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World / Middle East

Blast causes deaths in Syrian camp near Jordan border-monitor

Published: 21 Jan 2017 - 02:32 pm | Last Updated: 05 Nov 2021 - 02:43 pm

Reuters

BEIRUT:  A bomb blast struck the Rakban refugee camp in Syria near the border with Jordan on Saturday, causing injuries and deaths, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based war monitor.

The camp is home to refugees and to rebel groups that fight both President Bashar al-Assad and the jihadist Islamic State movement, and was targeted by bombings last year.