Senior Al Qaeda Chief Killed in Syria by US Drone

A high-ranking leader of Al Qaeda died in a US drone strike in Syria, the Pentagon reported Friday.

“A US airstrike in northwestern Syria today killed Al Qaeda leader Abdul Hamid al-Matar”, confirmed the spokesman for the Central Command (Centcom), Army Major John Rigsbee, in a statement.

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The attack comes two days after a base in southern Syria which is used by the coalition led by USA fighting the Islamic State group.

There are no known victims of the attack, Rigsbee said, adding that it was carried out using an MQ-9 aircraft.

“The fall of this alto leader of Al Qaeda disrupt the terrorist organization’s ability to continue plotting and conducting global attacks“, said.

In late September, the Pentagon killed Salim Abu-Ahmad, another senior commander of Al Qaeda on Syria, in an airstrike near Idlib in the northwest of the country.

He had been responsible for “planning, financing and approving the transregional attacks of Al Qaeda”According to Centcom.

“Al Qaeda is still a threat to USA and our allies. Al Qaeda uses Syria as a safe haven to rebuild, coordinate with external affiliates and plan external operations, ”Rigsbee warned.

The ongoing war in Syria it has created a complex battlefield involving foreign armies, militias and jihadists.

The war has killed around half a million people since it began in 2011 with a brutal crackdown on anti-government protests.

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