Jordan says 'terrorists' killed in Syria in retaliatory strike over church attack
The attack on a village in Syria killed five people, including women and children, Syrian health officials said.
Jordan says 'terrorists' killed in Syria in retaliatory strike over church attack
Syrian officials said five people were killed in the Jordanian strike on a village in the southern Daraa province
Jordan has carried out strikes on what its military described as "terrorist organisations" in Syria, in retaliation for an attack on a Christian funeral last week that left nine people dead.
Syrian health officials told state media that five people, including women, children and an elderly man, were killed in the strike on a village in southern Daraa province. Jordan said its fighter jets had killed and wounded "several terrorists", but gave no further details.
Jordan said it had coordinated with the Syrian government. Syria said it had not been informed of Monday's attack.
The strike followed a shooting at a funeral in a Greek Orthodox church in Karak on Friday, in which nine people were killed and 34 injured.
In response, Syria said it had shut a border crossing with Jordan.
"The decision includes the complete suspension of passenger and commercial traffic in both directions, to ensure the safety of travellers and workers at the crossing," Syrian authorities said in a statement carried by state media.
It added that it had "opened direct channels of communication" with Jordanian officials and had launched "comprehensive investigations to establish the full circumstances of the targeting".
Nassib is the only passenger and commercial border crossing between Jordan and Syria.
Earlier on Monday, senior government security officials said Jordanian security forces had arrested two brothers and their brother-in-law over the church attack.
The Public Security Directorate (PSD) said the unnamed "terrorists" were found hiding in an abandoned house in Karak before dawn.
Jordan's Interior Minister Mazen al-Faraya told state-affiliated TV the attackers were all Jordanians and "had been holed up in a building in one of the villages near the site of the attack".