Jordan concludes it would save on energy through deal with Israel

Jordan concludes it would save on energy through deal with Israel

Special to WorldTribune.com from AMMAN — Jordan has disclosed plans to purchase natural gas from Israel. The government said Jordan would procure up to 300 million cubic feet per day of gas from Israel’s offshore fields. The gas, purchased from the U.S. firm Noble Energy, would come from Israeli fields in the eastern Mediterranean and […]

Israel plans high tech fence along Jordan border to degrade ISIL infiltration

Israel plans high tech fence along Jordan border to degrade ISIL infiltration

Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel has prioritized a project to build a high tech barrier along the border with Jordan. Officials said the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was seeking resources to complete a barrier of some 400 kilometers that would block infiltration from the Hashemite kingdom. They said the barrier, equipped with […]

Israel agrees on 15-year deal to supply Jordan with natural gas

Israel agrees on 15-year deal to supply Jordan with natural gas

Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — Jordan has approved a long-term natural gas supply deal with Israel. Jordan has agreed to import gas from Israel’s Leviathan offshore field in the eastern Mediterranean. Under the accord, estimated at $15 billion, Leviathan operator, the U.S. firm Noble Energy, would supply Israeli gas to the Hashemite kingdom for 15 […]

Close U.S.-Jordan intel ties revealed by NSA memo leaked by Snowden

Close U.S.-Jordan intel ties revealed by NSA memo leaked by Snowden

Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States has developed a close intelligence relationship with Jordan. A classified memorandum by the U.S. National Security Agency disclosed an intimate relationship with Jordan’s intelligence community. The NSA memo, leaked by former CIA contractor Edward Snowden, asserted that the cooperation with Jordan focused on the Palestinian Authority and […]

FLASHBACK — Kissinger on Israel’s coming demise: Senile, prophetic or merely pragmatic?

Special to WorldTribune.com By Alexander Maistrovoy, FreePressers.com Henry Kissinger’s recent statement, that in 10 years Israel will cease to exist, borders on senile. Although one of his staff members denied it, Cindy Adams from New York Post insisted: “Reported to me, Henry Kissinger has stated — and I quote the statement word for word: ‘In […]

Syrian drone shot down after entering Jordanian air space

Syrian drone shot down after entering Jordanian air space

Special to WorldTribune.com AMMAN — Jordan’s military has shot down an unmanned aerial vehicle flying from neighboring Syria. The Jordanian military said anti-aircraft batteries intercepted a UAV that entered from Syria. The military said the UAV was detected by Jordan’s Air Defense Command and tracked to the Mafraq province. “Royal Jordanian Air Force fighter-jets followed […]

Jordan report blames Obama team for ISIL crisis, suggests rethinking U.S. ties

Jordan report blames Obama team for ISIL crisis, suggests rethinking U.S. ties

Special to WorldTribune.com AMMAN — Jordan has been revising its strategy amid Al Qaida’s takeover of much of neighboring Iraq, a report said. The Al Quds Center for Political Studies asserted that the Hashemite kingdom has been forced to draft a new regional strategy in wake of the takeover of northern Iraq by Islamic State […]

Rebel chief who deployed CIA-trained fighters to Syria is assassinated in Jordan

Rebel chief who deployed CIA-trained fighters to Syria is assassinated in Jordan

Special to WorldTribune.com AMMAN — A Syrian rebel commander has been assassinated in Jordan.   Security sources said a leading Western-backed rebel was shot dead in the Jordanian capital of Amman. They identified the dead man as Maher Rahel, a commander in the Free Syrian Army, said to responsible for the deployment of rebels trained by […]

Jordan orders U.S. anti-tank missiles as U.S. tanks captured by ISIS pose threat

Jordan orders U.S. anti-tank missiles as U.S. tanks captured by ISIS pose threat

Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — Jordan has ordered tactical anti-tank missiles from the United States as Al Qaida’s Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant presses attacks in the region with U.S.-origin tanks captured in Iraq. The Defense Department has awarded a contract for the Javelin Block 1 tactical missile for Jordan’s military. Under the […]

Jordan sends armored forces to face down ISIL ‘and their pickup trucks’

Jordan sends armored forces to face down ISIL ‘and their pickup trucks’

Special to WorldTribune.com AMMAN — The Jordanian Army has deployed heavy combat platforms near Iraq in an effort to stop Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. Officials said the Army was deploying a range of main battle tanks and armored personnel carriers along Jordan’s 181-kilometer border with Iraq. The officials said the armored force […]

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