Jordanian source denies civilian tent was targeted in Daraa strikes

A joint security committee offers a route to resolving the dispute, while Syrian and Jordanian analysts disagree over civilian deaths and cross-border military action.

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1:40Al-Masaeed offers condolences and defends Jordan's right to protect its security.
5:13He describes the strikes as targeting drug traffickers and Islamic State sites threatening Jordan's border.
9:55Al-Suleiman reports civilian deaths and argues that the operation violated Syrian sovereignty without prior coordination.
19:27Al-Suleiman argues that a militant's presence cannot justify bombing a home containing children and women.
22:50Souissi reports agreement on a joint field and security committee; al-Suleiman subsequently welcomes the initiative.
24:14Souissi cites a Jordanian source saying a civilian tent was not targeted and civilian sites were avoided.

A civilian tent in southern Syria was not a target of Jordan's military, a Jordanian source told Sky News Arabia, the United Arab Emirates-based Arabic news broadcaster, in an update delivered at the end of a heated discussion about airstrikes in Daraa.

Presenter Fadila Souissi reported the source's statement that Jordanian forces had avoided civilian sites. It followed a debate over civilian deaths, Syria's sovereignty and Jordan's stated aim of attacking Islamic State positions. The statement addressed targeting intent, without resolving the questions raised during the program about how civilians were killed.

The broadcast reports that Jordan and Syria agreed to establish an urgent joint field and security committee to examine the strikes' aftermath and expand counterterrorism coordination. Damascus condemned the operation as an unacceptable violation of its airspace. Jordan expressed regret over civilian casualties, while its communications minister said the strikes killed more than 20 Islamic State members.

Daraa province borders Jordan in southwestern Syria, placing the dispute directly along the countries' shared frontier. Footage shown during the discussion includes damaged buildings and emergency responders.

Speaking from Mafraq, Jordanian political and strategic researcher Nidal al-Masaeed defended his country's right to protect its borders. He described the targets as sites used by drug traffickers and Islamic State members, expressed condolences and emphasized the close ties between the two populations.

Syrian political researcher Bassam al-Suleiman, joining from Damascus after a technical delay, rejected that justification. He said seven or eight people had been killed, including children and women, and criticized the absence of prior coordination with Syrian authorities. Even the presence of an Islamic State member in a home would not justify bombing everyone inside it, he argued.

Al-Masaeed denied defending attacks on civilians and urged Jordan's government to take the necessary steps with Syria. Al-Suleiman, meanwhile, argued that Israeli interventions complicated Syrian security deployment in the south and called for an apology.

Souissi intervened to distinguish the Jordanian analyst's role from responsibility for military decisions. When she raised the joint committee near the end, al-Suleiman welcomed it as a step between neighboring countries, leaving a point of agreement amid the dispute over the strikes.

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