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Bosonic

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Wed Apr 17, 2013, 03:47 PM Apr 2013

US to deploy 200 troops to Jordan over Syria war: minister [View all]

Source: AFP

AMMAN — The United States plans to deploy 200 troops in Jordan because of "the deteriorating situation" in war-torn Syria, Information Minister Mohammad Momani said on Wednesday.

"The deployment of the troops is part of US-Jordanian military cooperation to boost the Jordanian armed forces in light of the deteriorating situation in Syria," Momani told AFP.

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