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Mohammad al-Fadilat

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Following the capture of a Jordanian pilot by the IS group, Jordanians of all political persuasions have united and demanded that the government secure the captive's release by any means necessary.

27 December, 2014

Zaki Bani Arshid remains in custody after refusing to apologise to court over article that criticised UAE for branding his group a "terrorist organisation".

18 December, 2014

With between 620,000 and 1.5 million Syrians, Jordan - one of the poorer countries of the region - is host to the one of the largest refugee populations in the world.

10 December, 2014

Jordanian state security arrested Zaki Bani Rushaid, deputy head of the Muslim Brotherhood in the country, late Thursday night after he published an article critical of the UAE.

21 November, 2014

Jordanian families are struggling to prove their sons have been killed in Syria and Iraq, while children born to jihadis face a life with no national identity.

13 November, 2014

Children born to Jordanian women married to foreign men will be given some state privileges, but won't adopt nationality of the Hashemite kingdom.

09 November, 2014