21 January 2017•Update: 22 January 2017
By Laith al-Junaidi
AMMAN
A bomb blast struck a Syrian refugee camp near the border with Jordan on Saturday amid reports of casualties.
Jordan’s official Petra news agency, citing a military source, said an explosion went off inside the Rakban camp.
Syrian local media said the blast was caused by a car-bomb and caused deaths and injuries.
There was no claim of responsibility for the bombing.
The Rakban camp is home to more than 85,000 Syrian refugees, who fled a raging conflict in Syria.
The camp was targeted by a bomb blast last month.
Syria has been locked in a devastating civil war since early 2011, when the Bashar al-Assad regime cracked down on pro-democracy protests with unexpected ferocity.
