{"id":4844,"date":"2016-06-22T11:04:34","date_gmt":"2016-06-22T08:04:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tourism.plus4d.com\/2016\/06\/22\/jordan-declares-syria-and-iraq-borders-closed-military-zones\/"},"modified":"2016-06-22T11:04:34","modified_gmt":"2016-06-22T08:04:34","slug":"jordan-declares-syria-and-iraq-borders-closed-military-zones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tourismworld-seyaha.com\/?p=4844","title":{"rendered":"Jordan declares Syria and Iraq borders closed military zones"},"content":{"rendered":"

wtten-Jordan has declared its border regions with Syria and Iraq to be closed military zones after a suicide bombing on Tuesday that killed six soldiers.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It is not clear who was behind the attack, which was launched from Syrian territory, close to a refugee camp.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Jordanian government said no new refugee camps would be built and none would be expanded.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dozens of people have taken part in a candlelit vigil in the capital, Amman, in memory of the victims.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Tuesday’s attack, the first of its kind since the conflict in Syria began in 2011, saw a lorry full of explosives driven at high speed over the border from Syria and blown up beside a Jordanian military post.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jordan is part of the US-led coalition fighting so-called Islamic State in Syria and Iraq.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Any vehicle and personnel movement within these areas that move without prior co-ordination will be treated as enemy targets and dealt with firmly and without leniency,” an army statement said.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The order went into effect immediately.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Jordan’s Information Minister, Mohammed Momani, told the BBC there had been warnings for months that militants, including IS members, were hiding among Syrians stuck at the borders.<\/strong><\/p>\n

He said Jordanians were angry at the attempt to undermine their country’s security and stability.<\/strong><\/p>\n

International relief workers warned that Jordan’s suspension of all humanitarian aid to the area could put the lives of refugees at risk.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rukban is the last crossing where refugees fleeing violence in Syria and Iraq can gain entry to Jordan.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tens of thousands are currently stranded in this remote area of the desert, and depend on daily deliveries from the Jordanian side to survive.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mr Momani said humanitarian cases would be assessed by the armed forces at the crossing.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jordan is one of the biggest hosts of Syrians displaced by conflict, currently home to more than 1500,000 refugees registered with the UN.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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wtten-Jordan has declared its border regions with Syria and Iraq to be closed military zones after a suicide bombing on Tuesday that killed six soldiers. 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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-39"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tourismworld-seyaha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4844","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tourismworld-seyaha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tourismworld-seyaha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tourismworld-seyaha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tourismworld-seyaha.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4844"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tourismworld-seyaha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4844\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tourismworld-seyaha.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tourismworld-seyaha.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tourismworld-seyaha.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}