Jordanian military kills 27 in shootout with Syria smugglers
The Hindu
Earlier this month an army officer was killed in a shootout with smugglers along the long porous border it shares with Syria, says the military
The Jordanian military said on January 27 that troops have killed 27 suspected smugglers attempting to enter the country from neighbouring Syria.
The report on the army's website said that it had thwarted several suspected attempts to smuggle drugs into Jordan from Syria, and that large quantities of narcotics were seized in separate interventions that also left several people wounded.
The military said that it was “continuing to apply the newly established rules of engagement and will strike with an iron fist and deal with force and firmness with any infiltration or smuggling attempts to protect the borders.” Earlier this month the military said an army officer was killed in a shootout with smugglers along the long porous border it shares with Syria.