Pro-Assad Jordanian Trade Unionists Hurt by Syria Bomb
Five pro-Assad Jordanian trade unionists were wounded by a roadside bomb in Syria Thursday as they were returning home after meeting officials in Damascus, one of them said.
Members of the Jordan Writers' Association and other unionists who support the regime of President Bashar Assad were aboard a bus that "was targeted by a roadside bomb near the border," Hussein Motawea, head of the delegation, told Agence France Presse.
"Five people, including myself, were injured," he added, saying the group had met various Syrian officials during their four-day visit.
"I blame terrorist groups for the attack. The Jordanian government is also responsible because it supports Syrian terrorists," he added, without elaborating.
Officials were not immediately available for comment.
Jordanians generally sympathize with rebels fighting the Syrian government, but some nationalists back the Assad regime.
The desert kingdom is host to more than 500,000 Syrian refugees.
Source: Agence France Presse
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