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Al Jazeera EnglishNews report · Oct 26, 11:48 PM
Jordan attacks Syria in response to Karak church attack
Jordan’s air force has carried out several strikes in southern Syria in response to Friday’s church attack.
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Jordan attacks Syria in response to Karak church attack
Al Jazeera English and Washington's Top News (WTOP) describe the same event in different terms.
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What happened Jordan’s air force has carried out several strikes in southern Syria in response to Friday’s church attack.
The headline split Al Jazeera English frames it as "Jordan attacks Syria in response to Karak church attack". The Columbian (Vancouver WA) frames it as "Jordan arrests 3 in connection with church attack, state media reports".
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Arab NewsNews report · Oct 27, 12:03 AM
The Jordan church attack: Looking beyond the trigger
On Oct. 14, 1994, a 21-year-old Egyptian electrician named Mohammed Nagi Mustafa approached Naguib Mahfouz, the Nobel Prize-winning novelist, and plunged a knife into his neck. Mahfouz was...
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Washington's Top News (WTOP)News report · Oct 26, 10:57 PM
Jordan says it attacked militants in Syria tied to church assault. Syria says civilians killed
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Jordan 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 k...
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The Columbian (Vancouver WA)News report · Oct 26, 10:43 PM
Jordan arrests 3 in connection with church attack, state media reports
Jordanian security forces arrested three men early Monday accused of carrying out an attack last week during a funeral at a church in southern Jordan that killed nine people, according to s...
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Oct 26, 10:43 PM: The Columbian (Vancouver WA) joined the source map.
Oct 26, 10:57 PM: Washington's Top News (WTOP) joined the source map.
Oct 26, 11:48 PM: Al Jazeera English joined the source map.
Oct 27, 12:03 AM: Arab News joined the source map.
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