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Syria’s Foreign Ministry said early Tuesday that it had conveyed its objections to Jordan over airstrikes on Syrian territory carried out without prior coordination, Anadolu Agency reported.
The ministry expressed deep regret over deaths and injuries in Daraa province, according to remarks carried by the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA). Seven people, including an elderly man and three children, were killed and four others injured, Daraa’s Health Directorate said.
Contacts with Jordan were continuing to establish the circumstances of the operation and address its aftermath while safeguarding Syria’s security and sovereignty, the ministry said.
The Syrian government had earlier announced an investigation and said authorities were supporting those affected. It also stressed the need for joint security and field coordination for operations affecting border areas.
Jordan’s army said Monday that its warplanes had struck sites belonging to “terrorist organizations” in southern Syria. It linked the targets to a Friday attack on mourners attending a funeral procession at Hamoud Church in Jordan’s southern Karak province, which killed nine people.
The army said the strikes killed and wounded members of the groups and destroyed sites and vehicles. It did not identify the organizations or specify the locations, and gave no casualty figures.
Jordanian security forces arrested three suspects in the church attack on Monday after a shootout in Karak. All three were wounded, while no security personnel were injured, Jordan’s Public Security Directorate said.
