Jordan carries out strikes in southern Syria after deadly Karak church attack

The strikes followed an attack at a church in Karak that killed nine people and injured approximately 40, according to the supplied reporting. EL PAÍS reported that the attack took place during a funeral on the preceding Friday, while The Guardian also identified the incident as a Friday attack in Karak.

Jordanian authorities said the targets in Syria were linked to the church attack. The descriptions differed across the reports, referring to militant hideouts, armed groups or terrorist groups. The Jordanian air force said the operation killed and wounded members of the targeted groups and destroyed several vehicles, The Guardian reported. Those claims have not been independently established in the supplied material.

Al Jazeera reported that the strikes included locations in Deraa and Suweida and that seven people, including children, were killed. The same report said Syria closed border crossings with Jordan. The reported Syrian death toll is not independently established in the available evidence.

The Jordanian air force statement described by The Guardian did not identify the targeted groups or specify the precise strike locations. This leaves the scale and exact geography of the operation unresolved, despite Al Jazeera's reporting on Deraa and Suweida.

Deutsche Welle reported that Syria gave a different account of the strikes, but the supplied account does not specify Syria's claims. The available reporting therefore establishes the cross-border Jordanian operation and its stated connection to the Karak attack, while leaving the competing Syrian account, the identities of the targeted groups and the casualty figures disputed or unclear.