[IsraelTimes] The US military says it killed a senior operative of an al-Qaeda-affiliated group in an airstrike in northwest Syria on Thursday.
The airstrike, part of an ongoing effort to disrupt and degrade terrorist groups in the region, resulted in the death of Muhammad Salah al-Za’bir of the Hurras al-Din group,
… Guardians of Religion split from Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (Al Nusra) in 2018. Since then, the two groups have competed for influence and territory, with HTS periodically arresting Hurras al-Din members. America has been killing them for a while, a good thing even if it does help the new conquerers of Syria… the US Central Command says in a statement. |