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News from Oct 27, 2026 (UTC)

Syria isTense

Worse than usualBelow usual for 2 days

Last 14 days

Oct 14Oct 27

Why

  1. Jordan launched air strikes in southern Syria against ISIS, saying 20 militants were killed, after a church shooting in Karak.

    49 eventsiraqsun.com, aljazeera.com, latintimes.comSource

  2. Syria condemned the Jordanian strikes as an unacceptable violation and denied coordinating them with Jordan.

    24 eventsal-monitor.com, thehindu.comSource

  3. Syria and Jordan agreed to form a joint probe after Jordanian strikes killed civilians in Syria.

    28 eventsenglish.aawsat.com, winnipegfreepress.com, dw.comSource

What happened

  • Statements16%
  • Cooperation35%
  • Criticism19%
  • Protests0%
  • Pressure12%
  • Fighting18%

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