Former al-Qaida commander killed in airstrike in Syria
by Compiled from Wire Services
ISTANBULSep 10, 2016 - 12:00 am GMT+3
by Compiled from Wire Services
Sep 10, 2016 12:00 am
Al-Qaida's rebranded affiliate has said a senior commander who led military operations in the war-wrecked Aleppo has been killed in an airstrike.
A Twitter account for Jabhat Fatah al-Sham, formerly known as Jabhat al-Nusra, said Thursday the commander of the alliance leading the fight in Aleppo was killed in an airstrike in the province's rural areas. It did not say who carried out the airstrike against the commander, who goes by the name Abu Omar Saraqib, or when.
The U.S -led coalition, Russian and Syrian government warplanes have been conducting airstrikes against the aforementioned militant group. Jabhat al-Nusra recently changed its name, saying it was delinking with al-Qaida central command. Moscow and Washington have been discussing coordinating targeting militants in Syria.
The Syrian Observatory for Human rights confirmed that airstrikes by unknown warplanes - from the U.S.-led coalition, Russia or the Syrian regime - hit an Army of Conquest meeting in urban Aleppo in northern Syria and killed Omar Sarakeb and another military commander named as Abu Muslem al-Shami.
According to the Syrian Observatory, Abu Omar Sarakib was the rebel commander in last year's battle for control of Syria's northwestern Idlib province and a known al-Qaida member in Iraq.
The Army of Conquest controls Idlib province, but last week suffered a major loss in southern Aleppo after a month-long rebel and militant offensive.
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