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US 'kinetic strike' takes out senior leader of terrorist group aligned with al Qaeda in Syria
2024-08-24
[FoxNews] U.S. Central Command announced Friday that forces in Syria had successfully killed terrorist group senior leader Abu-'Abd al-Rahman al-Makki.

According to CENTCOM, al-Makki was killed in a "targeted kinetic strike" in Syria.

Al-Makki was a council member and senior leader with Hurras al-Din, which is ideologically aligned with Al-Qaeda in Syria. He was responsible for overseeing terrorist operations for the group in the Middle Eastern nation.

Related:
Hurras al-Din: 2023-04-13 US Department of State designates a leader of the al-Qaeda-affiliated Hurras al-Din as a global terrorist
Hurras al-Din: 2023-04-05 HTS arrests seven people including a woman in the north of Idlib, northwest Syria, after al-Qaeda leader was killed
Hurras al-Din: 2023-04-04 al-Qaeda commander dronezapped in Syria's Idlib
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#4  An ACME anvil
Posted by: Frank G   2024-08-24 13:03  

#3  Precision Guided "lead weight' I presume?!
Posted by: Harry Platypus2574   2024-08-24 12:52  

#2  Kinetic - I'm guessing this means we didn't send over James Taylor.
Posted by: Rex Mundi   2024-08-24 12:31  

#1  Elections, elections?
Posted by: Grom the Reflective   2024-08-24 03:36  

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