Leading al Qaeda figure killed in Syria: jihadist sources

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

WORLD NEWS | Mon Oct 3, 2016 | 2:48pm EDT

Leading al Qaeda figure killed in Syria: jihadist sources

By Suleiman Al-Khalidi | AMMAN

A leading figure in al Qaeda who became a prominent member of its Syrian Nusra Front offshoot was killed in a drone attack on Monday, the group and jihadist sources said.

They said Sheikh Abu al Faraj al Masri, who spent years in prison in his native Egypt on charges of plotting with fundamentalist Islamist groups and later left for Afghanistan, died when the vehicle in which he was traveling was hit in rebel-held Idlib in Syria's northwest.

"May God accept him as a martyr who was killed in a Crusader raid," said a jihadist named Abu Mohammad al Shami.

Since the U.S.-led coalition launched operations in Syria, primarily against Islamic State militants, air strikes have also targeted Nusra Front figures, killing scores.

A U.S. Defense Department official confirmed to Reuters that it had targeted a prominent al Qaeda member in Syria.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-qaeda-idUSKCN1231UL

[BassMazter2016]

1. Worst job in the world.

Being the #3 man in AL Quada seems to have a real short shelf life.