Jordan bans Muslim Brotherhood after arrests over attack plots

Jordan’s government has banned the Muslim Brotherhood a week after it said members of the Islamist group had been arrested on suspicion of planning rocket and drone attacks.

Interior Minister Mazen al-Faraya told a news conference that all of the Brotherhood’s offices would be closed and its assets confiscated, and that any activities would be considered illegal.

There was no immediate response from the Brotherhood, which denied any links to the alleged attack plots.

It is not clear how the ban will affect the group’s political arm, the Islamic Action Front, which is the largest opposition group in parliament. But its headquarters was raided by police following Faraya’s announcement.

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