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Jordan carried out airstrikes against ISIS positions in southern Syria in response to an attack on a funeral at a Greek Orthodox church that killed nine people. Amman admitted civilian casualties; Damascus reported seven dead, including three children, and called the strike a violation of its airspace.
Otabek YusupovJordan carried out airstrikes on southern Syria in response to an attack on a Greek Orthodox church in Karak, in which nine people were killed on October 23. The sides disagree on the death toll from the strike and on whether it was coordinated; Damascus closed the Nasib border crossing and launched an investigation.
Aziz KarimovSyria's Foreign Ministry said it conveyed objections to Jordan over strikes carried out without prior coordination. According to the Daraa Health Directorate, seven people were killed, including three children. The Jordanian army linked the strikes to an attack on a funeral procession in Karak in which nine people died.
Aziz KarimovAccording to Syrian media and the SANA agency, Israeli forces entered villages in the Daraa and Quneitra provinces, positioned snipers on the roofs of residential houses, shot dead a civilian with a disability and detained a young man, blocking the road to a UN patrol. Syria's Foreign Ministry earlier condemned the increasingly frequent incursions.
Sevara AzamovaAccording to Syrian state media, about 10 Israeli military vehicles advanced toward the Abdin dam in Daraa province on Thursday, accompanied by aircraft flights. Israeli forces reportedly opened fire on farmland and searched homes. The day before, a column of five vehicles had already entered the same area through the Tel Abu Ghaitar checkpoint.
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