https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/why-jordan-has-struck-syria-what-we-knowContinuously updated, source-cited coverage. https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/why-jordan-has-struck-syria-what-we-knowhttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/why-jordan-has-struck-syria-what-we-know#u165205Sat, 31 Oct 2026 08:32:00 +0000Jordan launched retaliatory airstrikes in southern Syria targeting groups linked to a deadly church attack that left nine people dead. Syrian state media and local reports state that the strikes killed between five and seven people, including children, with Jordan acknowledging civilian casualties alongside its attacks on Islamic State sites. Damascus stated that Jordan did not coordinate the operation in rural Deraa and Suwayda beforehand. Following the cross-border strikes, the Syria-Jordan border has reopened as both nations move to form a security committee to investigate the military acti