The U.S. military announces the elimination of a high-ranking Al-Qaeda terrorist in Syria
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The U.S. military announced on Thursday that it had eliminated a high-ranking terrorist from the Syrian branch of Al-Qaeda in an airstrike in northwest Syria. Before the victory over Syria's former dictator Bashar al-Assad in December, this region was controlled by the group "Hayat Tahrir ash-Sham," led by interim president Ahmad al-Shara.
"U.S. Central Command forces targeted and conducted a precise airstrike against Muhammad Saloh az-Zabir, a senior official of the terrorist organization 'Hurras al-Din,' a faction of Al-Qaeda in northwest Syria," said a Centcom statement.
According to the Syria Observatory for Human Rights, based in the UK, Zabir was killed when his car was destroyed in a drone strike on the Sarmada-Idlib road.
The U.S. strike came just days after Hurras al-Din announced its disbandment. The Observatory emphasized that Hurras al-Din announced its dissolution "to avoid armed confrontation with the SDF."
According to the Syria Observatory for Human Rights, based in the UK, Zabir was killed when his car was destroyed in a drone strike on the Sarmada-Idlib road.
The U.S. strike came just days after Hurras al-Din announced its disbandment. The Observatory emphasized that Hurras al-Din announced its dissolution "to avoid armed confrontation with the SDF."
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