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On Wednesday, 28 October, Jordan and Syria agreed to form a joint security committee to examine the details and impact of the recent Jordanian air strikes on the positions of the jihadist Islamic State (EI) group in Syria, the foreign ministries of both countries reported in a communiqué.
The Jordanian authorities arrested three suspects allegedly related to an attack last week, in which nine people were killed during a funeral procession in an Orthodox church in Jordan. The Jordanian Army subsequently launched attacks on "terrorist organizations" in Syria as a reprisal. These shelling triggered the closure on Monday, 26 October, of the border by the Government of Damascus.
The bombing responds to the attack last Friday during a funeral in Karak, which caused nine deaths and about 40 injuries.
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Syria, Indonesia, Guatemala and the Philippines are learning ways to cope with the escalation. Mobilizations also reach a rich and euro economy: Portugal
"15 years after leaving # Syria, Abu Bilal returned to his old home, where he hid a precious collection of books. With a hammer he was able to access the library he hid from the persecution of the Bashar al-Assad regime. The story that became viral this week was shared by his son on social media.
The nuisance of carriers and car owners over the high price of fuels is felt worldwide. In European countries such as France and Germany, in Asia with Syria and Pakistan up to Latin America with Guatemala and Bolivia, the cost of petrol has triggered demonstration and pressure on Governments to subsidize the population months after the close of the Ormuz narrow strategy.
