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Jordanian security forces have arrested several Iranians while trying to enter the kingdom illegally from the northern border with Syria on Wednesday evening, prompting military lock down to several parts of its northern borders, eye witnesses said. The men were arrested near three towns of Shalala, Thuneiba and Amrawa at the border after they were first seen by the army patrolling the border. Security sources said at least were arrested and an operation to hunt down others is ongoing amid fear that the group has entered the kingdom to carry out sabotage attacks on refugees and key targets in the kingdom [...] Jordan is increasingly concerned that violence in Syria will find its way its territories and intensified its border control over the past weeks. Government officials were not available for comment.