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Syria reopens its border with Jordan as the two countries probe deadly air strikes
Jordan's strikes on suspected ISIL sites in southern Syria on Monday killed at least seven people in Deraa and Suwayda. Five were from one family, and three of them were children.
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Jordan said the strikes answered a Greek Orthodox church shooting in Karak on Friday that killed at least nine people, which ISIL claimed. Two brothers and their brother-in-law were arrested.
Jordan
Says it coordinated
Syria
Denies it
Jordan said the strikes were coordinated with the Syrian government, which Damascus denied.
What's next
The two countries agreed to form a security committee to examine the strikes. The Nassib crossing reopened Wednesday to passengers and commercial traffic.
