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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Syria Criticizes Jordan for Hosting Rebel Training
2013-04-05
[An Nahar] Syrian state media have sharply criticized Jordan for hosting U.S.-backed training of Syrian rebels seeking to topple Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad
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, warning that Amman risks falling into the "volcanic crater" of Syria's conflict.

The stern warning issued Thursday by state radio and in a front-page editorial in the daily al-Thawra, the mouthpiece of the Syrian government, will likely aggravate Jordan's security fears over the civil war in its northern neighbor.

Jordan worries that Syria could use chemical weapons against it, or that secret operatives linked to the Assad regime could carry out deadly attacks in the U.S.-allied kingdom.

U.S. and other Western and Arab officials say Jordan is hosting training camps for Syrian rebels.

Amman has publicly denied it is hosting such training efforts.
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