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Syria summons Jordanian ambassador over deadly airstrikes in Daraa

DAMASCUS: Syria summoned Jordan’s ambassador on Wednesday and handed him a formal note of protest over Jordanian airstrikes that killed seven civilians, including three children, in southern Syria earlier this week, the Syrian Arab News Agency reported. The Syrian Foreign Ministry said Ambassador Sufian Al-Qudah was summoned over Monday’s strikes on “civilian sites” in Daraa, which Jordan said targeted Daesh positions in response to an attack on a church in Karak that killed nine people and in