Jordan Intelligence Thwart ISIS Terrorist Plot

Jordan announced that it has thwarted a terrorist plot in the country. (Reuters)
Jordan announced that it has thwarted a terrorist plot in the country. (Reuters)
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Jordan Intelligence Thwart ISIS Terrorist Plot

Jordan announced that it has thwarted a terrorist plot in the country. (Reuters)
Jordan announced that it has thwarted a terrorist plot in the country. (Reuters)

Jordan intelligence announced on Monday that they had thwarted an ISIS terrorist attack against security, commercial and media targets.

State news agency Petra said the country’s intelligence department had arrested 17 members of an ISIS cell and confiscated weapons and explosives that the militant group had planned to use in several operations.

“The members of the cell had planned to execute a number of terrorist attacks simultaneously to destabilize national security and sow chaos and terror among civilians,” the statement said.

The detainees were being interrogated before being put on trial in a military court, the authorities said without giving a date.

The statement said the cell had planned to wage a series of bank robberies and car thefts to get financing, and manufactured homemade explosives from material bought from local markets.

The detainees have been accused of conspiracy to commit terrorist attacks, promoting terrorist ideology, selling weapons and ammunition for the intention of staging terror attacks.



Israeli Settlers Torch Cars in Christian West Bank Village, Palestinians Say

 A man inspects a vehicle that was reportedly torched by Israeli settlers during an overnight attack on the Palestinian Christian village of Taybeh, northeast of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, on July 28, 2025. (AFP)
A man inspects a vehicle that was reportedly torched by Israeli settlers during an overnight attack on the Palestinian Christian village of Taybeh, northeast of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, on July 28, 2025. (AFP)
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Israeli Settlers Torch Cars in Christian West Bank Village, Palestinians Say

 A man inspects a vehicle that was reportedly torched by Israeli settlers during an overnight attack on the Palestinian Christian village of Taybeh, northeast of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, on July 28, 2025. (AFP)
A man inspects a vehicle that was reportedly torched by Israeli settlers during an overnight attack on the Palestinian Christian village of Taybeh, northeast of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, on July 28, 2025. (AFP)

Palestinian residents of the Christian village of Taybeh in the Israeli-occupied West Bank said on Monday Israeli settlers torched two cars and left graffiti overnight.

It was the latest in a series of recent settler attacks on the village near Ramallah, where the Palestinian Authority is headquartered.

Taybeh is the only entirely Christian village in the Muslim-majority West Bank and home to a brewery popular with tourists and foreign diplomats.

The Israeli military said it sent forces to the village after receiving a report that suspects had set fire to Palestinian property. It said it has opened an investigation.

The West Bank has seen a rise in settler violence since Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack out of Gaza triggered the war there.