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| Top Rebel Commander 'Killed' In Airstrike In Syria | |
| 2016-09-10 | |
The group, formerly known as Jabhat al-Nusra ...formally Jabhat an-Nusrah li-Ahli al-Sham (Support Front for the People of the Levant), also known as al-Qaeda in the Levant. They aim to establish a pan-Arab caliphate. Not the same one as the Islamic State, though .. ... , announced on its Twitter account that Commander Abu Hajer al Homsi had died in an aerial raid. It said the strike targeted a meeting of the group's leaders but did not say who carried out the attack or when it was. An Islamist source told the Rooters news agency the bully boyz were in a secret hideout in the village of Kafr Naha. There were unconfirmed reports that several other senior figures were either injured or killed. The group has been playing an instrumental role in ongoing battles against the Syrian army troops and Iranian backed Shi'ite militias. It ended its relationship with the global jihadist network founded by the late Osama bin Laden ... who is no longer with us, and won't be again... last July. | |
| Posted by:Fred |