Jordan's new conscription programme will start in February with 6,000 recruits who will serve for a mandatory three months and be paid a basic salary, officials have revealed. Details are emerging a ...

Jordan announced plans to end conscription in 1991, fully abolishing it in 1992, preceding the 1994 peace agreement between Jerusalem and Amman. Previous attempts to reinstate conscription have been ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jordan’s military has launched strikes on drug and weapons smugglers in the country’s northern border regions with Syria, ...

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Jordan confirmed Saturday that its air force took part in strikes launched by the United States on Islamic State group targets in Syria in retaliation for the killing of three U ...

DAMASCUS, Syria -- Jordan confirmed Saturday that its air force took part in strikes launched by the United States on Islamic State group targets in Syria in retaliation for the killing of three U.S.