Claiming to have found evidence of chemical weapon being used in Syria civil war, the US proposes to arm the rebels in Jordan and imposing no-fly zone stretching up to 25 miles into Syria, enforced using aircraft from Jordan – costing $50 million a day

Jordan has started major military exercises in the air, on the land and in the sea, insisting they have nothing to do with the conflict raging in next door Syria.

Nearly 1,000 U.S. Marines have been deployed along Jordan’s border with Syria, according to Press TV and Israeli media outlets.

Amman - The official explanation for deployment of a Patriot missile battery plus a number of F-16 fighter jets to Jordan is that they are for a "military exercise" planned some time ago and having no relation to recent events in Syria.

Amman - At least 9 men from Jordan were sentenced by a military tribunal for planning to go into Syria and join with rebels in their fight against the Assad regime.

That’s according to a new report from the United Nations’ Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) which has called the situation in Syria a “humanitarian catastrophe”.

Aleppo - As the conflict in Syria between government forces and armed rebels continues, Palestinian refugees in the war-torn country are increasingly becoming collateral damage.

Amman - The Pentagon is sending 200 US troops to Jordan. The troops will be used to control violence spilling over from the Syrian civil war according to Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel.

Jordan faces massive water shortages due to limited resources, population growth, open borders for refugees, constant interruptions to water projects and an ongoing water dispute with Israel

Eilat - Three rockets landed in Israel's southern holiday resort, Eilat, this morning. No injuries have been reported. Eilat airport has been temporarily closed for incoming flights.

Amman - An unidentified burnt body of a young woman has been found in a dumpster. Her throat had been slit and her stomach cut open revealing she was pregnant The burnt fetus was 4 months old. Officials say this could possibly a family honour crime

Jordan has a new, thriving industry, one it and any country could do without: manufacturing artificial limbs for refugees from the ongoing Syrian conflict.

Reports coming from Syria indicate that both sides of the civil war are utilizing cross border ties to aid and train their forces.

Due to fighting near its frontier with Syria the Jordanians have responded by closing off their main border crossing with that war ravaged country.

A report in the Wall Street Journal has claimed that the CIA has been providing intelligence to members of the Free Syrian Army to help them in their fight against the Syrian regime.

U.S. President Barack Obama announced today that the United States would provide $200 million in humanitarian to Jordan which is presently home to hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees.

Hamburg - The German news magazine Der Spiegel says the US is secretly training Syrian rebels in Jordan. This represents a shift in US policy. The US as recently as last week said that it was strictly providing humanitarian and medical aid to Syria's opposition.

Syrian rebels have released the 21 UN peacekeepers they captured on Wednesday, and have handed them over to Jordanian authorities.

Bin Laden's son-in-law Suleiman Abu Ghaith, who once served as an al Qaeda spokesman, was in US custody on Thursday following a secret operation involving Jordanian intelligence services, the CIA and the FBI.

The Associated British Foods (ABF), one of the biggest British multinationals, whose brands include Silver Spoon sugar and Twinnings Tea, has been accused of avoiding to pay its million-dollar tax bill to Zambia, one of the poorest countries in the world.