King Mohammed VI has sent a strongly worded message of support to King Abdullah II of Jordan, condemning what the Royal Cabinet described as a series of Iranian missile strikes on Jordanian territory in recent days. The telegram, made public in Rabat on Wednesday, denounced the attacks as a « criminal aggression » and reaffirmed Morocco’s unwavering commitment to the safety and stability of the Hashemite Kingdom.
« Jordan’s security is an integral part of Morocco’s own security, » the Moroccan monarch wrote, a phrase that underscores decades of political, religious and security cooperation binding the two Arab monarchies. The King also voiced confidence that the Jordanian people, under Abdullah II’s leadership, would weather the fallout from the strikes and preserve the kingdom’s internal cohesion.
The gesture lands amid one of the most volatile stretches the Middle East has seen in years. Iran’s confrontation with Washington and several of its regional partners has widened well beyond the Gulf in recent weeks, with strikes now hitting oil tankers, military assets and, increasingly, the territory of states seen as aligned with the United States. Jordan, wedged between Israel, Iraq and Syria, finds itself pulled into a conflict whose front lines keep shifting.
By speaking out so publicly and so quickly in support of Amman, Rabat is signaling the posture it wants to project on the Arab diplomatic stage, that of a stabilizing voice committed to inter-Arab solidarity when security crises strike close to home. The move also fits a broader pattern in Moroccan foreign policy this year, which has seen repeated shows of support for countries caught in the crossfire of tensions with Tehran or its regional allies.
The Royal Cabinet’s statement stopped short of detailing any concrete diplomatic or logistical assistance that might follow. Still, the speed and formality of the message point to how closely the Palace is tracking the most sensitive turns in regional geopolitics, at a moment when the balance of power across the Middle East looks more precarious than it has in a long time.
