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A vendor works at a shop in the Jordanian town of Ramtha near the border with Syria on June 29, 2018. Since the Syrian war broke out over the frontier more than seven years ago, the steady flow of goods from Syria has dried up -- coming to a complete halt when the frontier was closed in 2015. Those years of conflict have dealt a major blow to the economy of Jordan -- dependent in large part on trade with its neighbour -- and along the border the disruption has had a crippling impact.