Jordanian troops killed in bomb attack at Syria border

The makeshift camp for Syrian refugees at Rukban is in a Jordanian military control zone

Six Jordanian security personnel have been killed and 14 hurt in a car bomb attack near a makeshift refugee camp on the Syria-Jordan border, officials say.

Activists say thousands of Syrians are stranded at the border in deplorable conditions

 The attack took place at about 05:30 (02:30 GMT) in the remote Rukban area, a few hundred metres from the camp. A number of other vehicles involved in the attack were destroyed.

This satellite image from May shows shelters at Rukban camp, on the Syria-Jordan border

It is not yet clear who carried out the attack, but the jihadist group Islamic State (IS) has threatened in the past to "break down" Jordan's borders. The kingdom is part of the US-led coalition against IS and has carried out air strikes on militants in Syria.