# Karak: from a church funeral shooting to a Jordan-Syria crisis

- By: Pulpit News Newsroom
- 2026-11-02T12:50:00.000Z
- Produced with artificial intelligence under human editorial supervision.

## Excerpt

Three arrests, Jordanian air strikes in southern Syria and a speech by King Abdullah on 2 November, ten days after an attack that killed nine. On 23 October 2026, an armed attack on a funeral at a Greek Orthodox church in Jordan's Karak governorate killed nine people and wounded 34, according to The National. Jordan arrested three suspects on 26 October and struck southern Syria that night; Syria says seven civilians died, including three children, and denies there was any coordination. King Abdullah II told Parliament on 2 November that Jordan will not allow terrorists to undermine its security and unity, according to The National.

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