Jordanian warplanes bomb drug trafficker sites in Sweida

 On  Saturday evening, Jordanian warplanes raided  drug and arms dealers' sites in the countryside of Sweida governorate as part of Amman's months-long campaign against cross-border smuggling networks, which Jordanian authorities say pose a direct threat to national security.

Syrian News learned from local sources that the Jordanian raids targeted "several dens for storing narcotics near the villages of um al-Rumman and Melh, in addition to two warehouses in the village of Busan, in the east of the province, while a violent raid destroyed a warehouse belonging to the so-called "Fares Saymoua" in the village of Arman, without confirming his death in the raid.

The Sweida 24 network reported that a Jordanian airstrike targeted east of Tal al-Masih in the Shahba area, before another shelling was recorded on the area of the Muftra roundabout, west of the village of Dhibin in the southern countryside.

The raid targeted the vicinity of the former State Security branch inthe city of Shahba, amid the intensive flight of war drones in the skies of the area, and the network reported that the sounds of ambulances were heard after the strike, with reports that a residential building near the target site was hit.

The shelling was accompanied by heavy machine gun fire in the vicinity of Shahba, where local sources said that members of the National Guard targeted drones that were likely belonging to the Jordanian army, which were assessing and monitoring the effects of the raids and their results on the ground.

Meanwhile, the Syrian state channel Al-Ekhbariya  said that airstrikes, most likely Jordanian, targeted a headquarters containing weapons and drugs controlled by "rebel gangs", as described by what it described in the village of Shahba in Sweida

Between official Jordanian

For its part, hours after the raids, at dawn on Sunday, May 3, announced its responsibility for carrying out the "Jordanian Deterrence Operation", which targeted sites of arms and drug dealers on the kingdom's northern border front.

The  Jordanian army said in a statement published by the state-run Petra news agency that the armed forces have determined, based on intelligence and operational information, the locations of factories, factories and warehouses taken by these "groups" as sites for the launch of their operations towards Jordanian territory, where they were targeted and destroyed, stressing that the targeting operations  were carried out  according to the highest degree of accuracy, as it described them. To prevent the access of narcotics and weapons to Jordanian territory.

  The targeted  groups are adopting new modes of activity, taking advantage of the weather situation and the current regional conditions to carry out their operations, Al-Mamlaka TV  reported, noting that the number of attempts to smuggle weapons and narcotics has witnessed a significant escalation, which posed a major challenge to the border guard forces and the formations and units they support in performing their duties, according to the channel.

The Jordanian Armed Forces affirmed that it will continue to deal decisively and decisively with any threat to the Kingdom's security and sovereignty, and therefore harness its capabilities and capabilities to confront it with full force and determination.

Previous Jordanian Raids

Today's raids are part of a series of military operations carried out by the Jordanian Air Force over the past two years inside Syrian territory, as part of what Amman describes as "defending national security" and confronting drug and arms smuggling networks on the northern border.

On December 24, 2025, the Jordanian army announced the "neutralization" of a number of traders leading smuggling operations, confirming in an official statement that it had destroyed factories and factories used by these groups as staging points towards Jordanian territory, based on accurate intelligence information and in coordination with unnamed regional partners.

Escalation of smuggling attempts and increased security coordination

These strikes coincide with the continuation of attempts to smuggle drugs from Syria to Jordan, as the Jordanian Armed Forces announced on October 16, 2025, that they had thwarted a smuggling operation through a plastic shell launched from the Syrian side, after receiving prior intelligence, in addition to the foiling of an attempt by the forces of the Eastern Military Region to bring large quantities of narcotics into the  country.

In a sign of growing security coordination between Damascus and Amman, the anti-narcotics departments of the two countries announced, in a joint statement on October 5, 2025, the foiling of 7 smuggling attempts across the common border, which resulted in the seizure of about one million narcotic pills and the arrest of a number of those involved.

The Syrian Interior Ministry confirmed at the time that the cooperation included the exchange of intelligence and the coordination of field efforts, which led to the dismantling of organized networks active in smuggling.

In their statements, the two sides stressed that the fight against narcotics "is not only a security task, but also a humanitarian and moral responsibility that requires broad regional and international cooperation," noting that joint operations will continue in light of the escalation of smuggling network activity on Syria's southern border.

What is the relationship of the National Guard?

The new raid sites  in Sweida reopen the file of the factions controlling parts of the governorate, especially after the formation of the so-called "National Guard" following the events of July 2025, although the Jordanian army did not announce the targeting of a specific group, confirming that arms and drug dealers were targeted.

According  to Syrian sources, the Jordanian raids included sites in Shahba, Busan, Arman, um al-Rumman and Melh, areas where the National Guard militants  , which is considered the military strike force in Sweida in the absence of any military presence of the Damascus government in the province.

On April 25, the "Sweida 24" network reported on the outbreak of an armed dispute within factions affiliated with the "National Guard" over the smuggling of a shipment of drugs in the vicinity of the town of Al-Qarya in the south of Suwayda.

The network reported at the time that the armed dispute came in the context of the spread of the drug phenomenon in the areas controlled by the National Guard in Sweida, in light of accusations of the involvement of some of its factions in drug smuggling networks across the southern border, and reports of the existence of several factories for the manufacture of narcotics in the area.