Syria's foreign ministry on Tuesday condemned Jordanian strikes in southern Syria, describing them as an unacceptable breach of its airspace and sovereignty. Damascus said the strikes killed seven people, including three children and a woman.
Jordan carried out the strikes in retaliation for a deadly attack on a church in the kingdom last week. Amman has linked that attack to militants operating across the border in Syria. Jordan said it regretted the civilian casualties resulting from the strikes.
The exchange adds a fresh strain to relations between the two neighbours, which have been shaped for years by security concerns along their shared frontier. Syria's objection centres on the violation of its airspace, a point the foreign ministry raised in its condemnation. Readers should note that the source material available for this report does not include further details on the exact locations struck, the identities of those targeted, or any independent verification of the casualty figures, and these points remain unconfirmed.
The church attack in Jordan prompted the response from Amman, and the strikes that followed are now the subject of a formal protest from Damascus. Both governments have so far set out their positions publicly, with Syria framing the strikes as a violation and Jordan acknowledging the human cost while pointing to the militant threat it says lies beyond its border.
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