Rights org: Head of rebel group injured by Syrian army bombing

The head of the powerful jihadist rebel Al-Nusra Front, Abu Mohammed al-Jawlani, was wounded by army bombing near Damascus, a watchdog said.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Al-Nusra leader Jawlani and some of his group had been wounded south of Damascus. Observatory chief Rami Abdel Rahman was only immediately able to say that Jawlani had been hit in the foot. (AFP)