DAMASCUS, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- Syria and Jordan signed 11 cooperation agreements and other documents in Damascus on Monday, as Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi renewed his condolences to the families of civilians killed in last month's Jordanian airstrikes.
The documents covered investment, civil aviation, food security, and water cooperation, including a memorandum of understanding on a proposed rail corridor linking Saudi Arabia to Türkiye via Jordan and Syria, according to Syria's state news agency SANA.
Meanwhile, Safadi, also Jordan's deputy prime minister, said a joint security and technical committee was investigating the circumstances of last month's strikes and efforts were underway to compensate the victims.
"Syrian blood is just as precious as Jordanian blood," Safadi said at a joint press conference with Syrian foreign affairs chief Asaad al-Shaibani after they co-chaired the third session of the Syrian-Jordanian Higher Coordination Council.
Syrian authorities said Jordanian airstrikes on Oct. 26 killed seven civilians, including three children. Jordan said the operation targeted Islamic State militants linked to a deadly church attack in its Karak province. Damascus said the strikes came without prior coordination and later summoned Jordan's ambassador to lodge a formal protest. ■
