Jordan and Russia have agreed to step up coordination in tackling instability in southern Syria, which Amman blames on Iran-linked militias and multi-billion dollar drug smuggling across its border, Jordan’s foreign minister said on Thursday. Ayman al Safadi was speaking after talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov that centered on south Syria to “neutralise the potential dangers of instability” in the area. “There is a need for coordination and this is the focus of expansive discussions. The danger ofdrug smuggling to Jordan and across its territory by hostile militias,” Safadi tol…