Jordan Reports Heavy Losses in Southern Syria Airstrikes as Damascus Says Civilians Killed

Jordan and Syria have offered contrasting accounts of the toll from airstrikes in southern Syria, with a Jordanian minister reporting losses among members of an organisation and Damascus announcing civilian deaths.

Jordan’s minister of government communications said the strikes inflicted “heavy losses” on the organisation, estimated at more than 20 members. The organisation was not identified in the information provided.

The minister also said a large weapons warehouse had been destroyed, presenting the strikes as a significant blow to the group’s personnel and arms supplies.

The Syrian government, meanwhile, said “civilian victims” were killed in the raids. The information provided did not include a civilian death toll.

The two statements leave the full toll of the strikes unclear. They do not establish whether the reported civilian deaths were separate from the losses described by the Jordanian minister.