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Jordanian royal detained in alleged plot against King Abdullah II​


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A handout picture released by the Jordanian Royal Palace on March 29, 2021 shows Jordanian King Abdullah II swearing-in the new health minister in the cabinet of Prime Minister Bisher al-Khasawneh in Amman. (Yousef Allan/AFP/Getty Images)
By
Joby Warrick
April 3, 2021 at 8:23 p.m. GMT+3
Jordanian authorities detained the kingdom’s former crown prince and arrested nearly 20 other people Saturday after what officials called a “threat to the country’s stability.”
Prince Hamzah bin Hussein, the oldest son of the late King Hussein and his American-born fourth wife Queen Noor, was placed under restriction at his Amman palace, amid an ongoing investigation into an alleged plot to unseat his older half brother, King Abdullah II, according to a senior Middle East intelligence official briefed on the events.

The move followed the discovery of what palace officials described as a complex and far-reaching plot that included at least one other Jordanian royal as well as tribal leaders and members of the country’s security establishment.

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