A car bomb killed several Jordanian soldiers and wounded others outside a refugee camp near the Syrian border on Tuesday, the army said. “At 5:30 a.m. a car bomb exploded in the Rukban district opposite the Syrian refugee camp, killing or wounding several Jordanian soldiers,” a short statement said. The army said that it had destroyed…
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U.S. State Department spokesman John Kirby gave this comment at his daily press briefing:
On Jordan, we condemn in the strongest terms this morning’s attack in Jordan, which we understand killed six members of the Jordanian security forces and wounded another 14. We express, of course, our deepest condolences to the victims and to their families and ask that everybody remember that those families are in grief today.
We are going to continue our unwavering support to the Jordanian Armed Forces and we are proud of that partnership. We join the Jordanian people in their resilience and their determination in dealing with the threat posed by Daesh. The U.S. is committed to providing security assistance to Jordan and we’ll continue to cooperate closely in the wake of this attack. Jordan has already made tremendous sacrifices in hosting hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees. And as I’ve said many times, what’s going on in Syria is not a philosophical exercise for the Jordanians. It is very real because of the threat posed, as we saw today, but also represented by the work that they’re doing to help so many refugees. We’re committing – I’m sorry. We are committed, of course, to working with Jordan to address this crisis and to ensure that humanitarian support continues to be provided to all those displaced by the conflict in Syria.