Earlier waves of Syrian refugees had an easier time, with some walking just a few hundred meters to cross into Jordan. It was the first attack of its kind targeting Jordan from Syria since Syria's descent into conflict in 2011. It followed an attack on June 6 on a security office near the Jordanian capital Amman in which five people, including three Jordanian intelligence officers, were killed. Updated Tue, June 21st 2016 at 12:42 GMT +3Six Jordanian border guards were killed by a car bomb in a remote area of the frontier with Syria on Tuesday during an attack launched from Syrian territory, security officials said. The explosives-laden vehicle blew up a few hundred meters from a camp for Syrian refugees in a desolate eastern area of Jordan where the borders of Iraq, Syria and Jordan meet, a Jordanian army statement said.

Source: Standard Digital June 21, 2016 09:33 UTC