Syria-Jordan border reopens amid probe into deadly airstrikes
Summary
Syria will reopen the Nassib border crossing with Jordan on Wednesday, restoring regular passenger and commercial traffic after a brief closure. The countries agreed to investigate Jordanian airstrikes in southern Syria that killed at least seven people and to set up a security committee to coordinate responses to militant threats.Key Facts
- Nassib is Jordan’s only border crossing with Syria.
- The crossing was briefly closed after Jordan carried out airstrikes in southern Syria on Monday.
- The strikes targeted sites Jordan described as ISIL hideouts and killed at least seven people in Deraa and Suwayda.
- Five of those killed were members of one family, including three children.
- Syria and Jordan agreed to form a security committee to investigate the strikes and improve field and intelligence coordination.
- Jordan said the airstrikes responded to a church shooting in Karak, Jordan, on Friday; ISIL claimed responsibility for the attack.
- The church shooting killed at least nine people and wounded 34.
- Jordanian security forces arrested two brothers and their brother-in-law on suspicion of carrying out the shooting.
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