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Blast hits Nusra Front in Syria, kills commander
2015-03-06
[IraqiNews.com] A kaboom in the northwestern part of Syria targeted senior members Thursday of al-Qaeda affiliated al-Nusra
...the current nom de guerre of al-Qaeda in the Levant, which isn't to be confused with al-Qaeda in Iraq and the Levant...
 Front. The blast killed a military commander, Lion of Islam sources told Rooters.

Gen. Cmdr. Abu Humam al-Shami died after an attack that's believed to be from US-led coalition Arclight airstrikes. He was the one of the leading figures of the Lion of Islam group since it formed in 2012.

The kaboom hit a meeting among Nusra Front leaders in Salqin, a town in the northwest province of Idlib.
Posted by:trailing wife

#2  Syria claims this particular job of work, chris, according to An Nahar this morning:

Syria Says Top Nusra Leaders Killed in Idlib Strike

The military commander of al-Nusra Front in the Syrian province of Idlib was killed Thursday in an operation by the Syrian army, state-run news agency SANA said.

The agency said Abu Hammam al-Shami was slain during a military operation that targeted a Nusra meeting in the village of Habeet, in the northern Idlib province.

It did not elaborate, but the report suggested he was killed in an airstrike.

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights confirmed that a Nusra Front leadership meeting was targeted in Idlib, which left a number of prominent leaders dead, including Abu Hammam.

It said it was not clear whether the meeting was targeted by a U.S.-led coalition airstrike or a Syrian army strike, noting that “there are conflicting reports about the fate of al-Nusra Front chief Abu Mohammed al-Golani after reports said he was present in the targeted location.”

Pro-Damascus al-Mayadeen television also cited “unconfirmed reports” as saying that al-Golani was wounded in “a Syrian airstrike on the Front's headquarters in Idlib's countryside.”
Posted by: trailing wife   2015-03-06 09:34  

#1  Came across some more US weaponry I see.
Posted by: chris   2015-03-06 01:05  

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