Jordan declared the area a “closed military zone” after a vehicle bomb attack launched from the Ruqban area killed six Jordanian troops and wounded 14 at dawn Tuesday.
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The early morning auto bomb outside a Syrian refugee camp in Jordan killed six soldiers in a remote desert area where hundreds have been held for screening for suspected jihadist links.
The statement added that “several of the attacking vehicles were destroyed”.
“Jordan has borne a heavy burden that no country in the world has experienced in relation to the waves of refugees”.
“So you have real issues of extremism in this country, some of these individuals leave Jordan and go to Syria or Iraq and Join Islamic State”.
Just over two weeks ago, the Jordanian intelligence service lost five employees, three officers and two other workers, after a terrorist attack was executed on an office near the nation’s capital of Amman. He said the border would be sealed, raising questions about how global aid will reach an estimated 64,000 refugees stranded on the border.
The Jordanian government said no new refugee camps would be built and none would be expanded.
Jordanian authorities have been increasingly concerned about attacks by terrorists during Ramadan, when ISIL encourages more bloodshed.
King Abdullah II said in a statement that Jordan will “respond with an iron fist” to anyone threatening its security. The previous two attacks had targeted security compounds inside Jordan.
Jordan has carried out air strikes against IS in neighboring Syria since 2014.
The statement described the bombing as a “cowardly act”, vowing to pursue the kingdom’s fight against terrorism.
“We wish to express our honest condolences and sympathy to the victims’ families, the Government and the people of Jordan”, it said.
The kingdom is part of the US -led coalition against the IS group and has carried out air strikes on militants in Syria.
The Jordanian Government had warned about the presence of hardline extremists within the refugee population there and they now feel vindicated.
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Since the Syria conflict began, Washington has spent tens of millions of dollars to help Amman set up an elaborate surveillance system known as the Border Security Programme to stem infiltration by militants from Syria and Iraq.
