A Syrian family in the southern village of Al-Taf is mourning relatives killed when Jordanian airstrikes struck the area near the countries’ border.
Nassouh al-Salim said his mother, older brother and three of his brother’s children—two boys and a girl—were killed when a missile hit their home. A hospital official said the facility received the bodies of three children aged between eight and 10 and a woman believed to be their grandmother. Two other children, aged four and five, were reported wounded.
The casualty accounts remain disputed. Syrian authorities said the strikes killed seven people, including three children. Jordan said its forces targeted Islamic State positions and a large weapons depot, and estimated that more than 20 fighters had been killed. Jordan also expressed regret for civilian casualties and said it had tried to avoid locations where civilians were believed to be present.
The strikes followed a deadly attack on a church in Jordan’s Karak region. Damascus condemned the airstrikes, saying they took place without prior coordination, and temporarily suspended passenger and commercial traffic at its main border crossing with Jordan.
