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    US pledges aid increase to Jordan, hints at developments in Middle East peace process

    by Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times Feb 14, 2018 3 minutes

    AMMAN, Jordan - Secretary of State Rex Tillerson came to Jordan on Wednesday with the promise of a fattened aid package, engaging in a gilt-edged charm offensive designed to assuage tension with Amman over moving the U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem as well cuts in aid to the Palestinians.

    It was Tillerson's third stop in a fence-mending Middle East tour following a year of disruptive moves by the Trump administration that have left traditional U.S. allies in the region, including Jordan and Turkey, fuming. Tillerson gave few

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