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Senior al Qaeda leader killed in drone strike in Syria, US defense officials say
[FoxNews] Asenior al Qaeda leader has been killed in a dronezap in Syria, U.S. defense officials confirmed to Fox News Thursday. Salim Abu-Ahmad was killed in a U.S.  ...KABOOM!... near Idlib, Syria on Sept. 20. He was responsible for planning, funding, and approving trans-regional al Qaeda attacks. "There are no indications of civilian casualties," U.S. defense officials said. The News Agency that Dare Not be Named reported Sept. 20 that a dronezap hit a vehicle traveling on a rural road in rebel-controlled northwestern Syria, killing at least one person. The Civil Defense team, known as White Helmets, said the unidentified body was lifted from the car along the Idlib-Binnish road east of Idlib province. U.S. Central Command said American forces had conducted a "kinetic counterterrorism strike" near Idlib province targeting a big shot of the krazed killer group al Qaeda. "Initial indications are that we struck the individual we were aiming for, and there are no indications of civilian casualties as a result of the strike," said Navy Lt. Josie Lynne Lenny in a statement. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the vehicle had been carrying a krazed killer linked to al Qaeda. Posted by: Skidmark 2021-10-01 |
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