Jordanian airstrikes hit sites in southern Syria
DARAA, Syria (North Press) – Jordan conducted late on Monday airstrikes on several sites in southern Syria, causing material damages and possible casualties.
Reuters reported on Tuesday that regional intelligence sources said Jordan launched several airstrikes in southern Syria.
The Jordanian army said the airstrikes were in retaliation for a major smuggling attempt from Syria by groups of armed smugglers linked to Iranian-backed militias.
The attacks targeted “hideouts of Iranian-backed drug smugglers,” the sources said.
Explosions rocked towns in the eastern countryside of Daraa near the vicinity of a dam in the village of al-Mataaiyah on the Syrian-Jordanian border, according to North Press’ correspondent in Daraa.
A second rocket reportedly hit another site on al-Mataaiyah-Ghasm road, injuring at least one person and causing material losses, he added.
Meanwhile, North Press’ correspondent in Suwayda reported that strikes targeted the residence of Nasser al-Saadi, a known drug trafficker in the city of Salkhad, southern Suwayda.
Additional airstrikes were carried out on the southern countryside of Suwayda. So far, the extent of losses has not been determined yet, she added.