Syria-Jordan border reopens amid probe into deadly air strikes

What the report says

Syria said it is reopening its Nassib border crossing with Jordan as the two countries begin a joint review of recent Jordanian airstrikes in southern Syria. According to Al Jazeera’s reporting, the crossing, which handles passenger and commercial traffic, was scheduled to resume operations Wednesday morning after a brief closure tied to the strikes.

The airstrikes hit suspected ISIL sites in Deraa and Suwayda on Monday and, by Syrian account, killed at least seven people, including civilians. Syria’s emergency authorities said their teams responded at four locations. The strikes followed a deadly church shooting in Jordan’s Karak area that killed at least nine people, and Jordan said the raids were carried out in response to that attack and against what it described as imminent threats.

Foreign ministers from the two countries said they would form a security committee to share intelligence, examine the consequences of the strikes and improve coordination against terrorist threats. Jordan’s foreign minister said the operation was based on field intelligence and aimed at protecting Jordanian security, while also expressing regret over civilian deaths and affirming respect for Syria’s sovereignty.

The development matters because it suggests an effort by Amman and Damascus to keep border and security channels open even as tensions rise over cross-border militancy, civilian casualties and competing claims about coordination between the two governments.