At least six Jordanian soldiers were killed and 14 wounded on Tuesday in a auto bomb attack on their post on the Syrian border, a security official said.
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“At 5:30 am a vehicle bomb exploded in the Rukban district opposite the Syrian refugee camp, killing or wounding several Jordanian soldiers”, a short statement said.
The vehicle bombing, which the government described as a “cowardly terrorist attack”, killed four border guards, a Civil Defense worker and a National Security official, the statement said.
Officials reported that the attack took place in the buffer zone between the Jordanian border and the refugee camp, which houses about 70,000 refugees in the desolate desert area.
No militant group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
The army said the bomb struck at 5:30 am (0230 GMT) in Rukban, on the Syrian border in the far northeast of the kingdom.
“Terrorists strike again this time against our border guard”, Judeh wrote.
“Six soldiers have been martyred and 14 others were wounded in the terrorist attack”, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity and adding that it was a “preliminary toll”. “This evil will be defeated”.
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Jordan is a staunch ally of the United States and is taking part in the US -led campaign against Islamic State in Syria, where the jihadist group still controls large areas of territory including much of the east.
