According to officials, King Abdullah of Jordan and Ahmed Al Sharaa, the interim president of Syria, decided on Wednesday to cooperate in securing their shared border against the trafficking of weapons and drugs.
The Jordanian king also denounced Israel’s late Tuesday bombings on southern Damascus and in southern Syria close to the Jordanian border, the most recent in a string of Israeli strikes on Syrian military targets, at a meeting with Sharaa in Amman.
According to the palace, the leaders also agreed that coordination was essential for border security and for preventing the smuggling of drugs and weapons, which Jordan had trouble controlling along its border under former President Bashar Al Assad.
Jordan has accused pro-Iranian militias that ruled southern Syria under Assad of being responsible for the widespread smuggling of drugs and weapons. Sharaa promised to put an end to it. The new interim leader, who led the rebel offensive that overthrew Iran-backed Assad, is making his third international trip since taking office. Throughout the nearly 14-year Syrian war, Assad’s relations with his neighbours and the majority of the Arab world remained tense.
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