Syria-Jordan border reopens amid probe into deadly air strikes

Foreign ministers form security committee to share intelligence and follow up on impact of Jordan’s strikes on Syria.

Mourners in southern Syria carry the bodies of people killed in Jordanian air strikes against ISIL 'hideouts' on October 27, 2026 [AFP]

Syria is reopening its border crossing with Jordan, and the two countries will investigate Jordanian strikes on suspected ISIL (ISIS) sites that killed seven in southern Syria.

Nassib, Jordan’s only border crossing with Syria, will reopen on Wednesday morning, with regular passenger and commercial traffic resuming, the state news agency SANA reported.

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The crossing was briefly closed following the Jordanian airstrikes, which targeted ISIL “hideouts” in southern Syria on Monday in response to a Greek Orthodox church shooting by gunmen in Jordan’s Karak on Friday, the Jordanian military said in a statement. ISIL took responsibility for the attack.

Jordan’s strikes on Syria killed at least seven people in Deraa and Suwayda, including five members of the same family, three of whom were children. Syria’s Ministry of Emergency and Disaster Management said its teams had responded to attacks at four sites.

The two countries also agreed to form a security committee to examine the aftermath of the strikes, foreign ministers said in a statement following a phone call between the two countries’ top diplomats.

Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi said Monday’s air attacks were based on field intelligence and aimed at “neutralising confirmed threats and imminent terrorist operations targeting Jordan’s security”.

Jordan’s Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi [File: Salah Malkawi/Getty Images]

Safadi expressed “deep regret” over civilian deaths in his call with Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani and stressed Jordan’s respect for Syria’s sovereignty and stability.

Jordan had claimed that the strikes were coordinated with the Syrian government, which Damascus denied.

In addition to investigating the attacks, the security committee will develop “field and intelligence coordination in dealing with terrorist threats” to ensure the protection of innocent civilians.

Syrians attend a funeral of people killed by Jordanian airstrikes in the village of al-Taf, in the al-Lajat region of Syria’s Deraa province, on October 27, 2026 [AFP]

The church shooting claimed the lives of at least nine people and wounded 34 others. Jordanian security forces arrested two brothers and their brother-in-law on suspicion of carrying out the attack.

各国外长成立安全委员会，共享情报并跟进约旦对叙利亚的空袭所造成的影响。

2026年10月27日，在叙利亚南部，哀悼者抬着在约旦空袭“伊斯兰国”藏身处中丧生者的遗体。[法新社]

叙利亚重新开放了与约旦的边境口岸，两国将调查约旦对疑似“伊斯兰国”（ISIS）据点的袭击，该袭击造成叙利亚南部七人死亡。

据约旦国家通讯社SANA报道，约旦与叙利亚唯一的边境口岸纳西卜将于周三上午重新开放，届时将恢复正常的客运和商业交通。

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约旦军方在一份声明中表示，周一约旦对叙利亚南部“伊斯兰国”藏身处发动空袭后，该过境点曾短暂关闭。此次空袭是对上周五发生在约旦卡拉克希腊东正教教堂的枪击事件的回应。“伊斯兰国”声称对此次袭击负责。

约旦对叙利亚的空袭造成德拉和苏韦达至少7人死亡，其中包括同一家庭的5名成员，其中3人是儿童。叙利亚紧急情况和灾害管理部表示，其救援队已对四处袭击事件做出响应。

两国还同意成立一个安全委员会，调查袭击事件的后果。两国外交部长在两国高级外交官通电话后发表声明称。

约旦外交大臣艾曼·萨法迪周一表示，空袭是根据实地情报进行的，目的是“消除已确认的威胁和针对约旦安全的迫在眉睫的恐怖袭击”。

约旦外交大臣艾曼·萨法迪 [图片：Salah Malkawi/Getty Images]

萨法迪在与叙利亚外交部长阿萨德·沙伊巴尼的通话中，对平民死亡表示“深切遗憾”，并强调约旦尊重叙利亚的主权和稳定。

约旦声称此次空袭是与叙利亚政府协调进行的，但大马士革方面否认了这一说法。

除了调查袭击事件外，安全委员会还将制定“应对恐怖主义威胁的现场和情报协调”策略，以确保无辜平民的安全。

2026年10月27日，在叙利亚德拉省拉贾特地区的塔夫村，叙利亚人参加了在约旦空袭中丧生者的葬礼。[法新社]

教堂枪击案造成至少9人死亡，34人受伤。约旦安全部队逮捕了两兄弟及其姐夫，他们涉嫌实施了此次袭击。