Jordan Bombs Islamic State Bases in Syria After Church Attack
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Jordan said its air force killed more than 20 Islamic State militants in strikes on southern Syria on Monday night.
The attacks - which the kingdom said on Monday were conducted in coordination with Damascus - avoided known civilian areas, Jordan’s Government Communication Minister, Mohammed al-Momani, said on X on Tuesday. Saudi-led coalition says it intercepted Houthi missiles, drones attacking kingdom Syrian authorities had said the Jordanian strikes killed seven people, including three children and a woman, in a preliminary report issued on Monday night.
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- Center-LeftAl JazeeraVictims of Jordan’s air strikes in Syria (opens the publisher’s site)
- Center-LeftAl-MonitorJordan says it killed more than 20 Islamic State militants in airstrikes on Syria (opens the publisher’s site)
- Center-LeftMiddle East EyeJordanians rally around Christian community after church attack (opens the publisher’s site)
- CenterAsharq Al-AwsatJordan Says its Strikes on Syria Killed More Than 20 ISIS Militants (opens the publisher’s site)
- CenterAssociated PressJordan acknowledges Syrian civilian deaths in strikes it says killed IS extremists - AP News (opens the publisher’s site)
- CenterDeutsche WelleJordan acknowledges civilian casualties in Syria airstrike against 'Islamic State' (opens the publisher’s site)
- CenterReligion News ServiceJordan says it attacked militants in Syria tied to church assault. Syria says civilians killed (opens the publisher’s site)
- CenterReutersJordan says it killed more than 20 Islamic State militants in airstrikes on Syria (opens the publisher’s site)
- CenterThe Arab WeeklyJordan, Syria agree joint probe into deadly cross-border strikes (opens the publisher’s site)
- Center-RightBusinessDay (South Africa)EXPLAINER | What is Islamic State, the militant group Jordan targeted in Syria? (opens the publisher’s site)