Jordan conducts airstrikes in Syria after church attack kills nine

Jordan's air force bombed militant hideouts in southern Syria on October 26, after a gunman attacked a church in the city of Karak three days earlier. Nine people died and more than two dozen were wounded in the shooting, which happened during a funeral at a Christian church about 90 kilometres south of Amman. Earlier that same morning, security forces arrested three suspects after a three-hour gunfight. The three men, two brothers and their brother-in-law, are all Jordanian nationals. Syrian officials said the airstrikes killed at least five to seven people, including women and children. No group has claimed responsibility for the church attack. King Abdullah II promised a strong response, and Jordan announced three days of national mourning for the victims.