(Al Arabiya) Theodore Karasik - Jordanian tribes are loyal to King Abdullah II. Indeed there are sleepers in Zarqa and Maan, but these individuals are being watched and monitored. The Jordanian military and special operation forces were able to repel ISIS by entering Iraq and attacking the terrorist group's forward advance. Over the past week, over 100 Jordanian special operators were in Iraq and in the Ajoun and Northern Jordan Hills watching ISIS' forward advance. Jordanian SOF interrupted ISIS' advances with pinpoint strikes, according to a Jordanian official. Importantly, Israel is providing overhead imagery to Jordan to use in its fight against ISIS on its borders. The writer is Director of Research and Consultancy at the Institute for Near East and Gulf Military Analysis (INEGMA) in Dubai, UAE.
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