2025 in Jordan
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Events in the year 2025 in Jordan.
Incumbents
[edit]Events
[edit]February
[edit]- 10 February – An Indian national is shot dead by the Jordanian Army at the Jordan–Israel border after attempting to enter Israel illegally.[3]
April
[edit]- 15 April – The General Intelligence Department announces the arrest of 16 people involved in a plot to undermine Jordan's national security.[4]
- 23 April – The government orders another ban on the Muslim Brotherhood.[5]
May
[edit]- 4 May – Two Belgian nationals are killed in a flash flood in Wadi al-Nakhil, Ma'an Governorate.[6]
June
[edit]- 5 June – Jordan qualifies for its first FIFA World Cup after defeating Oman 3-0 at the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification in Muscat.[7]
- 14 June – Five people are injured in Irbid by falling debris from a suspected Iranian missile fired as part of the June 2025 Iranian strikes on Israel.[8]
July
[edit]- 31 July – Osama Krayem, a Swedish Islamic State militant, is convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in Sweden for the killing of Jordanian pilot Muath al-Kasasbeh in Syria in 2015.[9]
August
[edit]- 27 August – King Abdullah II and Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev announce that Royal Jordanian will launch direct Amman to Almaty flights in 2026.[10]
September
[edit]- 18 September – Two Israelis are shot dead at the Allenby Bridge border crossing with the West Bank. The attacker is shot dead by Israeli forces.[11]
- 24 September – Israel indefinitely closes the Allenby Bridge.[12]
Holidays
[edit]Source:[13]
- 1 January – New Year's Day
- 29–31 March – Eid al-Fitr
- 20 April – Gregorian Easter
- 1 May – Labour Day
- 25 May – Independence Day
- 6–9 June – Eid al-Adha
- 26 June – Islamic New Year
- 4 September – The Prophet's Birthday
- 25 December – Christmas Day
References
[edit]- ^ "Abdullah II | Biography, Education, Family, History, & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
- ^ "Jordan Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
- ^ Singh, Namita (3 March 2025). "Indian man shot dead in Jordan trying to illegally cross Israel border". The Independent.
- ^ "Jordan says it thwarts plot that threatened national security". Al Jazeera. 15 April 2025.
- ^ "Jordan bans Muslim Brotherhood in a move that threatens its largest opposition party". AP News. 23 April 2025.
- ^ "The bodies of a Belgian mother and her son were recovered in southern Jordan after flash flooding". AP News. 5 May 2025.
- ^ "Jordan qualifies for FIFA World Cup for the first time". al-Arabiya. 6 June 2025.
- ^ Husseini, Rana. "Five people injured from falling object in Irbid — PSD". Jordan Times. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
- ^ "Swedish man convicted for his role in 2015 killing of a Jordanian pilot by the Islamic State group". AP News. 31 July 2025. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
- ^ Omirgazy, Dana (27 August 2025). "Royal Jordanian Airlines to Launch Direct Amman-Almaty Flights in 2026". Astana Times. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
- ^ "Attack at Jordan-West Bank crossing kills two Israelis". Al Jazeera. 18 September 2025. Retrieved 18 September 2025.
- ^ "Palestinians in West Bank stranded as Israel shuts only international crossing". BBC. 25 September 2025. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
- ^ "Jordan Public Holidays 2025". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
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