Jordan's King Abdullah II says security along the country's northern frontier has been tightened. The Jordanian King said at a Cabinet session late Sunday that government plans to protect the border, were "moving in the right direction," a Royal Court statement said. Jordan hosts more than 140,000 Syrian refugees, according to a report of the Associated Press. Its first refugee camp for Syrians coming from the north could be opened this week as numbers spike, U.N. refugee agency officials said. Washington signed an agreement Sunday to give Jordan an additional $100 million to help bear the refugee burden.
