10/2019

Jordan reclaims two parcels of land that it had allowed Israel to use, continuing tense relations between the two countries. Jordan had recalled its ambassador in October about the detention of two Jordanians without charges, whom Israel later released.

01/31/2019

Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and UAE meet “to align policy.”

12/14/2018

Protests against a tax law imposed by the IMF and passed by the parliament in November.

10/22/2018

King Abdullah announces that Jordan will abrogate parts of its treaty with Israel by reclaiming two small areas of land leased to Israel in the 1994 treaty.

07/04/2018

Syria resumes bombing Deraa area after talks between rebels and Russians break down. An estimated 320,000 refugees have fled to the border with Jordan.

07/02/2018

Jordan and Russia agree to talks about attack on Deraa, Syria, which has created a new wave of immigrants to Jordan.

07/01/2018

One rebel group in Deraa surrenders, following talks brokered by Jordan.

06/11/2018

Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Kuwait pledge $2.5 billion in aid to Jordan, both to mitigate austerity measures and for some development projects.

06/06/2018

Protests subside, though unions continue to strike.

06/06/2018

Protests subside, though unions continue to strike.

06/05/2018

King Abdullah appoints economist Omar Razzaz to be prime minster.

06/04/2018

Under pressure, Prime Minister Hani Mulki resigns.

06/03/2018

Protests increase against rising taxes and austerity measures. Abdullah has urged Prime Minister Hani Mulki to moderate tax bill, but he has refused, saying that parliament should decide.