Jordan declares Syria and Iraq borders closed military zones

Jordanians held a candle-lit vigil for six soldiers killed by a suicide bomber who drove across the border from Syria

Jordan has declared its border regions with Syria and Iraq to be closed military zones after a suicide bombing on Tuesday that killed six soldiers. 

It is not clear who was behind the attack, which was launched from Syrian territory, close to a refugee camp. The Jordanian government said no new refugee camps would be built and none would be expanded.


Dozens of people have taken part in a candlelit vigil in the capital, Amman, in memory of the victims. Tuesday's attack, the first of its kind since the conflict in Syria began in 2011, saw a truck full of explosives driven at high speed over the border from Syria and blown up beside a Jordanian military post.