Tags: Middle East > Jordan

Worried it could be just the beginning

Israel wants to keep an eye on what is going on in Syria

Move comes with $70 million price tag

As more U.S. troops arrive in the capital

Those being trained could be used to form a buffer zone on Syria's southern border

Making gains in the south

Abu Qatada will not be sent back to Jordan because there are concerns he could be tortured

To help manage Syrian refugees

Says Assad's regime will not survive the conflict

17 civilians wounded

Islamist militants a major opposition group

Turnout above 50 percent for elections to the general assembly in the monarchy

Police out in force to securing polling booths

Most are in Lebanon, Jordan and Turkey

2.6 million Palestinians live in Jordan

Muslim Brotherhood had urged people onto the streets

The Syrian civil war becomes an increasingly regional affair

The Muslim Brotherhood, the larget opposition political organization in the country, is organizing demonstrations

Hundreds gathered despite King Abdullah's decision to dissolve parliament