2025 in Jordan

Events in the year 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