Jordan king orders restructuring of armed forces

This handout picture released by the Jordanian Royal Palace shows Jordan's King Abdullah II (L) and his son Crown Prince Hussein (C) attending a ceremony marking the 57th anniversary of the Battle of al-Karamah during the War of Attrition with Israel, held by the Jordan Armed Forces-Arab Army at the Martyrs’ Memorial in al-Karamah in western Jordan on March 23, 2025. (AFP)
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Updated 24 January 2026
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Jordan king orders restructuring of armed forces

  • Jordan's king orders strategy to transform army structure within three years

CAIRO: Jordan’s King Abdullah II announced Saturday the restructuring of the armed forces within three years, the Perta News Agency reported. 

King Abdullah, the Supreme Commander of the Jordan Armed Forces-Arab Army, announced a strategy “to achieve a structural transformation in the armed forces over the course of the next three years,” Petra said.

In a letter to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the King wrote: “Our Arab Army is a national institution that every Jordanian is proud of.”

“We must examine the requirements for modernizing and developing our Armed Forces, while restructuring them to keep pace with combat demands within various environments of operation,” the king wrote. 

The king also said the army must have sufficient reserve forces reinforced with the necessary capabilities.

“Our Armed Forces must have sufficient reserve forces, equipped with the various needed capabilities to execute their operations efficiently.”