Editing Foreign relations of Jordan (section)

== United Kingdom and United States ==
{{main|Jordan–United Kingdom relations |Jordan–United States relations }}
[[Jordan]] has had close relations with the [[Jordan–United States relations|United States]] and the [[Jordan–United Kingdom relations |United Kingdom]] for many years.<ref>{{Cite web |title=U.S. Relations With Jordan |url=https://www.state.gov/u-s-relations-with-jordan/ |access-date=2024-06-23 |website=United States Department of State |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-07-05 |title=Jordan and the UK: Looking ahead to a prosperous next century |url=https://jordantimes.com/opinion/james-cleverly/jordan-and-uk-looking-ahead-prosperous-next-century |access-date=2024-06-23 |website=Jordan Times |language=en}}</ref> During the first [[Gulf War]] (1990), these relations were damaged by Jordan's neutrality and its maintenance of relations with Iraq. Later, Jordan restored its relations with Western countries through its participation in the enforcement of [[Sanctions against Iraq|UN sanctions against Iraq]] and in the Southwest Asia peace process. After King Hussein's death in 1999, relations between Jordan and the Persian Gulf countries greatly improved.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rubincenter.org/2002/06/swaidan-and-nica-2002-06-07/|title=The 1991 Gulf War and Jordan's Economy|access-date=20 March 2016|date=7 June 2002|publisher=Rubin Center Research in International Affairs|first1=Ziad|last1=Swaidan|first2=Mihai|last2=Nica|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160402024624/http://www.rubincenter.org/2002/06/swaidan-and-nica-2002-06-07/|archive-date=2 April 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2000, Jordan signed a Free Trade Agreement with the United States, which went into effect in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jordan Free Trade Agreement |url=https://ustr.gov/trade-agreements/free-trade-agreements/jordan-fta |website=ustr.gov |access-date=2023-12-31}}</ref>

In 2013, the U.S. approved the CIA–led [[Timber Sycamore]] covert operation, based in Jordan, to train and arm [[List of armed groups in the Syrian Civil War|Syrian rebels]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Norton|first=Ben|title=CIA and Saudi weapons for Syrian rebels fueled black market arms trafficking, report says |url=http://www.salon.com/2016/06/28/cia_and_saudi_weapons_for_syrian_rebels_fueled_black_market_arms_trafficking_report_says/|work=Salon.com|date=28 June 2016|url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160927015605/http://www.salon.com/2016/06/28/cia_and_saudi_weapons_for_syrian_rebels_fueled_black_market_arms_trafficking_report_says/|archive-date=27 September 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref>