‘SENIOR LEADER’ OF AL-QAEDA-LINKED GROUP KILLED IN U.S. RAID IN SYRIA

Tue 28 June 2022:

The US military claims to have carried out a raid in Syria’s Idlib province on a top leader of an al-Qaeda-linked group.

According to a statement from the US Central Command, the attack on Monday targeted Abu Hamzah al Yemeni, a “senior leader” of Hurras al-Din, an organization affiliated with al-Qaeda, as he was riding a motorcycle by himself.

It further stated that an early investigation found no evidence of civilian casualties.

“The removal of this senior leader will disrupt al-Qaeda’s ability to carry out attacks against US citizens, our partners and innocent civilians around the world,” the statement added.

🇺🇸🇸🇾 – L’Armée US a mené une opération contre un haut dirigeant d’un groupe allié à “Al-Qaïda”, Hurras al-Din à #Idlib.
– Commandement central américain : Nous avons ciblé « Abu Hamza al-Yamani » alors qu’il voyageait seul en moto à Idlib.pic.twitter.com/fERyKuvZGP

— ⓃⒺⓌⓈ—ⒾⓃⓉ·۰•●🌐 (@NewsInt_) June 27, 2022

The Syrian Civil Defence, a humanitarian organisation, said in a tweet that a man was killed shortly before midnight after his motorcycle was targeted with two rockets, adding it has transferred the body to the forensic department in Idlib city.

Supporters of al-Qaeda created Huras al-Din in 2018.

In Idlib in June 2020, the US military assassinated Khaled Aruri, a senior Huras al-Din commander from Jordan. A top Huras al-Din leader, Jordanian national Bilal Khuraisat, also known as Abu Khadija al-Urduni, was killed by a drone attack in December 2019.

Separate US airstrikes in Syria have also claimed the lives of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the founding leader of ISIL (ISIS), Abu Kheir al-Masri, and his successor, Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, in 2019.

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