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Ammon News - AMMONNEWS - Jordanian military troops has been sent to the areas bordering Iraq after days of violence erupted in the Sunni cities in Iraq.

A military Source told Ammon News that they sent reinforcements to control the borders to foil smuggling and infiltration of Syrian refugees to the country. He described it as " routine" action.

He indicated that this move has nothing to do what is happening in Iraq.

Days ago, Iraq closed borders with Jordan for Security issues.

Earlier, Iraqi government forces battling an al-Qaida offensive have launched an air strike on the city of Ramadi, killing 25 Islamist militants, according to News Agencies.

Local government officials in western Anbar province have met tribal leaders to urge them to help repel al-Qaida-linked militants who have taken over parts of Ramadi and Falluja, strategic Iraqi cities on the Euphrates river.

Al-Qaida's Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has been steadily tightening its grip in the vast Sunni-dominated Anbar province in recent months in a bid to a Sunni Muslim state straddling the frontier with Syria.