Syria condemns Jordan strikes as 'unacceptable violation' of airspace

Syria on Tuesday condemned strikes on the country's south by Jordan a day earlier that Amman said targeted the Islamic State jihadist group in retaliation for a deadly church attack last week.

A foreign ministry statement expressed "condemnation and rejection, in the strongest terms", calling the strike "an unacceptable violation and breach of Syrian airspace without any prior coordination". It also said the attack was "a blatant violation of the principles of good-neighbourliness and Syrian national sovereignty".

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