Jordan attacks militants in Syria in retaliation for last week’s church attack

Jordanian air force says it carried out strikes against ‘terrorist groups’ tied to killing of nine in Karak

Jordan has carried out airstrikes 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 has said in a statement.

It said the operation “resulted in the killing and wounding of many members of these terrorist groups and the destruction of a number of their vehicles”. It did not specify who the groups were or the precise location of the strikes.