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The Jordanian army announced on Monday that its air defense radar system had seen strange aircraft movements along the Syrian border from an unidentified source. A regional security source speculated that these movements were likely rockets fired by Iraqi militias that support Iran.
Witnesses reported hearing what sounded like Jordanian jets hovering over the Jordanian city of Irbid in the vicinity of the Syrian border crossing.
According to the army, an air force squadron flew over to make sure the airspace was safe. It was unclear where the movements were coming from.
“The airforce responded to an alert of radar systems that monitored aerial movements whose source is not known,” the statement from the army stated.
The Jordanian army announced on Monday that its air defense radar system had seen strange aircraft movements along the Syrian border from an unidentified source. A regional security source speculated that these movements were likely rockets fired by Iraqi militias that support Iran.
Witnesses reported hearing what sounded like Jordanian jets hovering over the Jordanian city of Irbid in the vicinity of the Syrian border crossing.
According to the army, an air force squadron flew over to make sure the airspace was safe. It was unclear where the movements were coming from.
“The airforce responded to an alert of radar systems that monitored aerial movements whose source is not known,” the statement from the army stated.
“The kingdom is located in an explosive region at the centre of an exchange of drones and missiles fired by Iran’s proxies in the region,” Sharafat added.
Since the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza began in October, Iraq and Syria have witnessed tit-for-tat attacks between hardline Iran-backed armed groups and US forces stationed in the region.
Officials say Jordan’s government, which signed a defence deal with the United States in January 2021, wants to bolster its defences against Iranian-backed militias building up their strength on Jordan’s borders with Iraq and Syria.
There have been several missiles fired by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi group at Israel that were downed in the area of the Red Sea city of Eilat, which is located next to Jordan’s border and its city of Aqaba.
Moreover, the staunch US ally claims that Iran is increasing pressure by waging an unrelenting, multibillion dollar drug war along Syria’s border, which it attributes to militias with Iranian support that control much of southern Syria.
Jordan said that the border breaches by drug dealers with Iranian support directly threatened its national security, therefore it launched airstrikes on their hideouts in Syria.
According to Iran, the accusations are a part of Western schemes targeted at the nation.
Source- AFP
