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Israel Defense Forces extract 98 White Helmets and 324 others from recently recaptured southwestern Syrian territory into Jordan, at the request of Canada and the United States. Canada, the United Kingdom and Germany offer refuge to some of them. Two other groups intended for rescue, comprising about 800 people, do not escape.
2018-07-21

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

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

Opposition activists claim that Syrian Army helicopters have bombed a refugee camp near the border with Jordan, killing at least 20 people.
2014-06-18

Russia: UN response to alleged attack still premature; Jordan says no Syria strike from its soil.
2013-08-28

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