Jordan stops fighters entering from Syria amid heightened border tensions
Jordanian border guards clashed with a group of armed men and thwarted their attempt to enter the country from Syria on Friday night, Jordan's military has said. About 14 gunmen tried to enter under heavy covering fire, with border guards engaging “immediately and decisively, in accordance with established rules of engagement", the military's statement said. Several members of the armed group…
On Friday night, Jordanian border guards engaged with a group of 14 armed men attempting to cross into their country from Syria, according to the Jordanian military. The clash erupted under heavy gunfire, with the border guards acting in accordance with established rules of engagement. Several members of the armed group sustained injuries, while the rest fled back into Syrian territory.
It remains unclear if the wounded gunmen were taken captive. This incident took place just two days after Syria and Jordan reopened their sole border crossing for passengers and commercial goods, which had previously been closed due to Jordanian airstrikes in southern Syria. The strikes, claimed by Syrian authorities to have killed seven civilians, including three children, a woman, and an elderly man, were carried out against suspected ISIS hideouts in the southern Syrian provinces of Daraa and Sweida.
The airstrikes triggered a diplomatic dispute, leading Jordan and Syria to establish a joint security committee aimed at investigating the strikes and enhancing intelligence and security cooperation against militant threats.
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