We and our partners do the following data processing based on your consent: store and/or access information on a device, personalised advertising and content, advertising and content measurement, audience research and services development Syria slams deadly Jordan strikes as ‘unacceptable’ breach of airspace 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 said it regretted the civilian casualties. People inspect the damage at a site targeted by Jordanian airstrikes on the village of Al-Taf in Syria's Al-Lajat region on October 27, 2026. © Bakr Alkasem, Syria on Tuesday expressed "condemnation and rejection, in the strongest terms" over Jordanian strikes on southern Syria in response to a deadly church attack in Jordan. In a Syrian foreign ministry statement released a day after the Jordanian strikes, Syria said they were "an unacceptable violation and breach of Syrian airspace without any prior coordination".
It also said the attack was "a blatant violation of the principles of good-neighbourliness and Syrian national sovereignty". Syria said the strikes killed seven people, including three children and a woman. Jordan regretted the civilian casualties, Government Communication Minister Mohammed al-Momani said in a post on X.
The Hashemite Kingdom’s air force Monday evening carried out air strikes in Syria in retaliation for last week’s attacks on a funeral at a Greek Orthodox Church in the southern Jordanian city of Karak that killed nine people. Earlier that day it announced it arrested the three gunmen, but did not disclose their affiliation. Read moreJordan's strikes on Syria over church terror attack kill several civilians The numbers given in remarks by Momani differ from what Syrian first-responders reported.
Syria's civil defense said it only recovered the bodies of seven civilians killed in Jordanian strikes in the southern Daraa and Sweida provinces. Five of those were a family, including three children and a woman; two of the men who were killed were elderly. Syria’s government said the strikes were carried out without prior coordination or notification.
Al-Momani said the attacks were based on intelligence on “confirmed threats and planned terrorist acts against Jordan", and expressed regret over the civilian casualties. Amman and Damascus maintained strong bilateral ties following the downfall of the Assad dynasty in December 2024 and the emergence of interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa’s Islamist-led government. Jordan said on Tuesday it was keen to safeguard its ties with Syria."Jordan holds great respect for the Syrian state and its brotherly people, and coordination between Jordan and Syria in fighting terrorism and weapons and drug smuggling is ongoing and has been for years," Momani said.
Masoud al-Salim lost his wife, son, and three grandchildren in one of the strikes that hit his home in the Syrian border village of Al-Tuff in Daraa province. I couldn’t find anyone,” al-Salim said, rummaging through children’s schoolbooks and toys in the rubble. I thought they might be buried there.” Jordan's strikes on Syria over church terror attack kill several civilians 1. 1 ## Government says protests across France 'went well' despite nearly 1,000 arrests France Includes a video 12 min 2. 2 ## Brazil's Lula thanks voters for his victory, Bolsonaro does not recognise the results Americas 3. 3 ## Serbia's Vucic concedes defeat in historic snap election with record turnout Europe Includes a video 2 min 4. 4 ## What to know as Brazilians choose between Lula and Flavio Bolsonaro in tense presidential run-off Americas 5. 5 ## At least 1,300 people arrested in mass weekend protests across France France 6. 6 ## Macron says 'racist terrorist attack’ in Trappes marks turning point for France France Includes a video 5 min © 2026 Copyright France 24 - All rights reserved.
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