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Oman strongly condemns "terrorist attack on Jordan"

MUSCAT, June 22 (KUNA) -- Oman Wednesday strongly condemned "the terrorist attack" carried out on a border post between Jordan and Syria that killed and injured a number of people.
Oman expressed its sincere condolences and feelings of sympathy to the Kingdom of Jordan and to the victims, their families and the Jordanian people, Oman News Agency (ONA) said, quoting a Foreign Ministry statement.
Six Jordanian soldiers were killed and others were wounded after when a car bomb exploded near Syrian refugee camp of al-Rukban.
The attack early on Tuesday in the al-Rukban district opposite a Syrian refugee camp, which houses about 70,000 people, was part of a coordinated assault involving multiple vehicles. (end) ahr.ha