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Jordan's King Abdullah: 'Painful' palace crisis is over The 59-year-old monarch gave a televised address in his first public remarks on the alleged coup led by his half-brother Hamzah. US President Joe Biden spoke to Abdullah earlier to offer Washington's support. King Abdullah II said the sedition had been "nipped in the bud" Jordan's King Abdullah II on Wednesday declared the Arab nation's unprecedented political crisis was over after allegations emerged that his half-brother Prince Hamzah plotted to stage a coup. Authorities accused Hamzah, a former crown prince, of aiming to "destabilize...

The West cannot afford a revolution in Jordan  The country is a beacon of stability in a troubled region - which is why, a hundred years after creating Jordan - we need to support it 7 April 2021 • 6:00am This week’s centenary marking the creation of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, which Winston Churchill famously claimed he accomplished “with a stroke of a pen, one Sunday afternoon in Cairo”, promises to be a low key affair given the recent turmoil affecting the country’s royal family. Instead of celebrating the remarkable feat of endurance Jordan’s rulers have shown in securin...

Jordanian press goes silent over 'plot' prince Sorry, but your browser needs Javascript to use this site. If you're not sure how to activate it, please refer to this site: https://www.enable-javascript.com/ Prince Hamzah (center) arrives to attend a speech by Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein in downtown Amman, Jordan, on Sept. 9, 2015. | REUTERS AFP-JIJI Apr 7, 2021 Amman – Jordan’s Prince Hamzah, accused of plotting against the kingdom’s “security and stability,” disappeared from the local press Wednesday following a prosecutor’s order banning coverage of the kingdom’s ...

Jordan’s King Abdullah says ‘sedition’ quashed Al Jazeera English © A handout picture released by the Jordanian Royal Palace on March 23, 2021 shows Jordanian King Abdu... King Abdullah says the 'sedition' has been quashed [Jordanian Royal Palace Handout/AFP] Jordan’s king Abdullah has addressed the rare public rift within the royal family for the first time, saying the “sedition” that caused him anger and pain has been buried. In a statement broadcast to the nation on Wednesday, the king addressed Jordan’s worst political crisis in decades, sparked by an alle...

Jordan King Says Palace Crisis 'Over' 04/07/21 AT 2:56 PM Jordan's King Abdullah broke his silence Wednesday to tell his nation that the worst political crisis in decades sparked by an alleged plot involving his half-brother Prince Hamzah was over. The government had accused Hamzah -- a former crown prince who was sidelined as heir to the throne in 2004 -- of involvement in a conspiracy to "destabilise the kingdom's security" and arrested at least 16 people. But Abdullah said Wednesday that Hamzah, who has signed a letter pledging his loyalty to the king following mediation by an uncle, was s...