At least six Jordanian soldiers have been killed after a car bomb exploded near the country's border with Syria, Jordanian officials said.
Jordanian officials said 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 attack involving multiple vehicles.
Officials told Al Jazeera that bombs exploded in the buffer zone between the Jordanian border and the camp, in the desolate desert area.
No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.
Jordan's state TV described the incident as a "cowardly terrorist attack".
The army said in a brief statement that "several of the attacking vehicles were destroyed".
The attack came two weeks after five Jordanian intelligence agents were killed when a gunman stormed the General Intelligence Directorate office in Ain el-Basha near Palestinian refugee camp of al Baqa'a.
No information on the motives or affiliation of the attacker has been released by the Jordanian authorities.