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In the United States Congress, the Friends of Jordan Caucus was launched March 6, 2009, to support a strong relationship between Jordan and the United States and to facilitate the exchange of ideas between Members of the House of Representatives and Jordanian officials. The caucus was first co-chaired by Congressmen Schiff and Boustany, and ...
Jordan has had close relations with the United States and the United Kingdom for many years. [1] [2] During the first Gulf War (1990), these relations were damaged by Jordan's neutrality and its maintenance of relations with Iraq.
By 2002 Jordan enjoyed a marginal trade surplus with the United States. [3] Five years after the FTA came into effect, Jordanian exports to the United States had increased twentyfold; Jordan's apparel exports to the United States in 2005 amounted to $1.2 billion. [9] Most of Jordan's exports to the United States come from one of 114 companies. [10]
The United States and Jordan carried out a new airdrop of humanitarian aid to Gaza's Palestinians on Sunday, parachuting in more than 11,500 meals, the U.S. military said. The Israeli offensive in ...
The United States and Jordan established bilateral relations on February 18, 1949. [4] The first envoy was Wells Stabler, who served as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim until Gerald A. Drew was appointed as permanent Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary on February 2, 1950. [5]
The Jan. 28 drone attack on a U.S. outpost in Jordan called Tower 22, near the Syrian border, was first deadly strike against U.S. forces since the Israel-Hamas war erupted in October 2023.
Jordanian extrajudicial prisoners of the United States (3 P) Jordanian people of American descent (2 C, 3 P) Pages in category "Jordan–United States relations"
To preserve a balance of power, the U.S. also supplied weapons to Jordan. Then, in June 1967, Israel defeated Egypt, Jordan and Syria in the Six-Day War, capturing the West Bank, Gaza and the Golan.