Fighting between Syrian forces and rebels along the Jordanian border saw some cross-border fire, when during the Syrian military’s airstrikes against the rebels, three of the missiles flew wide of the conflict, and landed inside Jordanian territory.
Rebels control the border crossing on the Syrian side, in the Daraa Province. The Jordan military confirmed the incident, saying that the three missiles fell inside of their territory and caused “a small fire.”A local Jordanian government Facebook page claimed a doctor was “slightly injured” in the situation as well, but did not say how.
Jordan has hosted some US arming and training of Syrian rebels, but has for the most part tried to state out of the war. This was comparatively easy when the region along the border was completely rebel dominated, but is getting harder and harder to pull off as the Syrian government aims to recover its southernmost territory.
Though there are still substantial rebel presences in Daraa Province, which is where the civil war started all those years ago, the largest rebel strongholds in the country now are exclusively in the north. As the government tries to reclaim the south, it’s going to risk putting a lot of fighting right along the border.
“Syrian Airstrikes Stray Across Jordan Border”
That makes a nice change – usually it’s the other way round.
Jordan doesn’t get to claim they’re staying out the war when they hosting the people who are attacking Syria right on their border with Syria and those guests are lobbing artillery at the SAA!
Be nice to see some Syrian strikes stray across the Israeli border too – NOT like they aren’t begging for it.
Yea but Syria has been warned by Putin that it won’t be able to defend them if they start a war with Israel that has some of the most advanced military hardware in the region.They also aren’t afraid to use it so for the time being they should focus on killing off the people who want to be free of a dictatorship and try to get the Sunni Insurgency in check to keep Iran’s influence while Iran run’s out the clock developing it’s nukes.In the end I truly believe Israel will bomb Iran in the name of it’s nations self defense.
Yes, I know …. sigh. But it’s a nice thought.
And … them Ysiraelis are asking so nicely and so often too – it seems cruel to keep refusing.
Pretty much…
Syria won’t bomb Israel and Israel won’t bomb Iran unless the US starts a regime-change no-fly-zone bomb-Iran thingie first.
Syria can’t hit back hard enough – but Iran can. And will.
Israel doesn’t have the courage to take on the Iranians. If Israel had the courage it would have attacked Iran long ago. Instead the Israelis want their friends and supporters in the USA to use their money and influence with the politicians and msm to get Uncle Sam to attack Iran for Israel’s benefit.
During Vietnam, didn’t the US claim the right to bomb across the border because the “rebels” had bases and supply lines in those countries?