Defendants are accused of conspiring with a senior royal — Prince Hamzah, a half-brother of the king — to foment unrest against the monarch while soliciting foreign help

One narrative suggests those on trial had sought to exploit the king's perceived vulnerability when he was under US pressure to accept the now-defunct Trump Mideast peace plan

US secretary to meet with leaders of Israel, PA, Jordan and Egypt; US says first Mideast visit not about restarting peace talks, but rather how to improve life for both sides

Lawmakers unanimously vote for motion over the 'crimes' committed by Israel against the Palestinians; King Abdullah says Jewish state's 'provocations' led to escalation

Day after he blamed Israel for forcing him to suspend elections, PA chief tells Rivlin he's praying for disaster victims; Arab states without ties to Israel also said reaching out

Bisher al-Khasawneh denies to lawmakers that alleged plot involving the Jordanian royal was an 'attempted coup'

Behind the palace intrigue between Abdullah and his half-brother are real frustrations among Jordanians toward a regime that Jerusalem sees as a key security bulwark

Kingdom's status as a dependable Western ally in a volatile region comes under threat, as it copes with an economic crisis made worse by COVID and palace intrigue

In statement read on his behalf, Abdullah says ‘sedition has been nipped in the bud' and that his half-brother Prince Hamzah is 'in his palace under my protection'

The Jordanian monarch has cast his country as an island of stability, but that image has been dented by palace rift with his half-brother