Ammon News - AMMAN (Petra) A total of 1,542 Syrian refugees, mostly women, children and the elderly, have entered the Kingdom over the past 24 hours.

A Jordan Armed Forces source said that the illegal refugees crossing the border from several points, where Jordanian troops, mainly border guards stationed along the 370-kilometre border between Jordan and Syria, are working hard to protect the borders.

The source added that the border guards assisted the incoming refugees and provided emergency aid to the injured before sending them to the refugee camp in Mafraq.