The key facts

  • According to SANA, five civilians, including women and children, were killed in Jordanian airstrikes in Daraa province
  • Details about the strike locations and the victims have not been disclosed
  • Jordan previously said it was striking groups linked to the church attack in which nine people were killed

What the Syrian state agency reported

Syria's state agency SANA reported on Mondaythat five civilians, including women and children, were killed in Jordanian airstrikes on several sites in the countryside of the southern province of Daraa. Details about the specific locations of the strikes and the identities of the victims were not immediately provided.

Link to the church attack in Jordan

Earlier, Jordan carried out strikes in southern Syria against groups that its military linked to an attack in which nine people attending a funeral at a church in the kingdom were killed last week. Thus, SANA's report of civilian casualties concerns the same operation, whose motives Jordan explains by the attack on its territory; there is no independent confirmation of the casualty toll in available publications — it is cited with reference to Syrian state media.