Jordan closes Syria, Iraq borders after bombing

Jordan closes Syria, Iraq borders after bombing

PanARMENIAN.Net - Jordan has declared its border regions with Syria and Iraq to be closed military zones after a suicide bombing on Tuesday, June 21 that killed six soldiers, BBC News reports.

It is not clear who was behind the attack, which was launched from Syrian territory, close to a refugee camp.

The Jordanian government said no new refugee camps would be built and none would be expanded.

Dozens of people have taken part in a candlelit vigil in the capital, Amman, in memory of the victims.

Tuesday's attack, the first of its kind since the conflict in Syria began in 2011, saw a truck full of explosives driven at high speed over the border from Syria and blown up beside a Jordanian military post.

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