Claims extracted
20
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
5%
1 of 20 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
59/100
Times of India's corrections and
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World
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1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
Jordan carried out airstrikes against armed groups in southern Syria on Tuesday in retaliation for a deadly attack on a Greek Orthodox Church in the Jordanian city of Karak last week, with Syrian authorities reporting at least 7 civilian deaths.
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authorities → carry → deaths
Syria’s civil defence agency said seven people were killed in strikes across the southern provinces of Daraa and Sweida.
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people → say → Daraa
Among them were five members of a family, including three children and a woman, who died when a strike hit a tent in rural Daraa.
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strike → include → Daraa
Three other family members were injured.
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members → injure → ?
Two elderly men, aged 80 and 60, were killed in separate strikes, the agency said.
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agency → age → strikes
Jordan’s air force said the operation killed and wounded several members of the targeted groups and destroyed multiple vehicles.
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operation → say → vehicles
However, it did not identify the groups or disclose the exact locations of the strikes.
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it → identify → strikes
The Syrian government said the operation was conducted without prior coordination or notification.
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operation → say → coordination
It said authorities were investigating the incident and had opened communication channels with Jordan to discuss the matter, news agency AP reported.
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AP → say → matter
Syria subsequently announced the closure of its main border crossing with Jordan.
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Syria → announce → Jordan
The strikes came after a gun attack on a Greek Orthodox Church in Karak on Friday killed nine people and wounded more than two dozen others.
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attack → come → others
The attack took place during a funeral in the city, about 90 km south of the Jordanian capital, Amman.
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attack → take → capital
Jordanian authorities on Monday arrested three men in connection with the attack following a shootout at dawn.
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authorities → arrest → dawn
All three were wounded during the operation and taken into custody in Karak.
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three → wound → Karak
The public security directorate identified the suspects as brothers Hazzah Zaidan Mohammad and Mishal Zaidan Mohammad, and their brother-in-law Ahmad Sami Hussein.
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directorate → identify → law
The agency’s chief, Major General Obaidallah Abd Rabbo Al-Maayta, described the attackers as “takfiri”, a term commonly used for Sunni militants who label others as apostates.
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who → describe → apostates
However, he said they were not linked to any organised group and acted on their own.
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they → say → own
Authorities also recovered a large cache of ammunition from the abandoned house where the men were apprehended.
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men → recover → house
Interior minister Mazen Al-Faraya attributed the attack to extremist ideology, warning that similar incidents could recur if such thinking was not addressed.
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thinking → attribute → ideology
King Abdullah II had ordered authorities to respond firmly to those responsible, saying that the perpetrators would not escape punishment and that ideologies threatening national unity would not be tolerated.
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ideologies → order → unity