Jordan Closes Border to Syrian Refugees After Suicide Car Bomb Kills 6 Rana F. Sweis, The New York Times  21 June 2016 Image: Jordanian soldiers and relatives of Jordanian soldier Belal Al-Zuhbi carry his coffin near the city of Jerash, north of Amman, Jordan, Tuesday, June 21, 2016. A suicide attacker driving a truck packed with explosives barreled through Syria’s border with Jordan, setting off a blast that killed six members of the Jordanian

Despite Good Intentions, Vacancies in Refugee Camp in Jordan for Syrians Rana F. Sweis, New York Times 15 March 2015 AL AZRAQ REFUGEE CAMP, Jordan — Here in Jordan’s vast northeastern desert, row after row of white steel shelters built specially for Syrian refugees sit empty. Storefronts lining a street designed to mimic an urban souk are shuttered, the silence broken only by the punishing wind that is infamous here. Layers of sand coat the

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Jordan ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Death of Jordanian Policeman Killed Guarding Israelis Fuels Threats By Adam Nicky, the Media Line 18 April 2013 AMMAN-- The death of a Jordanian tourism policeman killed while guarding visiting Israelis have evoked threats by members of the victim’s tribe to abduct or kill Israeli tourists unless the government opens an

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