King Hussein declared war in 1970 during a conflict now known as Black September
A period of intense civil unrest led King Hussein of Jordan to declare war on the PLO in 1970, sparking a conflict that reshaped Middle Eastern geopolitics for decades.
In September 1970, King Hussein of Jordan declared war against the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) after a series of challenges to his monarchy's authority. This brutal internal conflict, known as Black September, began when the king ordered the Jordanian military to expel Palestinian fedayeen groups who had established a 'state within a state' on Jordanian soil.
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