Jordan Says It Foiled a Plot Against the Kingdom

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1. **Submission Statement**: Jordan security services foiled a plot to destabilize the country involving guns, explosives, and drones. They arrested 16 people involved in the plot. This comes amidst a backdrop of the population’s discontent of the Israel-Hamas war, wider regional conflict, drug smugglers crossing the country to supply their wealthy clients in the Gulf, and a previous palace coup attempt in 2021 by the Jordan King’s (Abdullah II) younger brother (Prince Hamza).

2. Excerpts from the article

   > The Jordanian security services said Tuesday that they had arrested 16 people they accused of plotting threats to national security involving weapons, explosives and plans to manufacture drones and train combatants, both domestically and abroad.

   > The statement from Jordan’s General Intelligence Department was a rare acknowledgment of threats to security in a country seen as one of the most stable in a region frequently beset by war and turmoil.

   > …

   > A report by the Reuters news agency cited officials saying that the arrests on Tuesday were connected to the Palestinian militant group, Hamas. Since the war between Israel and Hamas began in Gaza, Jordan has countered Iranian efforts to smuggle weapons through the country to Palestinian militants across the border in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, according to regional and U.S. officials.

3. Good job Jordan! Stay stable please! I might have to come live there soon!

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