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Jordanian strikes in Daraa countryside kill seven, including three children
Jordanian strikes in Syria’s Daraa countryside killed seven people, according to the reported toll.
Three of those killed were children.
The report gives no further details about when the strikes took place or what they targeted.
It also does not identify the victims or explain the reason for the strikes.
The reported deaths include children, highlighting the toll on civilians.
No further action or developments are specified.
Jordanian air strikes in Syria’s Daraa countryside killed at least seven people, Syrian authorities said.
Those killed included three children, three men and a woman, according to Daraa’s health directorate.
Jordan said it targeted hideouts of armed groups it held responsible for a deadly attack on a church in Karak.
Jordan’s military said the strikes were carried out in coordination with Syria, but Damascus denied coordination and said it had opened an investigation.
Syria’s border authority closed the Nassib crossing with Jordan, and the Syrian government expressed solidarity with those affected by the strikes.
- Who
- Jordanian Armed Forces carried out the strikes. Syrian authorities reported at least seven people killed.
- What
- Jordan conducted air strikes on hideouts of armed groups. The strikes killed at least seven people, including three children.
- When
- The strikes were reported on October 26 and 27, 2026. The exact time they occurred is not stated.
- Where
- Syria’s Daraa countryside.
- Why
- Jordan said it targeted groups responsible for an attack on a church in Karak that killed nine Christians.
Jordanian Armed Forces
Syrian authorities
Coordination
Jordanian Armed Forces
Jordan’s military said the strikes were carried out in coordination with Syria.
Syrian authorities
Damascus denied any coordination and said it had launched an investigation.
Purpose and targets
Jordanian Armed Forces
Jordan said it targeted hideouts of armed groups responsible for the church attack in Karak.
Syrian authorities
The Syrian authorities’ account of the strikes’ purpose and targets is not stated.
An attack on a church in Karak killed nine Christians.
Sabq reported that the death toll from Jordanian strikes in Daraa countryside had risen to seven, including three children.
The National reported that Syria’s Daraa health directorate identified the dead as three children, three men and a woman.
- Reported death toll
- At least 7
- Children killed
- 3
- Other people killed
- 3 men and 1 woman
- Target area
- Daraa countryside, southern Syria
- Church attack cited by Jordan
- Karak; 9 Christians killed
3 sources
What people are saying
the killing and wounding of many members of these terrorist groups and the destruction of a number of their vehicles