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Archives: Jordan
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With Fall of Aleppo, will a Russo-Iranian Middle East challenge Trump?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - On Thursday, the Syrian government announced that the last of those who wanted to be evacuated from the East Aleppo pocket had been…![Arab nationalist press Reacts to Erdogan’s Crackdown with cries of “Dictator!”](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921193634im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/07/arab-nationalist-press-reacts-to-187x137.jpg)
Arab nationalist press Reacts to Erdogan’s Crackdown with cries of “Dictator!”
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan's firing of some 50,000 people, including educators, bureaucrats, police and military personnel, in the wake of the failed July…![CIA Arms For Syria Sold by Jordan Spies on Black Market For Terrorists](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921193634im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/06/cia-arms-for-syria-sold-by-jorda-187x137.jpg)
CIA Arms For Syria Sold by Jordan Spies on Black Market For Terrorists
Jo Ankier, Elliot Hill and Mark Sovel | (TheLipTV) | - - "Weapons sent by the CIA to Jordan for Syrian rebels were stolen by Jordanian intelligence operatives and sold to arms…![Beset by Loneliness and Memories, Syrian Refugees Struggle in even in Safe Spaces](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921193634im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/01/beset-by-loneliness-and-memories-187x137.jpg)
Beset by Loneliness and Memories, Syrian Refugees Struggle even in Safe Spaces
By Silvia Boarini | (Inter Press Service) | - - ZARQa, Jordan (IPS) - Emelline Mahmoud Ilyas is an outgoing 35-year-old mother of three from Syria. Sitting in a community centre in…![Wars targeting Children: 20 mn Homeless, 300K Conscripted & now Mass Abductions by ISIL](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921193634im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/07/wars-targeting-children-20-mn-ho-187x137.jpg)
Wars targeting Children: 20 mn Homeless, 300K Conscripted & now Mass Abductions by ISIL
By Beatriz Ciordia | (Inter Press Service) | - - UNITED NATIONS (IPS) - Whether in Palestine, Ukraine or Somalia, wars result in millions of children threatened by the brutality of armed…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921193634im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/152738-187x137.jpg)
Syrian Refugees Blocked, Stranded in Jordan Desert
Human Rights Watch | - - (Beirut) – Jordanian authorities have severely restricted informal border crossings in the eastern part of the country since late March, 2015, stranding hundreds of Syrians in…![Richest Countries Bomb among World’s Poorest: Yemen already a Forgotten War](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921193634im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/05/richest-countries-bomb-among-wor-187x137.jpg)
Richest Countries Bomb among World’s Poorest: Yemen already a Forgotten War
VICE News | (Video) | - "For more than six weeks, nine countries led by Saudi Arabia have been carrying out airstrikes on Yemen, the Arab world's poorest nation. Whole neighborhoods have…![‘American Terrorist': Middle East reacts to Murder of 3 Muslim-American Students in N Carolina](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921193634im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/02/american-terrorist-middle-east-r-187x137.jpg)
‘American Terrorist’: Middle East reacts to Murder of 3 Muslim-American Students in N Carolina
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) - If American mass media seemed reluctant to cover the murder of three Muslims students at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill as a hate…![US Commander Says Death of Jordan Pilot Turning Point in ISIL Fight](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921193634im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/02/us-commander-says-death-of-jorda-187x137.jpg)
US Commander: Death of Jordan Pilot Turning Point in ISIL Fight
ABC News | - United Arab Emirates joins Jordan in fight against ISIS after the horrific death of the pilot. ABC News: "Gen. John Allen Says Death of Jordanian Pilot Could Be…![Is ISIL’s ‘Shock and Awe’ more Awe-ful because One Victim?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921193634im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/02/is-isils-shock-and-awe-more-awe-187x137.jpg)
Is ISIL’s ‘Shock and Awe’ more Awe-ful because One Victim?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) - The Daesh (ISIL or ISIS) burning of a captured Jordanian pilot alive produced justified revulsion globally, resulting in the terrorist organization being termed "barbarous" and…![Furious Jordanian Crowds demonstrate over ISIL Murder of Pilot, but some blame US, King](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921193634im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/02/furious-jordanian-crowds-demonst-187x137.jpg)
Angry Jordanian Crowds Rally over ISIL Murder of Pilot, but some blame US, King
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) - Jordanian protesters came out in the thousands on Tuesday to protest the gruesome murder by Daesh (ISIL, ISIL) of a captured Jordanian pilot, Muath al-Kasasbeh.…![Did Drought and Climate Change cause Middle Eastern States to Collapse in 2014?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921193634im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2014/12/did-drought-and-climate-change-c-187x137.jpg)
Did Drought and Climate Change cause Middle Eastern States to Collapse in 2014?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) -- The Middle East, from North Africa to Afghanistan, has seen an unusual number of governments collapse in recent years. Libya, Iraq, Syria, and Yemen have…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921193634im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/04/308930_345x230-187x137.jpg)
Leftist Jordanians protest expected gas deal with Israel
BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Dozens of protesters marched in the Jordanian capital of Amman on Friday to denounce a gas deal with Israel that is expected to be passed by the end of…![West Only has Money for Bombs? 60,000 Child Laborers in Jordan as Syrian Refugees struggle to Survive](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921193634im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2014/12/west-only-has-money-for-bombs-60-187x137.jpg)
West Only has Money for Bombs? 60,000 Child Laborers in Jordan as Syrian Refugees struggle to Survive
AMMAN | (IRIN) | - Jordan is straining under the weight of its over 600,000 Syrian refugees, with government officials and aid agencies warning of dwindling resources and capacity to respond to the…![Humanitarian Crisis: Health Care and Jordan’s 600,000 Syrian Refugees](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921193634im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2014/10/humanitarian-crisis-health-care-187x137.jpg)
Humanitarian Crisis: Health Care and Jordan’s 600,000 Syrian Refugees
By Katy Montoya I was scrambling to take notes when the First Lieutenant of the Jordanian Security Forces joined my conversation with security personnel in one of the small offices of Ruba’a…![Shock & Awe In Syria: It never Works](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921193634im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2014/09/shock-awe-in-syria-it-never-work-187x137.jpg)
Shock & Awe In Syria: It never Works
By Juan Cole The London pan-Arab daily "Hayat" [Life] reports this morning on the air strikes conducted on ISIL positions in Raqqah, Syria, by the United States and several Arab allies. The…![Middle East “Allies” decline to Commit Forces, Resources against ISIL](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921193634im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2014/09/middle-east-allies-decline-to-co-187x137.jpg)
Middle East “Allies” decline to Commit Forces, Resources against ISIL
By Juan Cole US Secretary of State John Kerry's meeting in Jedda with ten Middle Eastern foreign ministers produced a communique on Friday, but little more. The regional states promised to do…![Egypt, Syria, Libya . . . . What is the Appeal of Phoney Elections in the Middle East?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921193634im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2014/06/egypt-syria-libya-what-is-the-ap-187x137.jpg)
Egypt, Syria, Libya . . . . What is the Appeal of Phoney Elections in the Middle East?
By Juan Cole The world has been treated to a whole series of "elections" in the Middle East recently. Iraq had parliamentary elections, Libya's parliament voted for a new prime minister, and…![Pope Francis in Jordan Reaches out to Forgotten Syrian Refugees, Christians and Muslims](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921193634im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2014/05/pope-francis-in-jordan-reaches-o-187x137.jpg)