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Blast Hits Refugee Camp Near Jordan-Syrian Border Causing Casualties

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A car bomb exploded in the Rakban refugee camp in southern Syria near the border with Jordan, according to media reports. 21.01.2017, Sputnik International

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Blast Hits Refugee Camp Near Jordan-Syrian Border Causing Casualties

11:29 GMT 21.01.2017 (Updated: 17:07 GMT 31.07.2023)

Syrians walk through the Ruqban refugee camp in Jordan's northeast border with Syria (File) - Sputnik International

A car bomb exploded in the Rakban refugee camp in southern Syria near the border with Jordan, according to media reports.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) – An explosion hit on Saturday the Rakban refugee camp in southern Syria, killing four people, according to preliminary information, local media reported.

According to Sky News Arabia, a car bomb exploded in the camp.

An image grab taken from an AFPTV video released on January 7, 2017 shows people gathering amidst the debris at the site of a car bomb attack in the rebel-held town of Azaz in northern Syria. - Sputnik International

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Other media reports have indicated that dozens have been injured by the blast.

The Rakban refugee camp located in southern Syria near the border with Jordan is housing about 70,000 families. The humanitarian situation in the camp deteriorated after the border guards of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan closed the borders in June 2015.