Jordan launches airstrikes in Syria after church attack

Home Middle East To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Cover image: © France 24 01:16 Issued on: 27/10/2026 - 11:59 Jordan carried out airstrikes Monday (October 27) evening against armed groups in Syria in retaliation for Friday’s attack on a Greek Orthodox Church in the southern Jordanian city of Karak that killed nine people, the Jordanian air force said in a statement. Syrian authorities said at least six people were killed. Keywords for this article Video content Video Middle East Video content Video Middle East Video content Video Middle East Video content Video Middle East Video content Video Middle East Video content Video Middle East Video content Video Middle East Video content Video Middle East Video content Video Middle East