Jordan's army announced air strikes in southern Syria against hiding terrorist organizations in retaliation for an attack on a church that caused nine deaths. The Jordanian forces claimed to have destroyed several terrorist positions and arrested three suspects, who would have adhered to the Takfirist ideology.
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26/10/2026
by
Lusa
O jordan’s army announced today that it had carried out air strikes in southern Syria against “hidden by terrorist organizations” as retaliation for an attack on a kingdom church, which caused nine deaths.
Thus, military fighters, said the Jordanian army “destroyed several terrorist positions” and killed or injured “many members” of groups that accused of being linked to the deadly attack on Friday against a church in the village of Hammoud, in southern Jordan.
This morning Jordan's security forces arrested three members of the same family, suspected of attacking that church, with King Abdullah II reaffirming his firmness against those who defend obscure ideologies.
According to the authorities' last assessment, nine people were killed and 25 were injured in that unprecedented attack on the Christians of the kingdom, carried out on Friday by armed men in the village of Hammoud, in the south of the country.
Assailants emerged from rupture in the enclosure of the Greco-Orthodox church of St. George before opening fire against a funeral procession, according to the police.
The three suspects, considered “terrorists”, were arrested in an abandoned house in Karak province, where they had entrenched.
“ Two are brothers and the third is their brother-in-law. Everyone adheres to the takfirist ideology (extremist Islamism)”, explained the director of Public Security, Abdallah Maaytah, during a conference.