Jordanian peacekeeper Jamil Sayaydeh laid to rest

AMMAN — The body of Jordanian peacekeeper Sergeant Jamil Sayaydeh arrived at Marka Military Airport on Saturday dawn.

Jordan Armed Forces-Arab Army (JAF) Director for Planning, Organisation and Defense Resources, Brig. Gen. Yousef Khatib, senior officers and Sayaydeh's family members received the body, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.

A military reception ceremony was held in honour of Sayaydeh at the airport.

JAF officers carried the coffin of Sayaydeh, which was draped in the Jordanian flag, to the burial site after prayers at a local mosque during a funeral attended by the Assistant for Operations and Training and other top armed forces and security officers.

The serviceman was killed several days ago during an attack on the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in Mali.