2025 in Jordan

Incumbents

• Monarch – Abdullah II
• Prime Minister – Jafar Hassan

  Events

February

• 10 February – An Indian national is shot dead by the Jordanian Army at the Jordan–Israel border after attempting to enter Israel illegally.

  April

• 15 April – The General Intelligence Department announces the arrest of 16 people involved in a plot to undermine Jordan's national security.
• 23 April – The government orders another ban on the Muslim Brotherhood.

  May

• 4 May – Two Belgian nationals are killed in a flash flood in Wadi al-Nakhil, Ma'an Governorate.

  June

• 5 June – Jordan qualifies for its first FIFA World Cup after defeating Oman 3-0 at the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification in Muscat.
• 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.

  July

• 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.

  August

• 27 August – King Abdullah II and Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev announce that Royal Jordanian will launch direct Amman to Almaty flights in 2026.

  September

• 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.
• 24 September – Israel indefinitely closes the Allenby Bridge.
• 27 September – The Ajloun and Yarmouk Forest Reserves are designated as biosphere reserves by UNESCO.

  November

• 29 November – The Government of Jordan officially announces the launch of the Amra City development project during a site visit by the Prime Minister.

  December

• 24 December – The Jordanian Armed Forces carry out airstrikes against drug and weapons traffickers along the border with Syria.

  Holidays

• 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