Islamic Action Front

February 10, 2025 | Ahmad Sharawi |

What to know about Jordanian King Abdullah’s visit to Washington

Jordan’s King Abdullah II will visit Washington on February 11, marking the first official trip by an Arab leader to the United States during US President Donald Trump’s second term.  The visit...

November 27, 2024 | Ahmad Sharawi |

Security Cooperation With Jordan: Key to Protecting Israel’s Eastern Front

Israel’s longest border, shared with Jordan, has faced persistent challenges of infiltration and smuggling led by Iran and its proxies, threats that have escalated significantly since the Hamas-led attack...

October 18, 2024 | Ahmad Sharawi |

Iran is Gaining Ground in Jordan

A Jordanian population sympathetic to Iran’s ambitions, coupled with the country’s long border with Israel, could turn Jordan into a potential launching pad for attacks against Israel.

October 18, 2024 | |

IDF Eliminates Terrorists Who Penetrated Through Border With Jordan

Two terrorists disguised as Jordanian soldiers were killed while slipping across the country’s border with Israel to carry out an attack on October 18. The terrorists...

September 13, 2024 | Ahmad Sharawi |

Pro-Hamas Islamists Win the Most Seats in Jordanian Elections

The Muslim Brotherhood’s Islamic Action Front (IAF) secured 31 of 138 seats in Jordanian parliamentary elections on September 10, the most of any party. The IAF achieved its best result in 35 years by...

September 7, 2024 | Ahmad Sharawi |

Will Jordan’s new electoral law bring real change?

Jordanians will head to the polls on September 10 to elect all 138 members of their lower house of parliament. Historically, most Jordanian lawmakers have been independents representing narrow...

April 9, 2024 | Hussain Abdul-Hussain |

Israel’s Arab Neighbors Undermine Their Own Interests by Backing Iran

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and its proxy militias have Jordan in their crosshairs, calling for mass protests against the government and promising to arm a militia of 12,000 Jordanians....

August 15, 2022 | Jonathan Schanzer |

A victorious Taliban is inspiring a new generation of Islamic extremists

On May 15, 1989, the Soviet army withdrew from Afghanistan. The Soviets, who had been slugging it out for 10 years with Islamist fighters, finally threw in the towel. The withdrawal was immediately hailed...

February 13, 2017 | Jonathan Schanzer New York Post

The careful way to go after Muslim Brotherhood radicals

The Trump Administration is mulling an order designed to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a foreign terrorist organization. The best approach would be a piecemeal one: Some Brotherhood branche...

April 7, 2016 | Tony Badran |

Hezbollah’s Sunni Support Network

Hezbollah announced the death this weekend of seven of its fighters in Syria during fighting in southern Aleppo....

October 21, 2014 | FDD Policy Brief |

Jordan’s Muslim Brotherhood Seeks Help from Hamas

Last week, the Islamic Action Front (IAF), the Muslim Brotherhood’s wing in Jordan, wrote an open...

October 29, 2012 | Jonathan Schanzer CNN |

Why Failed Terror Attack in Jordan Matters to US

Jordan disrupted a major terrorist attack in Amman this month, and security services reportedly arrest...

October 12, 2012 | Lee Smith Tablet |

Will Jordan Be Next to Fall?

Protests against the monarchy—the biggest since the Arab Spring began—are bad news for Israel and the U.S.

November 8, 2011 | Jonathan Schanzer The Weekly Standard |

Jordan Tries Rapprochement with Hamas

Last week, Jordan's new prime minister Awn Khasawneh boldly announced that Jordan’s 1999 decision to deport leaders of the Palestinian jihadist group Hamas was a political mistake and...

May 16, 2011 | Jonathan Schanzer The American Spectator

Achieving the Impossible

 President Barack Obama's response to the spread of unrest across the Middle East has been an unpredictable combination of neutrality (Tunisia), reluctant involvement (Egypt), and force...

March 8, 2011 | |

Why Israel Worries About Jordan

Along with much of the rest of the Middle East, Amman is facing a rising tide of anti-government fervor. The Jordanian monarchy is under increasing pressure. After the fall of the Mubarak regime,...

March 3, 2011 | Jonathan Schanzer Jurist |

The Middle East Protest Movements: Each With a Story, All With Uncertainty

"Across the Middle East, protest movements are taking hold. While each draws inspiration from the examples of Egypt and Tunisia, each country has a story of its own. In Iran, for example...

February 23, 2011 |

The Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan

Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the U.S. military's Joint Chiefs of Staff, traveled to Jordan this month for talks with King Abdullah II, just days after the monarch swore in a new governme...

February 1, 2011 | Jonathan Schanzer

How Far Will Egypt Tumult Spread?

Immediately after the fall of Tunisia's 23-year dictator, Zine al-Abedine Ben Ali, analysts warned of a domino effect across the Arab world. Would-be democrats in other Arab countries reason...

May 17, 2009 | |

Hezbollah’s Agenda in Lebanon

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