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Syrian rebels, who have benefited from the "covert" CIA military aid program, say they have not been officially informed of the U.S. decision to stop this aid, and add that its full impact depends on whether U.S. allies Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Turkey continue to support their fight. A Free Syrian Army commander warns this decision risks triggering the collapse of the moderate opposition.
2017-07-20

A car bomb attack occurs in the Rakban refugee camp near the Jordanian border. Casualty counts are currently unknown and no one has yet taken credit for the attack.
2017-01-21

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says Syrian rebels have seized control of the al-Tanf border crossing on the Iraq–Syria border from ISIL militants. The rebel fighters who took the crossing reportedly entered Syria through Jordan.
2016-03-4

Doctors without Borders reports three people were killed and at least six others injured in Friday's airstrikes, source not identified, that hit the Tafas field hospital in Dara'a Governorate near the Jordanian border.
2016-02-9

The government of Jordan says that more than 12,000 Syrians have fled to Jordan in the past six days.
2013-01-22

Syrian refugees fleeing the violence from the Syrian civil war are gunned down by the Syrian Army while trying to cross the Jordanian border.
2013-01-20

The International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas, an arid-zone agriculture research institute in northern Syria, is forced to relocate, mainly to Jordan and Lebanon.
2012-09-6

The United Nations Security Council is to convene an emergency meeting about the crisis, with Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan present.
2012-08-30

According to the Free Syrian Army, the defected Vice President Farouk al-Sharaa arrives in Jordan. The government denies the claim.
2012-08-18

Jordan opens its first camp for refugees fleeing Syria. [http:--www.petra.gov.jo-Public_News-Nws_NewsDetails.aspx?Site_Id=1&lang=2&NewsID=79460&CatID=13&Type=Home>ype=1 (Petra News Agency)]date=August 2019
2012-07-29