The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan conducted airstrikes in Syria against warehouses and hiding places of drug smugglers linked to pro-Iranian militias according to local intelligence officials.
The attack occurred in the As-Suwayda area © Mena Today
The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan conducted airstrikes in Syria against warehouses and hiding places of drug smugglers linked to pro-Iranian militias according to local intelligence officials.
Reports in Syria say that the attack occurred in the As-Suwayda area in southern Syria near the Jordanian border.
Lately, drug smuggling between the two countries increased and during December, there have even been confrontations between smugglers and the Jordanian military.
The U.S. military is set to consolidate its presence in Syria over the coming weeks and months, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Tuesday, in a move that could reduce the number of troops it has in the country by half.
Jordan has arrested 16 members of the Muslim Brotherhood who were trained and financed in Lebanon and had plotted attacks on targets inside the kingdom involving rockets and drones, authorities said on Tuesday.
President Donald Trump spoke on Tuesday with the sultan of Oman about the next round of Iran talks scheduled for Saturday in Oman, the White House said.
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