Leading al Qaeda figure killed in Syria: jihadist sources

[WorldNews]

By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN (Reuters) - 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. "May God accept him as a martyr who was killed in a Crusader raid," said a jihadist named Abu Mohammad al Shami. The U.S. Defense Department said in a statement that Masri was the target of a U.S. air strike near Idlib on Monday.

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