2014 in Jordan
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The following lists events that happened during 2014 in Jordan.
Incumbents
- Monarch: Abdullah II
- Prime Minister: Abdullah Ensour
Events
March
- March 10 - A Jordanian judge is fatally shot by the Israeli Border Police after he allegedly attempted to grab one of their rifles.[1]
April
- April 16 - Jordanian warplanes strike a convoy of vehicles as they were trying to enter Jordan from Syria.[2]
December
- December 21 - After an eight-year informal moratorium on the death penalty, Jordan executes 11 men.[3]
- December 24 - A Royal Jordanian Air Force warplane crashes, and its pilot is captured by Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant militants near the city of Raqqa in northern Syria.[4]
References
- ^ "Israelis shoot and kill Jordanian judge at border". 10 March 2014. Archived from the original on March 10, 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
- ^ "Jordan 'targets vehicles crossing from Syria'". 16 April 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
- ^ "Jordan hangs 11 after lifting execution ban". 21 December 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
- ^ "IS captures Jordanian pilot after warplane crashes in Syria". Retrieved 3 January 2015.
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