Last week, a new style of terrorist attack took place in Syria, where for the first time, a drone attacked a Syrian military academy in Homs during a graduation ceremony and killed more than 100 people, including civilians.

Last week, US Central Command announced the capture of Abu Khalil Al Fad'ani in northern Syria. He is known to be an operational and facilitation official of Daesh who has an active role throughout Daesh networks in the region.

There are many security challenges facing Jordan today, predominately focussed on the resurgence of terrorist groups in the southern area of Syria. This growth, mainly of Daesh, puts new pressure on the security landscape that could have broader impacts on the country itself.

Across multiple fronts, instability is escalating in the region, and creating strategic threats whose combination is more dangerous than the sum of each of them.

Recently, the risks of regional escalation have noticeably increased. Amid rising tensions in the West Bank, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has threatened Hamas leaders that they would pay what he described as the “full price”.

Terrorist threats in Syria and Iraq have been increasing recently with signs of the re-emergence of terrorist groups, including Daesh particularly in desert areas. Multiple terrorist attacks occurred recently in Syria.

Two years have passed since the American withdrawal from Afghanistan, and while international attention is focused on other battlefronts, such as Ukraine or more recently Niger, Afghanistan remains one of the crucial points of international geopolitics, so Afghani dynamics should

Recently, a widely criticised cybercrime law that empowers the government to control online content was approved by Parliament.

The ongoing issue of drug trafficking continues to represent a threat to the countries of the region. In efforts to counter these risks, a Jordanian security delegation has met with its Syrian counterpart to discuss cooperation to counter the smuggling operations and networks.