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Jordan is thought to have targeted suspected drug smugglers in a number of strikes in the past year.

Jordan is thought to have targeted suspected drug smugglers in a number of strikes in the past year.

Jordan and its Western allies have blamed Lebanon-based, Iran-backed Hezbollah and other pro-Iranian militia who control much of southern Syria as being behind the surge in smuggling.

Jordanian jets conducted four strikes inside Syria on Tuesday in the second such raid within a week against suspected farms and hideouts of Iran-linked drug smugglers, regional intelligence sources said. Jordan's army has stepped up a campaign against drug dealers after clashes last month with dozens of people suspected of links to pro-Iranian militias, who were carrying large hauls over its border with Syria along with weapons and explosives, Reuters reported.

AMMAN, JORDAN — Jordan on Thursday launched airstrikes inside Syria against suspected warehouses and hideouts of Iranian-backed drug smugglers, Jordanian and regional intelligence sources said. The army has stepped up a campaign against drug dealers after protracted clashes last month with dozens of infiltrators from Syria linked to pro-Iranian militias who crossed its border with weapons and explosives. The sources told Reuters that jets bombed the suspected home of a leading drug dealer in ...

Jordan on Thursday launched air strikes inside Syria against suspected warehouses and hideouts of Iranian-backed drug smugglers, Jordanian and regional intelligence sources said. The army has stepped up a campaign against drug dealers after protracted clashes last month with dozens of infiltrators from Syria linked to pro-Iranian militias, carrying large hauls who crossed its border with weapons and explosives.

AMMAN (Reuters) - Jordan on Monday launched several aerial raids into its northern neighbour Syria against hideouts of Iranian-backed drug smugglers in ...

After foiling a plot by pro-Iran and pro-Assad militias to smuggle drugs, Jordan has launched air strikes on Syria.

Protesters demanding an end to authoritarian rule shut the ruling Baath party headquarters in the southwestern Syrian Druze city of Sweida as protests which entered their second week showed no signs of abating, civic activists and witnesses said. Youths with welding machines sealed the gates of the building of the party led by President Bashar al-Assad, which has been in power since a 1963 coup.

Protesters shut the ruling Baath party headquarters in the southwestern Syrian Druze city.