The Jordanian army says it “carried out a Jordanian deterrent operation targeting several locations used by arms and drug traffickers along the Kingdom’s northern border” and swore to “continue to deal proactively, decisively, and deterrently with any threat to the security and sovereignty of the Kingdom, and will dedicate their capabilities and resources to confronting it with full force and determination.”
The series of airstrikes targeted at least five locations, including warehouses in the Syrian town of Arman, sources told a reporter for Agence France-Presse. The Jordanian military has been known to carry out strikes against drug smugglers in Syria, and the latest strikes come amid a larger effort to disband the Captagon trade, which was once used to strengthen the Assad regime. (Ed note: So Jordan is saying that the "Druze-majority Syrian province of Swede" the Druzes, who Israel is defending, are dealing drugs?) (Read More)
