Army takes part in joint military drill in Saudi Arabia

AMMAN — The Jordan Armed Forces-Arab Army (JAF) has participated in the Joint Gulf Shield/1 drills that were held in Saudi Arabia to enhance cooperation, coordination and the exchange of military information and expertise, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported on Thursday.

The drills aimed at training forces on joint strategic operational planning, unifying terms among participating armies and executing conventional and unconventional military operations in simulation for potential terrorist and extremist threats.

The exercise is considered one of the biggest at the regional level in terms of the number of participating troops and the quality of weapons and technologies used in different phases of the drill.