Jordanian security forces arrested a member of Iran's Revolutionary Guards planning attacks in Jordan, foiling what they said was the most serious terror plot in the country in the past decade, state media revealed Monday.
According to the Al Rai newspaper, the suspect - who belonged to the Guards' elite Qods Force and is a dual Iraqi-Norwegian national - was arrested two weeks ago in the city of Jerash, north of the capital Amman, in possession of 45 kilograms of high explosives.
He had been smuggled in to Jordan via the Syrian border, security sources said. (READ MORE)