Ammon News - AMMONNEWS - By R.B. Sinclair -The smoldering relations between the Jordan and Syria flared up on Monday after Jordan's decision to expel Syria's ambassador, Bahjat Sulieman, for “repeated insults” to the Hashemite kingdom. A foreign ministry spokesperson said that Syria’s ambassador to Amman was declared a persona non grata and was asked to leave the kingdom with in 24hours.
The wording of the "insult" that broke the camel's back, remain unknown.

In retaliation, the Syrian state television announced that Jordan's Charge d'affair in Damascus would be expelled too.

Nasser Judeh, the Jordanian foreign minister, overstepped his authority by saying he "was still considering whether it would allow Syrians to vote at their embassy."

According to International law, Embassy grounds are "sovereign" and any country can hold its election within the embassy's area.

The timing of the Ambassador's expulsion, just two days before Syrians living in Jordan were to vote in the presidential election, raised suspicions of conspiracy to derail the democratic right of Syrians living in Jordan to vote.

Relations between the two countries have been tense since the beginning of the armed revolt in Syria.
Syrian troops have been battling armed "Jihadist" from 82 countries, including hundreds of Islamist fighters from Jordan. Jordan is host for more than one million Syrian refugees.

The Syrian opposition described the election as farce and the Free Syrian Army took responsibility for the shelling a polling tent in Daraa that killed 22 people and injured 70.