{"id":133709,"date":"2025-12-24T20:07:17","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T20:07:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=133709"},"modified":"2025-12-24T20:07:28","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T20:07:28","slug":"jordan-says-it-targeted-arms-drug-traffickers-near-syria-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/133709\/","title":{"rendered":"Jordan says it targeted arms, drug traffickers near Syria border"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press)<\/strong> \u2013 Jordan\u2019s Armed Forces announced on Wednesday that they carried out strikes targeting arms and drug traffickers operating along the kingdom\u2019s northern border with Syria, citing ongoing security threats posed by cross-border smuggling networks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the Jordan News Agency (Petra), the Jordanian Armed Forces said they had \u201cneutralized a number of arms and drug dealers who organize weapons and narcotics smuggling operations on the northern border front of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The statement added that Jordanian forces also targeted several factories and facilities used by the smuggling groups as launch points for their operations toward Jordanian territory. The sites were destroyed \u201cbased on precise intelligence information and in coordination with regional partners,\u201d Petra reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, Syria\u2019s state-run television said that the Jordanian military carried out several airstrikes against drug smuggling networks and storage farms in the southern and eastern countryside of Suwayda province, in southwestern Syria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Al-Ikhbariya TV reported that the strikes targeted areas in the villages of al-Shaab, Khazma, and Malah, which it described as being under the control of smuggling gangs in eastern Suwayda. The broadcaster added that Jordanian forces fired illumination flares along the border following the airstrikes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>By Atoun Jan<\/strong><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013 Jordan\u2019s Armed Forces announced on Wednesday that they carried out strikes targeting arms and drug traffickers operating along the kingdom\u2019s northern border with Syria, citing ongoing security threats posed by cross-border smuggling networks. 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