The country’s defence ministry said in a statement on Telegram that one Jordanian attack hit five members of the same family, including three children, a woman and a man.Two other strikes reportedly killed one 60-year-old man and another who was 80 years old. The Jordanian strikes hit the southern Syrian provinces of Deraa and Suwayda.The Syrian government has launched an investigation into the Jordanian attacks.
In a statement, it stressed the importance of “joint field and security coordination” in border areas.Following the Jordanian strikes, the Syrian border authority announced the closure of the Nassib border crossing with Jordan, suspending traffic in both directions.The Nassib crossing is Jordan’s only passenger and commercial border crossing with Syria.Jordanian security forces guard an area in the village of al-Jadeeda in the Karak governorate on October 26, 2026 [Jordan’s General Security Directorate via AFP]Earlier on Monday, Jordanian security forces arrested two brothers and their brother-in-law in the village of Al-Jadeeda, after a shootout with authorities. The three men are suspects in the October 23 church attack.A Jordanian government source told Al Jazeera that the suspects sustained serious injuries during the confrontation, which lasted for about three hours.Monday’s arrests and air strikes in Syria come after Jordan’s King Abdullah II pledged a stern response to the church attack.The attack saw three men allegedly open fire on a Greek Orthodox church during a funeral about 90km (56 miles) south of the capital, Amman.Karak is home to a minority Christian population, which makes up about 300,000 of Jordan’s 11.5 million people.King Abdullah said those behind the attack would face the “harshest penalties” and ordered a review of the country’s security procedures in the aftermath.