Jordan is closing the Jaber crossing with Syria after a wave of rebel* attacks on the Syrian side of the border.
The crossing will close to goods and passengers “as a result of developments in the security situation on the Syrian side”, state news agency Petra said on Saturday, citing an Interior Ministry official.
The official said the crossing to Syria's southern Deraa province would be reopened “if the appropriate conditions are in place".
The border closure comes days after Jordanian and Syrian officials discussed ways to stop banditry and extortion hampering trade in the south of Syria.
Last week, Syrian rebels* attacked government checkpoints in Deraa with mortars in the biggest flare-up of violence since President Bashar Al Assad's forces retook the restive region three years ago.
*terrorists
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