AMMAN, Jordan — Three gunmen on motorbikes launched an attack from Syrian soil on Jordanian border positions Saturday and were killed in a clash with troops, a news website linked to Jordan’s military reported.
The Hala Akhbar site said a Jordanian soldier sustained a hand injury and was in stable condition.
The attackers started out Saturday morning from near Rukban, a makeshift border camp that houses tens of thousands of displaced Syrians, the report said.
Jordan has alleged that Rukban houses Islamic terrorists along with displaced Syrians.
Saturday’s attack came during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. A car bomb attack launched from Rukban a year ago, also during Ramadan, killed seven Jordanian troops and led to a closure of the border.
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The United Nations says 60,000 Syrians are trapped in the makeshift settlement in the no man’s land, and it has set up a clinic just inside Jordan to care for them.
Jordan is part of the US-led coalition fighting IS.
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