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Jordanian air force says it carried out strikes against ‘terrorist groups’ tied to killing of nine in Karak Jordan has carried out airstrikes against armed groups in Syria in retaliation for Friday’s attack on a Greek Orthodox church in the southern Jordanian city of Karak that killed nine people, the Jordanian air force has said in a statement. It said the operation “resulted in the killing and wounding of many members of these terrorist groups and the destruction of a number of their vehicles”. It did not specify who the groups were or the precise location of the strikes. Continue reading...

Jordan says its security forces arrested three men Monday for an attack on a Greek Orthodox church that killed nine people and wounded more than two dozen.

Authorities in Jordan arrested three men early Monday in connection to Friday's attack on Christian mourners at a funeral in Karak Governorate.

On Friday, mourners gathered at St. George’s Greek Orthodox Church in a small village in Jordan’s Karak governorate to bury one of their own. Muslim gunmen stormed in and opened fire. Nine people are dead and nearly 40 are wounded, and one Christian survivor described people crawling for their lives while the attackers returned to ...

When gunmen opened fire on a church in Jordan, Sahar al-Halsa hid behind a pillar as she heard the shooting and people screamed in panic during a funeral service for her cousin's daughter.When she rushed outside in the chaos, she said she spotted the assailants and another...

A survivor of a deadly attack on a church in Jordan described people crawling for their lives and watching the gunmen return to fire more bullets into the dying - as well as at the church facade. The death toll rose to nine on Saturday, a day after the attack, with nearly 40 others wounded.

Footage shows gunmen armed with pistols and a rifle storming a Greek Orthodox church in Karak during a funeral service, killing nine in Jordan.

‘Heinous terrorist attack’

Footage broadcast on Jordanian state television showed three gunmen firing shots at a Greek Orthodox church in the city of Karak on Friday.

Footage broadcast on state television showed two gunmen who appear to be holding pistols approaching the church and firing shots Gunmen opened fire during a funeral at a church in Jordan on Friday, killing seven people and wounding 40 others, authorities said. The shooting took place at a Greek Orthodox church in Karak, about 180km (110 miles) south of the capital, Amman. Continue reading...

The interior ministry of Jordan said on Friday that a group of “extremists” attacked St. George’s Greek Orthodox church in the southern al-Karak governorate, killing at least seven people and wounding 34 others. The post At Least Seven Killed in Church Shooting in Southern Jordan appeared first on Breitbart .

Three gunmen attacked a church during a funeral in an area of Jordan known for Christian-Muslim coexistence. Jordan swiftly moved to protect Christian houses of worship around the country.

Images being broadcast on Jordanian state television show two gunmen who appear to be holding pistols approaching the church and firing shots. A third man who appears to be holding a semiautomatic rifle then appears and opens fire.

King Abdullah II vowed the "harshest retaliation" after gunmen opened fire during a funeral at a Greek Orthodox church in Karak, killing at least seven.

Armed men opened fire at an Orthodox Christian church in Jordan, killing at least seven parishioners and wounding dozens more, according to authorities. The gunmen arrived at a Greek Orthodox church in the Christian village of Hamoud in Karak governorate during a funeral on Friday, at which point they opened fire. The gunmen entered the […]

Gunmen opened fire during a funeral at a church in Jordan on Friday, killing seven people and wounding 34 others, authorities said.

At least seven people were slaughtered and 34 wounded Friday when terrorists opened fire during a funeral service at a Greek Orthodox church in southern Jordan, authorities said. The terrorists approached the church armed with pistols and a rifle, firing on mourners. Survivors of the attack reported hearing loud explosions before the shooting began. The ...

At least six people were killed at 28 injured when gunmen attacked a funeral at a church in Jordan, officials said.

Jordan's King Abdullah II vowed the "harshest retaliation" after gunmen carried out a deadly attack on a church.