Jordan

Visit comes as the U.S. is stepping up its military involvement in the region. (AP Photo/Robert Burns)

National Security

Reports: Leading U.S. commander secretly visits Syria

Ryan Lovelace · May 21, 2016 9:38 pm

U.S. ‘surge operation’ to clear 10,000 Syrian refugees in just 3 months, 600 interviewed A DAY

National Security

U.S. ‘surge operation’ to clear 10,000 Syrian refugees in just 3 months, 600 interviewed A DAY

Paul Bedard · April 8, 2016 2:32 pm

Vice President Joe Biden, left, visits a joint Jordanian-American training center at Zarqa where U.S. troops have been helping to train Jordanian forces. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh)

Biden: Islamic State ‘on its heels,’ but victory will take a ‘long time’

Susan Crabtree · March 10, 2016 7:03 pm

First Lady Michelle Obama attends the 2015 World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) with Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, right, at the Qatar National Convention Centre in Doha, Qatar, Nov. 4, 2015. The First Lady attends the summit in support of global girls' education and the Let Girls Learn initiative. (Official White House Photo by Amanda Lucidon)

Michelle Obama’s 24 minute speech in Qatar cost $700,000

Paul Bedard · December 9, 2015 7:16 pm

Carson: Syrian refugee crisis a ‘false choice’

Carson: Syrian refugee crisis a ‘false choice’

Anna Giaritelli · December 9, 2015 4:46 am

"Despite my great respect for King Abdullah II, I will not be visiting Jordan at this time," Trump said, adding, that he was responding to a "false" Associated Press report. (AP File Photo/Mic Smith)

Trump denies report he’s going to ‘Muslim-majority’ Jordan

Daniel Chaitin · December 9, 2015 2:58 am

Carson suggested stepping up support to Jordan to care for refugees or resettling them in friendlier regions. (AP Photo/Matt York)

Carson: Take care of Syrian refugees in Syria

Sarah Bedford · December 6, 2015 12:14 am

"Saudi Arabia has the third largest defense budget in the world. Yet, instead of fighting ISIS, they have focused more on a campaign to oust Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen," Bernie Sanders said. (AP Photo)

Sanders: Saudi Arabia must do more on ISIS

Curt Mills · November 30, 2015 12:13 am

Speaking from Amman, Jordan, after visiting Syrian refugees this weekend with his wife Candy, Ben Carson said that refugees he spoke to want to be repatriated back into their homeland. (AP Photo)

Carson’s Halloween candy solution for Syrian refugees

Daniel Chaitin · November 29, 2015 4:05 pm

During his visit to Jordan, Carson outlined the sketches of a policy on Syrian refugees. (Deanna Bass)

National Security

Carson: No refugees in the U.S., help Jordan

Curt Mills · November 28, 2015 8:56 pm

Carson travels to Jordan to meet Syrian refugees

Carson travels to Jordan to meet Syrian refugees

Rudy Takala · November 27, 2015 6:13 pm

State Department spokesman John Kirby confirmed that two U.S. trainers were killed, and that two others were wounded in a shooting event that also resulted in the death of others. (AP Photo)

State: Americans killed in Jordan were training Palestinians

Pete Kasperowicz · November 9, 2015 8:46 pm