Military leader of al-Qaida linked Nusra Front killed by Syrian Army


Syrian state-run news agency SANA says the army has killed the military commander of the al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front.The agency says Abu Hommam al-Shami was killed during a military operation carried out by the Syrian army that targeted a Nusra meeting in the village of Habeet, in the northern Idlib province.It did not elaborate, but the report suggested he was killed in an airstrike.The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights confirmed that a Nusra Front leadership meeting was targeted in Idlib, killing a number of prominent leaders, including Abu Hommam.The U.S.-led coalition has not carried out airstrikes in Syria's northwestern province of Idlib in the past 24 hours, a spokesman said on Thursday."Within the last 24 hours, we have not conducted any airstrikes within 200 miles of the province of Idlib," the spokesman said, speaking on condition of anonymity.