Jordan strikes southern Syria after church funeral attack; Damascus says 5 civilians killed

LONDON: Jordanian fighter jets struck what the military described as “terrorist hideouts” in southern Syria late on Monday, in retaliation for a deadly attack three days ago on a funeral at a church in Jordan’s Karak governorate. Nearly an hour after the strikes, a Syrian health official said five civilians, including women and children, were killed in the strikes. Daraa’s health director, Khaled Al-Amyan, told Syria’s state news agency, SANA, that the civilians were caught in strikes on several