Even before Jordan submitted a proposed list of terrorist organizations in Syria to the UN Security Council and the International Syria Support Group (ISSG) on Dec. 18 in New York, Amman had come under pressure from various players associated with the conflict, such as Turkey and Saudi Arabia.
The task was assigned to Jordan as coordinator on Nov. 15 following an ISSG meeting in Vienna. The goal was to separate moderate Syrian groups from terrorist organizations to exclude the latter from future peace negotiations between the Damascus regime and the opposition.
