Jordanian security authorities discovered a cache of explosives in an apartment 1 kilometer from Marka Military Airport in Amman in June 2024.
The investigation resulted in the discovery of more explosives two days later in a warehouse in Abu Alanda neighborhood of Amman, a few kilometers from the apartment.
All of these explosives were safely detonated by the Royal Corps of Engineers, and evidence led investigators to believe that the two caches belonged to a single group of suspects.
Jordanian authorities have recently thwarted several attempts to smuggle weapons, the most recent of which was in March 2024, when they foiled an attempt to smuggle weapons sent from militias in Syria to a cell in Jordan.
Jordan and the United States have cooperated for years in efforts to reduce terrorism and arms smuggling in the region. According to the U.S. Agency for International Development’s tracker of spending, Jordan is the third-largest recipient of U.S. foreign aid, most of which is allocated for military assistance. Sources: Al Arabiya TV, Asharq Al-Awsat, CNN, Fox59.com