The Jordanian military said it had struck "terrorist organisations" in neighbouring Syria on Monday in retaliation for a deadly jihadist attack on a church last week, hours after authorities arrested three men they accused of the killings.
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Jordan strikes militant groups in Syria after church attack
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Jordan carries out retaliatory strikes in Syria after deadly church attack
After gunmen killed at least seven people at a Greek Orthodox church funeral in Karak, Jordan’s air force struck terrorist sites in southern Syria in coordination with the Syrian government, saying the attackers were linked to the targeted groups.
After gunmen killed at least seven people at a Greek Orthodox church funeral in Karak, Jordan’s air force struck terrorist sites in southern Syria in coordination with the Syrian government, saying the attackers were linked to the targeted groups.
Jordanian armed forces carried out strikes on "militant hideouts" in Syria that it said were linked to a deadly church attack on the kingdom last week. Syria gave a different account.
Oct 26 (Reuters) - Jordan said on Monday its air force struck what it described as militant hideouts in southern Syria after determining that the attackers behind last week's deadly church attack were linked to "terrorist groups" operating there.
Jordanian air force says it carried out strikes against ‘terrorist groups’ tied to killing of nine in Karak Jordan has carried out airstrikes against armed groups in Syria in retaliation for Friday’s attack on a Greek Orthodox church in the southern Jordanian city of Karak that killed nine people, t…
The Jordanian military said it had struck "terrorist organisations" in neighbouring Syria on Monday in retaliation for a deadly jihadist attack on a church last week, hours after authorities arrested three men they accused of the killings.
Jordan has launched airstrikes against armed groups in Syria following an attack on a Greek Orthodox Church in Karak, which killed nine people last week
Oct 27 (Reuters) - Jordan said on Tuesday it had killed more than 20 Islamic State militants in airstrikes on southern Syria the previous evening, launched in response to a deadly church attack in Jordan that authorities linked to militants operating across the border.
Jordan carried out airstrikes Monday (October 27) evening against armed groups in Syria in retaliation for Friday’s attack on a Greek Orthodox Church in the southern Jordanian city of Karak that killed nine people, the Jordanian air force said in a statement.
Syria's foreign ministry on Tuesday condemned Jordanian strikes in southern Syria in retaliation for a deadly church attack in the kingdom last week that Amman linked to militants operating across the border. Syria said the strikes killed seven people, including three children and a woman.
Jordan arrested three men accused of killing nine mourners at a Karak church funeral before striking suspected militant sites in southern Syria, where civilian deaths and border closures intensified tensions.
Jordan has arrested gunmen and conducted air strikes against terrorist cells responsible for a church massacre. Jordanian law enforcement has arrested three armed militants accused of carrying […]
Syria condemned on Tuesday deadly strikes on the country's south a day earlier that Jordan said killed more than 20 jihadists as retaliation for a gun attack on a church. In the worst crisis between the neighbours since the ouster of longtime Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad in December 2024, Jordan sai…
Jordan launched airstrikes in Syria Monday in revenge for an attack on a Greek Orthodox church last week that killed nine people Jordan said more than 20 Islamic State militants […]
Jordan conducted airstrikes against alleged Islamic State targets in Syria on Tuesday, as “retaliation” for a brutal terrorist attack on a Greek Orthodox church in southern Jordan on Friday.
The Jordanian military said it coordinated the operation with the Syrian government, but the Syrian government gave a different version of events, saying the strikes on its territory came without notification.
