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(5 years ago)A senior leader of the Al-Qaeda group has been killed through an American attack with fear in Syria, the Pentagon said Friday. The attack took place just two days after a base used by the US-led coalition fighting against I The SIS was attacked. A US air strike today in northwest Syria killed [...]
A US air strike today in northwest Syria killed Al-Qaeda senior leader Abdul Hamid al-Matar”, Major John Riggsbee said through a statement.
He added that there is no knowledge of other consequences, while the attack has been carried out using a MQ-9-type fears, writes France24.
“Elimination of this top al-Qaeda leader will hinder the terrorist organisation's ability to plot and conduct further global” attacks, Riggsbee said.
In late September, the Pentagon killed a senior commander of the Al-Qaeda group in Syria, Salim Abu-Ahmad, through an air strike near Idlib, northwest of Syria.
The conflict in Syria has created a complex battlefield involving foreign armies, militant groups, and jihadists. Since its beginning in 2011, the war in Syria has left about half a million people dead, while protests against power have been brutalised.
