Top Syrian rebel commander dies from wounds

[World News Headlines -]

View attachment 7119​

A prominent Syrian rebel leader has died from wounds suffered in an air raid on the city of Aleppo, in a blow to the armed opposition to President Bashar al-Assad, activists said on Monday. Abdelqader Saleh, head of the Islamist al-Tawhid Brigades, which is backed by Qatar, died in a Turkish hospital where he had been taken. Saleh had been wounded on Thursday when Assad's forces raided a Tawhid meeting and killed another commander on the spot, opposition sources said. "We declare the martyrdom of Abdelqader Saleh," a statement by Tawhid said.

Continue reading...