King Abdullah II

Force in Play

Chaired a National Security Council meeting on October 24 and ordered an "iron fist" response. On October 26 he said on X that the attackers were pursued to their hideouts after the arrests.

Police arrested three men on Monday, October 26, after a dawn standoff in an abandoned house in al-Jadeeda, a village in Karak. They are two brothers, Hazza Zaidan Mohammad and Meshal Zaidan Mohammad, and their brother-in-law, Ahmad Sami Hussein, all Jordanian. The men refused to surrender and fired on officers, who wounded all three. Police found firearms and ammunition, and the interior minister said there is no sign of ties to other cells.

Updated Nov 2

Built World

Witnessed the groundbreaking ceremony in Aqaba

Jordan's King Abdullah II and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed broke ground at Aqaba on October 5 on a 403-kilometre railway from the country's phosphate and potash mines. Official announcements put the network at about $2.5 billion; the 360-kilometre agreement signed in July was for $2.3 billion.

Updated Oct 25