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Mandatory Military Conscription Returns to Jordan Amid Regional Anxiety Over 'Greater Israel'

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Aug 19, 2025
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Jordan has announced the return of mandatory military service after more than three decades, a move framed as a bid to instill discipline and national unity in young men, but one that comes against the backdrop of rising regional tension fueled by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s talk of a “Greater Israel.”

Crown Prince Hussein bin Abdullah II…

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