Senior Al-Qaeda leader killed in US drone strike in Syria: Pentagon

Aran News Saudi Arabia23 Oct, 2021News

WASHINGTON: A senior Al-Qaeda leader was killed in a US drone strike in Syria, the Pentagon said on Friday. The strike comes two days after a base in southern Syria, used by the US-led coalition fighting the Daesh group, was assaulted. ?A US airstrike today in northwest Syria killed senior Al-Qaeda leader Abdul Hamid Al-Matar,? said Central Command spokesman Army Major John Rigsbee in a statement.