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Apr 3, 2021, 10 tweets

A top former Jordanian royal aide was among several suspects arrested as the army cautioned a half-brother of King Abdullah II against damaging the country's security u.afp.com/UgCn

#BREAKING Jordan's ex-crown prince says under 'house arrest' in video sent to BBC

#BREAKING Jordan's ex-crown prince denies conspiracy, slams corruption in video to BBC

#UPDATE Jordan's former crown prince Hamzah bin Hussein said a number of his friends had been arrested, his security removed and his internet and phone lines cut, in a video the BBC said it obtained from his lawyer u.afp.com/UgCn

#BREAKING Jordan's Queen Noor, mother of detained prince, slams 'wicked slander'

#UPDATE Queen Noor, the mother of Jordan's former crown prince Hamzah, tweets that she is "praying that truth and justice will prevail for all the innocent victims of this wicked slander. God bless and keep them safe"

#BREAKING Jordan's Prince Hamzah, others 'undermined security': deputy PM

#UPDATE Profile of Jordan's former crown prince Hamzah bin Hussein by #AFPgraphics

#UPDATE Jordan says it has foiled a plot to "destabilise" the kingdom involving a half-brother of King Abdullah II and arrested at least 16 suspects
u.afp.com/Ugta

Jordan's Prince Hamzah, who says he is under house arrest in a dispute with the government, was once the crown prince but lost that title to the son of his half-brother King Abdullah II.
British and US-educated Hamzah bin Hussein is 41 u.afp.com/UgtC

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