'102 Syrian refugees enter Jordan'

AMMAN — Border Guards received 102 Syrian refugees over the previous 24 hours, the Jordan Armed Forces-Arab Army announced on Thursday in a statement carried by the Jordan News Agency, Petra. 

Border troops provided the new arrivals with humanitarian assistance and made the arrangements to transfer them to official camps, while Royal Medical Services personnel treated the injured, Petra reported.

The Border Guards in 2015 received 16,997 Syrian refugees, offering them the necessary assistance and transporting them to camps, according to official figures from the Jordan Armed Forces-Arab Army (JAF).

Also last year, JAF personnel stationed on the borders confiscated large amounts of weapons, ammunition and narcotics of different kinds and foiled several infiltration attempts, the source said.

According to the statement, the troops seized 1,473 pieces of various weapons, and 6,659 bullets.

The army recorded 85 cases of infiltration attempts involving 132 people.