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Jordan strikes southern Syria after church funeral attack; Damascus says 5 civilians killed

LONDON: Jordanian fighter jets struck what the military described as “terrorist hideouts” in southern Syria late on Monday, in retaliation for a deadly attack three days ago on a funeral at a church in Jordan’s Karak governorate. Nearly an hour after the strikes, Syria said five civilians, including women and children, were killed in the strikes. Syria’s government said the attacks were carried out without prior coordination with Damascus. Daraa’s health director, Khaled Al-Amyan, told Syria’s s