[Rudaw] The United States military said on Saturday it killed a big shot of the al-Qaeda affiliate Hurras al-Din (HaD) in a precision Arclight airstrike
 ...KABOOM! ...
in northwest Syria.
"On Feb. 23, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces conducted a precision airstrike in Northwest Syria, targeting and killing Muhammed Yusuf Ziya Talay, the senior military leader of the terrorist organization Hurras al-Din (HaD), an al-Qaeda affiliate," read a statement from CENTCOM.
"The airstrike is part of CENTCOM's ongoing commitment, along with partners in the region, to disrupt and degrade efforts by faceless myrmidons to plan, organize, and conduct attacks against civilians and military personnel from the U.S., our allies, and our partners throughout the region and beyond," it added.
Hurras al-Din, or Guardians of Religion, broke away from Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, formerly al-Nusra, before that it was called something else
...al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate, from which sprang the Islamic State...
(HTS) in 2018. HTS led the Syrian rebel coalition that toppled Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad
Horror of Homs...
’s regime and established a transitional government. The two groups have vied for influence and territory though efforts have been made to reconcile their differences.
"As we have said in the past, we will continue to relentlessly pursue these faceless myrmidons in order to defend our homeland, and U.S., allied, and partner personnel in the region," said CENTCOM commander General Michael Erik Kurilla.
This is the second US airstrike against Hurras al-Din in recent weeks. On February 21, CENTCOM forces killed Wasim Tahsin Bayraqdar, a big shotship member of the group
Since Hurras al-Din announced in late January that it was dissolving itself, US airstrikes have killed several of the group’s leaders, according to CENTCOM. After a rebel alliance led by radical Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham toppled Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and took power in Damascus on December 8, Hurras al-Din said it no longer needed to exist.
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