AhlulBayt News Agency - At least six Jordanian soldiers were killed after a car bomb exploded near the country's border with Syria, Jordanian officials told AFP news agency.
A statement by Jordan's state news agency Petra described the incident, which occurred early on Tuesday, as a "cowardly terrorist attack".
"Six soldiers have been killed and 14 others were wounded in the terrorist attack," an official said, speaking on condition of anonymity and adding that it was a "preliminary toll".
The army earlier said in a brief statement that the bombing had taken place in the al-Rukban district opposite a Syrian refugee camp and was part of a coordinated attack involving multiple vehicles.
The statement added that "several of the attacking vehicles were destroyed".
An unnamed Jordanian military official was quoted saying that "at 5:30am this morning a car bomb exploded near the Syrian refugee camp in al-Rukban, killing and wounding several army soldiers".
Officials reported that the attack took place in the buffer zone between the Jordanian border and the refugee camp, which houses about 70,000 refugees in the desolate desert area.
No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.
The so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) controls large areas in neighbouring Syria and Iraq, and Jordan has fortified border defences to prevent attacks and infiltration attempts.
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