Provinces, SANA – Units of the army and armed forces centered near Nassib border crossing carried out a successful regrouping and repositioning operation at new military positions within the controlled area, according to the scheduled plan after the Jordanian side closed the border crossing point and deployed military forces, a military source told SANA Thursday.
Jordanian authorities closed on Wednesday Nassib border crossing point from the Jordanian side and Syria held Jordanian government responsible for closing the border crossing.
An official source at the Foreign and Expatriates Ministry said that Syria holds the Jordanian authorities responsible for obstructing the movement of trucks and passengers and any ensuing economic or social repercussions.
Later, the army carried out special operations against terrorist organizations’ gatherings in number of villages and towns in the southern Daraa province near the Jordanian border, where large number of terrorists have been infiltrating the Syrian territory.
The operations, which were concentrated in al-Taiba, Um al-Mayazen and al-Mataiya villages, resulted in killing dozens of terrorists, most of them from Jabhat al-Nusra and “al-Muthanna” movement.