Amman: Jordan’s army On Thursday it said troops had killed 27 suspected smugglers trying to enter the country from neighboring Syria.
Reports on the military’s website say it has foiled several suspected drug smuggling attempts Jordan from Syria, and large quantities of narcotics were shaped into separate interventions, which also injured many.
The military said it would “continue to enforce the newly established rules of engagement and attack with an iron fist and deal forcefully and resolutely any infiltration or smuggling attempts to defend the borders.” Earlier this month, the military said an army officer had been killed in an encounter with smugglers along the long porous border with Syria.
Jordan is home to more than 650,000 Syrian refugees who fled the civil war that lasted more than a decade.
In September, Syrian and Jordanian officials discussed border security after Syrian government forces captured rebel-held areas along the Jordanian border. A month later, Jordan’s King Abdullah II spoke to the Syrian President Bashar Assad This comes after the two countries reopened a major border crossing for the first time in a decade.
Reports on the military’s website say it has foiled several suspected drug smuggling attempts Jordan from Syria, and large quantities of narcotics were shaped into separate interventions, which also injured many.
The military said it would “continue to enforce the newly established rules of engagement and attack with an iron fist and deal forcefully and resolutely any infiltration or smuggling attempts to defend the borders.” Earlier this month, the military said an army officer had been killed in an encounter with smugglers along the long porous border with Syria.
Jordan is home to more than 650,000 Syrian refugees who fled the civil war that lasted more than a decade.
In September, Syrian and Jordanian officials discussed border security after Syrian government forces captured rebel-held areas along the Jordanian border. A month later, Jordan’s King Abdullah II spoke to the Syrian President Bashar Assad This comes after the two countries reopened a major border crossing for the first time in a decade.
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