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Jordan closes its border with Syria after rebel forces seize the main Nasib Border Crossing.
2024-12-6

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

Russian war planes allegedly bomb a refugee camp near the border with Jordan, killing at least eight people.
2016-07-13

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

Jordanian warplanes strike a convoy of vehicles as they were trying to enter Jordan from Syria.
2014-04-16

Lebanon and Jordan say the Lebanese air space and the Jordanian territories would not be made available for military intervention in Syria.
2013-08-29

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

A Jordanian government spokesman says Syria's ex-prime minister, Riad Hijab, arrives in Jordan, contradicting earlier reports that he had fled Syria on August 6.
2012-08-8

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